UEFA Nations League

Finland vs England, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Finland
  • 87': Arttu Hoskonen
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1 - 3
England
  • 18': Jack Grealish
  • 74': Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • 84': Declan Rice

England cruise against Finland in rebound from Greece loss

England enjoyed a 3-1 win over Finland thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Foul by Declan Rice (England).
  • 4': Matti Peltola (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Hand ball by Jude Bellingham (England).
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Källman (Finland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Jensen with a through ball.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Topi Keskinen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
  • 8': Foul by Benjamin Källman (Finland).
  • 8': Marc Guéhi (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
  • 9': Jack Grealish (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  • 10': Corner, England. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
  • 10': Corner, England. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Stones.
  • 13': Cole Palmer (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Topi Keskinen (Finland).
  • 14': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
  • 14': Jude Bellingham (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Angel Gomes (England).
  • 16': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Fredrik Jensen (Finland).
  • 16': Jude Bellingham (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Goal! Finland 0, England 1. Jack Grealish (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Angel Gomes with a through ball.
  • 19': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
  • 20': Foul by Harry Kane (England).
  • 20': Fredrik Jensen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Delay in match because of an injury Angel Gomes (England).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Fredrik Jensen (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Topi Keskinen (Finland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
  • 29': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Topi Keskinen (Finland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rasmus Schüller.
  • 35': Corner, England. Conceded by Robert Ivanov.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (England) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Palmer with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (England) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Harry Kane following a corner.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Fredrik Jensen (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Benjamin Källman (Finland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rasmus Schüller.
  • 41': Benjamin Källman (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Kyle Walker (England).
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  • 44': Foul by Kyle Walker (England).
  • 44': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Benjamin Källman (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matti Peltola.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Finland 0, England 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Finland 0, England 1.
  • 46': Foul by Topi Keskinen (Finland).
  • 46': Marc Guéhi (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Offside, England. Jude Bellingham is caught offside.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Guéhi.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 52': Foul by Marc Guéhi (England).
  • 52': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Fredrik Jensen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Declan Rice (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Angel Gomes (England) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.
  • 63': Substitution, Finland. Joel Pohjanpalo replaces Benjamin Källman.
  • 63': Substitution, Finland. Leo Walta replaces Rasmus Schüller.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Robert Ivanov (Finland).
  • 69': Substitution, England. Noni Madueke replaces Cole Palmer.
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Substitution, England. Ollie Watkins replaces Harry Kane.
  • 70': Corner, England. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
  • 73': Foul by Leo Walta (Finland).
  • 73': Jude Bellingham (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Goal! Finland 0, England 2. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 75': Substitution, Finland. Teemu Pukki replaces Topi Keskinen.
  • 75': Substitution, Finland. Robin Lod replaces Fredrik Jensen.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Pohjanpalo with a headed pass.
  • 75': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Declan Rice.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from long range on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Leo Walta (Finland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Glen Kamara.
  • 80': Substitution, England. Rico Lewis replaces Angel Gomes.
  • 80': Substitution, England. Phil Foden replaces Jude Bellingham.
  • 81': Corner, England. Conceded by Jere Uronen.
  • 82': Substitution, Finland. Oliver Antman replaces Nikolai Alho.
  • 84': Goal! Finland 0, England 3. Declan Rice (England) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins following a fast break.
  • 85': Substitution, England. Conor Gallagher replaces Declan Rice.
  • 87': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
  • 87': Goal! Finland 1, England 3. Arttu Hoskonen (Finland) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leo Walta with a cross following a corner.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Noni Madueke (England) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robin Lod.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Finland 1, England 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Finland 1, England 3.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 3
69.2 Possession 30.8
15 SHOTS 13
6 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
753 Accurate Passes 291
818 Passes 354
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 1
10 Crosses 15
0.2 Cross % 0.1
35 Long Balls 44
20 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 10
17 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 13
5 Effective Clearances 23
5 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Attendance: 32,411

Line-Ups

FIN Finland (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4 Robert Ivanov
3 Matti Peltola
5 Arttu Hoskonen
18 Jere Uronen
17 Nikolai Alho
11 Rasmus Schüller
6 Glen Kamara
21 Topi Keskinen
9 Fredrik Jensen
19 Benjamin Kallman
Finland Substitutes:
Leo Walta, Adam Stahl, Viljami Sinisalo, Oliver Antman, Miro Tenho, Robin Lod, Joel Pohjanpalo, Juhani Pikkarainen, Tomas Galvez, Urho Nissila, Jesse Joronen, Teemu Pukki.

ENG England (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
13 Dean Henderson (GK)
6 Marc Guéhi
5 John Stones
2 Trent Alexander-Arnold
12 Kyle Walker
8 Jude Bellingham
19 Angel Gomes
4 Declan Rice
9 Harry Kane
17 Jack Grealish
20 Cole Palmer
England Substitutes:
Levi Colwill, Ollie Watkins, Nick Pope, Tino Livramento, Conor Gallagher, Dominic Solanke, Jordan Pickford, Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, Noni Madueke, Anthony Gordon.

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