England have been tremendous in this qualifying phase, steamrolling every opponent that gets in their way. They will now travel to the Czech Republic, where the hosts will try to take anything from this match. England are most likely going to top the group, while the Czech Republic will fight for the second ticket.
England (4-0-0) are coming off yet another terrific performance, where they blasted Kosovo by a 3-5 at home in a wonderful match. Their opponents took an early lead but England were already leading by 1-5 at the end of the first half. They have scored five goals in three of their matches so far, scoring four in the other one. They are sitting at the top with 12 points after four matches and should win the group fairly easily.
The Czech Republic (3-2-0) had a pretty easy job in their last match, where they beat Montenegro by a nice 3-0 on the road. They did struggle to get it going, but scored all three goals in the second half for a nice win. After that result, all five of their matches in this phase have featured at least Over 2.5 Goals. The Czech Republic are sitting at the 2nd spot of Group A with 9 points, scoring nine and conceding eight goals so far. They are three points behind England and one ahead of Kosovo.
