Nations League updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off Live scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail Scott LIVE Updated 3m ago Scott Murray Tue 6 Oct 2026 18.42 BSTFirst published on Tue 6 Oct 2026 18.15 BST Share Key events 13m ago The teams 30m ago Preamble England.
Czechia.
Wembley.
The Nations League.
It’s on!
England.
He leads the line tonight and by doing so, earns his 125th cap.
He joins Peter Shilton at the head of a distinguished list (see below).
Shilton took 21 years to clock up that number of caps; Kane has just needed 11, since coming on for Wayne Rooney against Lithuania as a 21-year-old in 2015 and taking just 79 seconds to score his first international goal.
The other bits of team news aren’t insignificant, though.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, who made his first start for England in nearly two years last week in Prague, but sat out the weekend rout of Croatia, reclaims his spot at right-back.
Jarell Quansah, who took his place in Rijeka, moves to the centre of defence.
Meanwhile Myles Lewis-Skelly deputises for the injured Alex Scott, while Eberechi Eze replaces the in-form Anthony Gordon on the left flank.
Morgan Rogers also gets a start.
England: Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Guehi, Hall, Anderson, Bellingham, Lewis-Skelly, Rogers, Kane, Eze.
Czechia: Hornicek, Coufal, Vitik, Hranac, Slama, Kral, Sadilek, Sulc, Ambros, Naderi, Lingr.
Some early team news.
It’s piping hot off the press, courtesy of our man at Wembley, Jacob Steinberg … Trent Alexander-Arnold is expected to get another chance at right-back tonight.
He impressed in Prague last week.
Eberechi Eze is also poised to make his first start of this camp.
It’s going to be a big evening for our Admin and Housekeeping department, as a couple of tables will need significantly updating by the end of it.
First up there’s Group A3 of the Nations League, which currently stands like this … 1.
Spain P3 GD+6 Pts 9 2.
England P3 GD+8 Pts 6 3.
Croatia P3 GD-9 Pts 3 4.
Czechia P3 GD-5 Pts 0 … and there’ll also be the small matter of England men’s all-time appearance chart, the top of which is forecast to be hit by a crossfire Harry Kane.
It’s a gas, gas, gas!
125: Peter Shilton 124: Harry Kane 120: Wayne Rooney 115: David Beckham 114: Steven Gerrard 108: Bobby Moore 107: Ashley Cole 106: Bobby Charlton, Frank Lampard 105: Billy Wright 96: Kyle Walker 94: John Stones 91: Jordan Henderson, Jordan Pickford 90: Bryan Robson Czechia have played 14 matches in the last 12 months.
They’ve only won four of them: against San Marino, Gibraltar, Kosovo and Guatemala.
They’ve lost their last four straight: against Mexico, Croatia, Spain and … England, who by contrast are coming off the back of a third-placed finish at the World Cup, a decent showing against the new world champions, and an historic win in Croatia.
We could go on – England are fourth in the Fifa rankings, the Czechs 50th – but there’s nothing to be gained in belabouring the point … and in any case football doesn’t always work like that, which is why we keep turning up and tuning in.
Will England consolidate their position in Group A3 with a view to making next spring’s quarter-finals, or can the Czechs spring a surprise and keep their (admittedly faint) hopes alive?
We find out from 7.45pm BST.
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