Match No. 1050 - Friday, 17th November 2023, 7:45pm
Assist: Phil Foden. "Foden’s first touch, with which he sent the ball up the inside-right channel to chase himself, was typically instinctive and how he chased, flicking on the afterburners to zoom into the area. He thought that the cutback was on but it did not reach Kane, hitting Pepe instead and flying past Bonello. Pepe can say that he scored at Wembley." Enrico Pepe, 8' (og)7:08 - Assist: Bukayo Saka. "Southgate got Foden into a No 10 role after the interval and he was involved in the second goal, looking first-time for Saka after positive approach work from Alexander-Arnold and Walker. Saka then went to Kane with a pass that was as astute as it was unselfish.
Kane did what he does, his 62nd England goal a formality..." Harry Kane62nd of 62 goals. Right-footed from 8 yards., 75' 74:11
- 1
- Jordan PickfordEverton, 57th of 58 caps
29 years, 8 months, 10 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Kieran TrippierNewcastle Utd, 46th of 46 caps
33 years, 1 months, 28 days
Right Back
- 3
- Fikayo TomoriAC Milan, 5th of 5 caps
25 years, 10 months, 29 days
Left Back 
25:55 Tomori lunges for the ball but catches Yankam. The Englishman comes off worse with studs on the top of his foot and a yellow card to boot. 
'HT46:00
- 4
- Conor GallagherChelsea, 11th of 11 caps
23 years, 9 months, 11 days
Midfield - 'HT46:00
- 5
- Marc GuéhiPalace, 8th of 9 caps
23 years, 4 months, 4 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Harry MaguireMan Utd, 61st of 62 caps
30 years, 8 months, 12 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Phil FodenMan City, 30th of 31 caps
23 years, 5 months, 20 days
Right Forward
- 8
- Jordan HendersonAl-Ettifaq, 81st of 81 caps
33 years, 5 months, 0 days
Midfield - '6160:27
- 9
- Harry KaneBayern Munich, 88th of 89 caps
30 years, 3 months, 20 days
Centre Forward (c)63rd captaincy 27:43 "The big talking point came when Godinho chose to ignore Kane’s penalty claim [27:34]. It was a questionable decision and to caution him was too much. Bonello had taken a heavy touch on a backpass, Kane nipped in and left his trailing leg behind him, waiting for the contact, which duly came."
- 11
- Marcus RashfordMan Utd, 58th of 59 caps
26 years, 0 months, 17 days
Left Forward - '6160:27
- 17
- Bukayo SakaArsenal, 31st of 32 caps
22 years, 2 months, 12 days
Right Forward 
'HT46:00
- 12
- Kyle WalkerMan City, 80th of 81 caps
33 years, 5 months, 20 days
Left Back - 'HT46:00
- 18
- Declan RiceArsenal, 47th of 48 caps
24 years, 10 months, 3 days
Midfield - '6160:27
- 21
- Cole PalmerChelsea, 1st of 2 caps
21 years, 6 months, 11 days
Left Forward - '6160:32
- 1
- Henry BonelloHenry Bonello.
Born 13th Oct 1988, Pietà, Malta.
- 7
- Joseph MbongJoseph Essien Mbong.
Born 15th Jul 1997, Lagos, Nigeria.
- '8685:05
- 3
- Ryan CamenzuliRyan Camenzuli.
Born 8th Sep 1994, Malta.
- 4
- Steve BorgSteve Borg.
Born 15th May 1988, Mosta, Malta.
(c)
- 13
- Enrico PepeEnrico Pepe.
Born 12th Nov 1989, Vico Equense, Italy.
- 21
- Jean BorgJean Borg.
Born 8th Jan 1998.
- '7978:35
- 20
- Yannick YankamYannick Yankam.
Born 12th Dec 1997, Qormi, Malta.
- 6
- Matthew GuillaumierMatthew Guillaumier.
Born 9th Apr 1998, Malta.
38:10 Taking Gallagher out when he was breaking. - '5958:37
- 10
- Teddy TeumaTeddy Teuma.
Born 30th Sep 1993, Toulon, France.
- 9
- Paul MbongPaul Mbong.
Born 2nd Sep 2001, Marsaskala, Malta.
22:19 Following through on to Tomori's shin. - '5958:49
- 14
- Kemar ReidKemar David Reid.
Born 15th Aug 1994, Jamaica.
- '7978:28
- 19
- Bjørn KristensenBjørn Kristensen.
Born 5th Apr 1993, Marsaxlokk, Malta.
- '5958:37
- 11
- Jodi JonesJodi Felice Jones.
Born 22nd Oct 1997, Bow, London.
- '5958:49
- 17
- Kyrian NwokoKyrian Nwoko.
Born 4th Jul 1997, Valletta, Malta.
- '7978:28
- 22
- Zach MuscatZach Muscat.
Born 22nd Aug 1993, St Julian's, Malta.
- '7978:35
- 2
- Cain AttardCain Attard.
Born 10th Sep 1994, Malta.
- '8685:05
Notes
- Goal Disallowed"[Rice] stormed forward from midway inside the Malta half and, with red shirts backing off, he cut inside and lashed past Bonello from outside the box [75:43]. Unfortunately for him, the VAR had spotted that the shot had brushed off Kane, who was in an offside position [77:30]."
- Match MilestoneEngland's 1050th Match
- Player MilestoneCole Palmer's 1st Cap
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- BBC Football
- The Guardian "Harry Kane strikes in England’s lacklustre win over Malta"
- channel4.com
Referee
Portugal Luis Godinho
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 1 ranking points to 2032 points England - 5th
Malta - 152nd
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
