Match No. 1045 - Monday, 19th June 2023, 7:45pm
Assist: Luke Shaw. "England actually laboured in the early stages in the face of determined Macedonian defence but once captain Harry Kane scored his 57th international goal - turning in Luke Shaw's cross at the far post after 29 minutes - the floodgates opened." Harry Kane57th of 62 goals. Left-footed from 8 yards., 29' 28:26 - Assist: Kyle Walker. "Saka added the second from Kyle Walker's pass nine minutes later..." Bukayo Saka9th of 11 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 38' 37:54
- Assist: Jordan Henderson. "...and Marcus Rashford scored a third on the stroke of half-time after unselfish work by Jordan Henderson." Marcus Rashford16th of 17 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 45' 44:06
- Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold. "The highlight of this one-sided affair came two minutes after half-time when Saka controlled a perfect long pass by Trent Alexander-Arnold before sending a thunderous left-foot finish high past keeper Stole Dimitrievski." Bukayo Saka10th of 11 goals. Left-footed from 18 yards., 47' 46:55
- Assist: Harry Kane. "Saka completed his landmark hat-trick after racing clear on to Kane's pass..." Bukayo Saka11th of 11 goals. Left-footed from 13 yards., 51' 50:45
- "...which allowed substitute Kalvin Phillips to get in the act with a simple tap-in to make it six." Kalvin PhillipsOnly Goal. Right-footed from 4 yards., 64' 63:55
- Assist: John Stones. "Kane scored his second from the spot with 17 minutes left after John Stones had been fouled [71:18]..." Harry Kane58th of 62 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 73' 72:41 (pen)
- 1
- Jordan PickfordEverton, 54th of 60 caps
29 years, 3 months, 12 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Kyle WalkerMan City, 76th of 82 caps
33 years, 0 months, 22 days
Right Back
- 3
- Luke ShawMan Utd, 31st of 31 caps
27 years, 11 months, 7 days
Left Back
- 4
- Declan RiceWest Ham, 43rd of 50 caps
24 years, 5 months, 5 days
Midfield 
40:16 Treading on Elmas's foot. 
59'58:07
- 5
- John StonesMan City, 67th of 71 caps
29 years, 0 months, 22 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Harry MaguireMan Utd, 57th of 63 caps
30 years, 3 months, 14 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bukayo SakaArsenal, 28th of 32 caps
21 years, 9 months, 14 days
Right Forward - 59'58:01
- 8
- Jordan HendersonLiverpool, 77th of 81 caps
33 years, 0 months, 2 days
Midfield - 58'57:42
- 9
- Harry KaneSpurs, 84th of 89 caps
29 years, 10 months, 22 days
Centre Forward (c)59th captaincy - 74'73:41
- 11
- Marcus RashfordMan Utd, 53rd of 60 caps
25 years, 7 months, 19 days
Left Forward - 58'57:45
- 19
- Conor GallagherChelsea, 7th of 12 caps
23 years, 4 months, 13 days
Midfield 
58'57:42
- 17
- Jack GrealishMan City, 32nd of 35 caps
27 years, 9 months, 9 days
Left Forward - 58'57:45
- 20
- Phil FodenMan City, 25th of 33 caps
23 years, 0 months, 22 days
Right Forward - 59'58:01
- 15
- Kalvin PhillipsMan City, 27th of 31 caps
27 years, 6 months, 17 days
Midfield 76:27 Pulling back Nestorovski. - 59'58:07
- 23
- Callum WilsonNewcastle Utd, 8th of 9 caps
31 years, 3 months, 21 days
Centre Forward - 74'73:41
- 1
- Stole DimitrievskiStole Dimitrievski.
Born 25th Dec 1993, Kumanovo.
- 3
- Stefan AškovskiStefan Aškovski.
Born 24th Feb 1992, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 8
- Ezgjan AlioskiEzgjan Alioski.
Born 12th Feb 1992, Prilep, North Macedonia.
- 13
- Stefan RistovskiStefan Ristovski.
Born 12th Feb 1992, Skopje, North Macedonia.
(c) - HT'45:00
- 14
- Darko VelkovskiDarko Velkovski.
Born 21st Jun 1995, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 4
- Gjoko ZajkovGjoko Zajkov.
Born 10th Feb 1995, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 57'56:54
- 10
- Enis BardhiEnis Bardhi.
Born 2nd Jul 1995, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 67'66:40
- 5
- Arijan AdemiArijan Ademi.
Born 29th May 1991, Šibenik, Croatia.
- 58'57:10
- 7
- Elif ElmasElif Elmas.
Born 24th Sep 1999, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 9
- Aleksandar TrajkovskiAleksandar Trajkovski.
Born 5th Sep 1992, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 57'56:44
- 23
- Ilija NestorovskiIlija Nestorovski.
Born 12th Mar 1990, Prilep, North Macedonia.
- 2
- Egzon BejtulaiEgzon Bejtulai.
Born 7th Jan 1994, Tetovo, North Macedonia.
71:25 Holding back Stones for the penalty at a corner. It looked outside the box. - HT'45:00
- 20
- Dorian BabunskiDorian Babunski Hristovski.
Born 29th Aug 1996, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 57'56:44
- 6
- Nikola SerafimovNikola Serafimov.
Born 11th Aug 1999, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 57'56:54
- 11
- Jani AtanasovJani Atanasov.
Born 31st Oct 1999, Strumica, North Macedonia.
- 58'57:10
- 16
- David BabunskiDavid Babunski.
Born 1st Mar 1994, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- 67'66:40
Notes
- Penalty: Harry Kane20th scored from 24 taken (83.3%). England's 145th overall. 73rd minute. "Kane scored his second from the spot with 17 minutes left after John Stones had been fouled..."
- Hat-Trick: Bukayo Saka1st hat-trick (87th overall). 12 minutes 51 seconds between first and third goals.
- Player MilestonePhil Foden's 25th Cap
- Goal MilestoneBukayo Saka's 10th Goal
- Goal MilestoneKalvin Phillips' 1st Goal
- Goal MilestoneKalvin Phillips, 64' - 2300th goal scored by England
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- BBC Football
- The Guardian "Saka hat-trick inspires ruthless England to demolition of North Macedonia"
- channel4.com
Referee
Romania István Kovács
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, with no loss of ranking points to 2008 points England - 6th - 1
North Macedonia - 75th
Euro 24 Qualifying
(Group C)
- England
- 20
- +18
- 0
- 2
- 6
- 8
- Italy
- 14
- +7
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8
- Ukraine
- 14
- +3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8
- North Mace...
- 8
- -10
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 8
- Malta
- 0
- -18
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 8
