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England: Fourth place
How England performed
England reached the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia unbeaten, taking eight wins and two draws from their ten Group F qualifiers and conceding only three goals. Kane scored five times, including a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2–2 draw with Scotland and a late winner against Slovenia.
Under Gareth Southgate, with Kane as captain, England opened the finals by beating Tunisia 2–1, Kane scoring twice including a stoppage-time winner, and then beat Panama 6–1 as Kane completed a hat-trick and Stones scored twice. A 1–0 defeat by Belgium followed, but England came through a 1–1 draw with Colombia in the round of 16 by winning the penalty shoot-out 4–3, and beat Sweden 2–0 in the quarter-final with goals from Maguire and Alli. Trippier gave England a fifth-minute lead in the semi-final against Croatia, but they lost 2–1 after extra time, and a 2–0 defeat by Belgium in the third-place match left them fourth. Kane finished with six goals, a clear improvement on the group-stage exit of 2014.
England fixtures
Slovakia
0–1
England
England won
England: Lallana 90+5'
Slovakia: None
England
2–0
Malta
England won
England: Sturridge 29', Alli 38'
Malta: None
Slovenia
0–0
England
England drew
England
3–0
Scotland
England won
England: Sturridge 24', Lallana 50', Cahill 61'
Scotland: None
England
2–0
Lithuania
England won
England: Defoe 22', Vardy 66'
Lithuania: None
Scotland
2–2
England
England drew
England: Oxlade-Chamberlain 70', Kane 90+3'
Scotland: Griffiths 87', Griffiths 90'
Malta
0–4
England
England won
England: Kane 53', Bertrand 85', Welbeck 90+1', Kane 90+2'
Malta: None
England
2–1
Slovakia
England won
England: Dier 37', Rashford 59'
Slovakia: Lobotka 3'
England
1–0
Slovenia
England won
England: Kane 90+2'
Slovenia: None
Lithuania
0–1
England
England won
England: Kane 27' pen
Lithuania: None
Tunisia
1–2
England
England won
England: Kane 11', Kane 90+1'
Tunisia: Sassi 35' pen
England
6–1
Panama
England won
England: Stones 8', Kane 22' pen, Lingard 36', Stones 40', Kane 45+1' pen, Kane 62'
Panama: Baloy 78'
England
0–1
Belgium
England lost
England: None
Belgium: Januzaj 51'
Colombia
1–1
England
England drew
a.e.t., 3–4 pens
England: Kane 57' pen
Colombia: Mina 90+3'
Sweden
0–2
England
England won
England: Maguire 30', Alli 59'
Sweden: None
Croatia
2–1
England
England lost
a.e.t.
England: Trippier 5'
Croatia: Perišić 68', Mandžukić 109'
Belgium
2–0
England
England lost
England: None
Belgium: Meunier 4', E. Hazard 82'
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Pickford | GK | Everton | – |
| 2 | Kyle Walker | DF | Manchester City | – |
| 3 | Danny Rose | DF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 4 | Eric Dier | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
| 5 | John Stones | DF | Manchester City | 2 |
| 6 | Harry Maguire | DF | Leicester City | 1 |
| 7 | Jesse Lingard | MF | Manchester United | 1 |
| 8 | Jordan Henderson | MF | Liverpool | – |
| 9 | Harry Kane C | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 |
| 10 | Raheem Sterling | FW | Manchester City | – |
| 11 | Jamie Vardy | FW | Leicester City | 1 |
| 12 | Kieran Trippier | DF | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
| 13 | Jack Butland | GK | Stoke City | – |
| 14 | Danny Welbeck | FW | Arsenal | 1 |
| 15 | Gary Cahill | DF | Chelsea | 1 |
| 16 | Phil Jones | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 17 | Fabian Delph | DF | Manchester City | – |
| 18 | Ashley Young | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 19 | Marcus Rashford | FW | Manchester United | 1 |
| 20 | Dele Alli | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
| 21 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | MF | Crystal Palace | – |
| 22 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | DF | Liverpool | – |
| 23 | Nick Pope | GK | Burnley | – |
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