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Background |
The 52 teams were be drawn into seven groups
of six and two groups of five. England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain
and the Netherlands were drawn into six-team groups on account of
centralised television deals. Azerbaijan and Armenia could not be
drawn together on account of the political situation between the two
countries.
From these, the nine group winners will automatically
qualify for the finals in 2018, while the eight runners-up with the
best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their
groups proceed to play-offs, with one runner-up missing out.
A record 209 teams entered, and took part. The World Cup Preliminary
draw took place at The Konstantin Palace in Saint Petersburg, 25 July
2015.
Group F fixtures were agreed on 26 July 2015.
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UEFA Group F |
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Team |
P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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England |
10 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
3 |
+15 |
26 |
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Slovakia |
10 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
7 |
+10 |
18 |
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Scotland |
10 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
12 |
+5 |
18 |
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Slovenia |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
7 |
+5 |
15 |
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Lithuania |
10 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
20 |
-13 |
6 |
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Malta |
10 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
25 |
-22 |
1 |
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Matches |
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4 September 2016 |
Lithuania 2
Slovenia
2
[2-0]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius
(4,500) |
Černych, Slivka
Krhin, Cesar |
Slovakia 0
England
1
[0-0]
Štadión
Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(18,111) |
Lallana |
 Martin Škrtel |
Malta 1
Scotland
5
[1-1]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(15,609) |
Effiong
Snodgrass (3 (1 pen)), Martin,
S.Fletcher |
|
Jonathan Caruana,
Luke Gambin |
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8 October 2016 |
England
2 Malta 0
[1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(81,781) |
Sturridge, Alli |
Scotland 1
Lithuania
1
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow
(35,956) |
McArthur
Černych |
Slovenia 1
Slovakia
0
[0-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
(10,492) |
Kronaveter |
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11 October 2016 |
Lithuania 2
Malta
0
[0-0]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius
(5,067) |
Černych, Novikovas (pen) |
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Jonathan Caruana |
Slovakia 3
Scotland
0
[1-0]
Štadión
Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(11,098) |
Mak (2), Nemec |
Slovenia 0
England
0
[0-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
(13,274) |
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11 November 2016 |
England
3 Scotland 0
[1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(87,258) |
Sturridge, Lallana, Cahill |
Malta 0
Slovenia
1
[0-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(4,200) |
Verbič |
Slovakia 4
Lithuania
0
[3-0]
Štadión
Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(9,653) |
Nemec, Kucka, Škrtel, Hamšík |
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26 March 2017 |
England
2 Lithuania 0
[1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(77,690) |
Defoe, Vardy |
Scotland 1
Slovenia
0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow
(20,000) |
Martin |
Malta 1
Slovakia
3
[1-2]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(4,980) |
Farrugia
Weiss, Greguš, Nemec |
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Jean
Paul Farrugia
Adam Nemec |
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10 June 2017 |
Scotland 2
England
2
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow
(48,520) |
Griffiths (2)
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kane |
Slovenia 2
Malta
0
[1-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
(7,839) |
Iličić, Novaković |
Lithuania 1
Slovakia
2
[0-1]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius
(4,700) |
Novikovas
Weiss, Hamšík |
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1 September 2017 |
Malta 0
England
4
[0-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(16,994) |
Kane (2), Bertrand, Welbeck |
Lithuania 0
Scotland
3
[0-2]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius
(5,000) |
Armstrong, Robertson, McArthur |
Slovakia 1
Slovenia
0
[0-0]
Štadión
Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(16,896) |
Nemec |
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4 September 2017 |
England
2 Slovakia 1
[1-1]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(67,823) |
Dier, Rashford
Lobotka |
Scotland 2
Malta
0
[1-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow
(26,371) |
Berra, Griffiths |
Slovenia 4
Lithuania
0
[1-0]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
(6,530) |
Iličić (2 pens), Verbič, Birsa |
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5 October 2017 |
England
1 Slovenia 0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley
(61,598) |
Kane |
Scotland 1
Slovakia
0
[0-0]
The National Stadium, Glasgow
(46,773) |
Škrtel OG |
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Róbert Mak |
Malta 1
Lithuania
1
[1-0]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(3,431) |
Agius
Slivka |
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8 October 2017 |
Lithuania 0
England
1
[0-1]
LFF Stadion, Vilnius
(5,400) |
Kane |
Slovenia 2
Scotland
2
[0-1]
Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana
(11,123) |
Bezjak (2)
Griffiths, Snodgrass |
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Boštjan Cesar |
Slovakia 3
Malta
0
[1-0]
Štadión
Antona Malatinskeho, Trnava
(17,774) |
Nemec (2), Duda |
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Notes |
England
Qualification Scorers:- Harry Kane (5), Adam
Lallana (2), Daniel Sturridge (2), Dele Alli, Gary Cahill, Jermain Defoe,
Jamie Vardy, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ryan Bertrand, Danny Welback, Eric
Dier, Marcus Rashford. |
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England
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