MATCH FACTS

England have won their seven matches against San Marino by an aggregate score of

42-1, winning 5-0 in March at Wembley in the reverse World Cup 2022 qualifier.

In San Marino, England have won 14-0 in two previous visits, winning 8-0 in March 2013 and 6-0 in September 2015. Their other match against the Sammarinese not on English soil was played in Bologna at the Stadio Renato dall’ara in November 1993, with San Marino taking the lead through

Davide Gualtieri after eight seconds before losing 7-1.

San Marino have lost 36 of their 37 home World Cup qualifiers, losing the last 35 in a row by an aggregate score of 146-7. They last avoided defeat at home in

March 1993, when they drew 0-0 with

Turkey in

Serravalle.

Since conceding after eight seconds against San

Marino in

November 1993,

England have only conceded in the first half of three of their

32 away World Cup qualifiers. Carsten

Jancker scored in the sixth minute for Germany in

September 2001, Pavel Sitko struck in the 28th minute for

Belarus in October 2008 and

Serhiy Nazarenko netted in the

29th minute for Ukraine in

October 2009.

San Marino have lost their last

35 qualifying matches (Euros/

World Cup), scoring five goals while conceding 163 themselves. They only had one shot in their 4-0 defeat to Hungary last time out.

England have scored 42 goals in all competitions in 2021 – more than they have scored in any other calendar year in their history. Their first match this year was a 5-0 win over San Marino, with the Three Lions last starting and ending a year by scoring five or more goals in 1993

– 6-0 and 7-1 wins over San Marino in

February and November respectively.

Harry Kane has scored 12 goals in

2021 for England – no player has ever scored more in a calendar year for the

Three Lions (George Hilsdon in 1908, Dixie Dean in 1927 and Kane in 2019 also scored

12). Kane is averaging a goal or an assist every 53 minutes in qualifying matches for England (28 goals and 9 assists in 26 appearances).

Jude Bellingham has won nine caps for

England and ended on the winning side in all nine. Should he win a cap in this match, he will be the second-youngest player to reach 10 caps for the Three Lions (18y 139d), behind only Wayne Rooney (18y 117d) in 2004.