England v Wales match report

The World Cup continues. Our final match in Group B begins. We take a look at the England v Wales game. We will highlight the line-ups, pick out the key moments and standout World Cup Fantasy performances during the match.

Covering the England v Wales match can be very useful to World Cup Fantasy managers. Highlighting line-ups, key moments and standout fantasy performances can aid decisions regarding future transfers, captaincies and chip strategy.

Line-ups – England

Striker Marcus Rashford (£7.5m) starts the match after his impressive feature against Iran. Another player who is yet to start in the World Cup is midfielder Phil Foden (£8.5m). Many managers within the community could be looking to him for a successful start to the Matchday.

Wales

Goalkeeper Danny Ward (£4.5m) could have a busy night ahead of him. He replaces Wayne Hennessey (£4.5m) who picked up a red card in Matchday 2. The Welsh could be pinning their hopes on forward Gareth Bale (£8m) who starts.

Key moments

The first half gets underway.
Marcus Rashford is through on goal after being slipped in by forward Harry Kane (£11m), but Danny Ward makes a big save to stop him.
England are mounting pressure on Wales.
Harry Kane is brought down outside the box. The free kick is looped in by defender Luke Shaw (£5m), but the ball goes out of play.
Marcus Rashford is looking increasingly dangerous and blasts a shot. His shot is blocked by defender Neco Williams (£4.5m) but after blocking it with his head, falls to the ground.
Neco Williams cannot continue and for that reason, Conor Roberts (£4m) comes on to replace him.
Phil Foden finds himself in a fantastic position. He swivels to hit the ball on his left foot but hits the ball way over the bar.
After some great attacking play, Harry Kane releases a shot but deflects for a corner. Phil Foden takes the corner which finds defender Harry Maguire’s (£5.5m) head. However, the shot is a comfortable save for Danny Ward.
Wales have a rare opportunity to shoot. Midfielder Joe Allen (£6m) lashes his shot off target.

Second half

There is a change for Wales as Gareth Bale comes off to be replaced by forward Brennan Johnson (£6m).
Phil Foden makes a surging run, skipping past the Welsh players. Foden is brought down on the edge of the box.
GOAL! Marcus Rashford steps up to take the free kick and thunders a wonderful strike to put England 1-0 up!
GOAL! Wales are crumbling, Harry Kane finds space on the right flank to delivers a low pass across the six-yard box which finds Phil Foden who taps in to make it 2-0!
Wales Midfielder Dan James (£6m) curls a shot which glides just past the goalkeeper’s gloves and out of play.
Jordan Pickford (£5.5m) makes a save after striker Kieffer Moore (£6m) unleashes a shot which deflects off Harry Maguire towards goal.
GOAL! Midfielder Kalvin Phillips (£5.5m) plays a ball over the Welsh backline to Marcus Rashford who makes a fantastic run despite having plenty of ground to cover, places a left footed shot which bundles through Danny Ward to make it 3-0!
Striker Callum Wilson (£7m) slips the ball into midfielder Jude Bellingham (£7.5m) who squeezes a shot. His shot is saved but falls to Phil Foden who fails to wrap his foot around the ball.
The game ends 3-0 to England!

Standout World Cup Fantasy performances

Marcus Rashford came out on top. His huge 13-point haul consisted of two goals. Another top performer was Phil Foden. Foden created an assist and scored a goal to take his tally to a whopping 12 points. Because of the clean sheet defensive assets like Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire earned six points.

@FPLReaction’s comments

Although dominant, it was a really poor first half for England. However, in the second half England’s attackers really turned it on and unleashed their potential. Gareth Southgate could have a have a tough job deciding which attackers he will start moving forward after great performances from Rashford and Foden.