This is the primary assembly between England and Uruguay for the reason that 2014 World Cup, when the Three Lions have been crushed 2-1 and knocked out of the event underneath supervisor Roy Hodgson. England have only a 27% win ratio in opposition to them (P11 W3), solely having decrease in opposition to Brazil (15%, P27 W4) and Romania (25%, P12 W3) amongst nations they’ve confronted 10+ occasions.
Two of the 4 earlier video games between England and Uruguay at Wembley have ended 0-0, with these goalless video games on the 1966 World Cup and in a 1995 pleasant. They are one among solely three nations England have drawn multiple recreation 0-0 in opposition to at Wembley, together with Wales (3) and Sweden (2).
England have received two of their final 11 matches in opposition to South American nations (D5 L4), beating Brazil in February 2013 and Peru in May 2014. They’re winless in 5 since that Peru win (D3 L2).
England have stored a clear sheet in 11 of their final 12 matches, together with the final six in a row since a 3-1 defeat to Senegal in June 2025. Another clear sheet on this recreation will equal the Three Lions’ report for consecutive clear sheets in June/July 2021, a run of seven.
Uruguay misplaced their final match, struggling a 5-1 defeat to the USA. They haven’t misplaced consecutive video games since dropping 4 in a row in October/November 2021 of their remaining 4 video games underneath Oscar Tabárez.
England have received their first match of the calendar 12 months in 11 of the final 13 years (L2), although one among their defeats on this 13-12 months run was in opposition to a South American facet at Wembley, dropping 1-0 to Brazil in 2024.
Uruguay’s Marcelo Bielsa’s will handle his third recreation in opposition to England – he drew 0-0 at Wembley in February 2000 and misplaced 1-0 on the 2002 World Cup as Argentina boss. This recreation can be 26 years and 32 days since his final recreation at Wembley, a report for a supervisor in video games versus England – Bernd Stange has the present report (25 years and 32 days, Sept 1984 with East Germany – Oct 2009 with Belarus).
Harry Kane has scored 10 targets in his final 10 England appearances, together with 9 in his first 9 underneath Thomas Tuchel. Kane additionally scored and assisted in Uruguay supervisor Marcelo Bielsa’s final match on English soil when he was Leeds supervisor, in a 4-0 win for Tottenham at Elland Road in February 2022.
