Evening Standard
·9 October 2025
England vs Wales LIVE: International friendly match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

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·9 October 2025
Battle of Britain takes place at Wembley Stadium tonight
LIVE: England vs Wales
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England warm up for the resumption of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign by hosting Wales in a 'Battle of Britain' international friendly tonight. After the perfect set of results last month, Thomas Tuchel will hope his squad can pick up from where they left off after beating Andorra and Serbia in convincing fashion.
The Three Lions have won the last seven meetings against Wales, including a 3-0 victory in the 2022 World Cup group stage, and are heavy favourites to improve on that record especially with Dragons boss Craig Bellamy likely to rest some of his key players as he will perhaps have one eye on his side’s crucial qualifier at home to Belgium next Monday.
England have suffered a big blow ahead of kick-off with Harry Kane ruled out through injury which means Ollie Watkins is afforded the rare chance of leading the line in the absence of national team’s captain. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith and Simon Collings at Wembley!