ENGLAND are on the brink of making history during their World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Three Lions made it seven wins out of seven by comfortably beating Serbia 2-0 at Wembley.
Bukayo Saka‘s strike on the half hour gave England the lead, before substitute Eberechi Eze sealed the three points late on.
The Three Lions are yet to concede a goal in World Cup qualifying under Thomas Tuchel.
And, as pointed out by The Times’ Bill Edgar, should they keep a clean sheet in Albania on Sunday, Tuchel’s men will become the first European nation to ever go an entire World Cup qualifying campaign of over six matches without conceding.
The expert football statto then added: “Last Euro team not to concede in 6-game WC qualifying campaign: England ahead of 1990 WC.”
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Tuchel, 52, may use the quirky statistic as motivation ahead of Sunday’s trip to Tirana.
The match is otherwise a dead-rubber – with England having already secured top spot and Albania locked in to second.
Remarkably, the Three Lions have scored 20 goals without reply.
In European qualifying, only Euro 2024 champions Spain and Erling Haaland‘s Norway also have 100 per cent records.
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After the match, Tuchel said of England’s defensive prowess: “I’m a bit superstitious with this stuff.
“I don’t want to talk about it so much because one deflected shot and we don’t get our record.
“The discipline and workrate the team puts in gives us the chance to have seven clean sheets in the row.
“Sometimes you’re a little lucky or need one or two good saves.
“But you need the discipline and workrate to keep it going.”
England ratings vs Serbia
ENGLAND maintained their 100 per cent qualifying record with the 2-0 win against Serbia at Wembley.
Jude Bellingham returned to the squad but had to make do with an impressive cameo from the bench.
But with just a few games left until the World Cup, who edged closer to a place in Thomas Tuchel’s final squad – and who still has work to do?
Find out here how SunSport’s Dan King rated every England player right here.
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