The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between England and Albania, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Predicted Lineups
Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how England could line up for Friday's World Cup 2022 Qualifying clash with Albania.
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a England win with a probability of 61.83%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Albania had a probability of 15.43%.
The most likely scoreline for a England win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.54%) and 2-1 (9.48%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.65%), while for an Albania win it was 0-1 (5.98%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that England would win this match.
| Result | ||
| England | Draw | Albania |
| 61.83% | 22.73% | 15.43% |
| Both teams to score 44.09% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
