England's final home game of a near-impeccable Euro 2024 qualifying campaign sees the Three Lions host minnows Malta at Wembley in Friday's Group C battle.
While the Three Lions are already guaranteed to finish top of the section, Gareth Southgate's side are still out to achieve maximum points this month in the hope of entering Pot 1 for the group-stage draw.
The Three Lions were briefly made to pay for an atrocious defensive episode as former West Ham United flop Gianluca Scamacca crashed home from close range, but a pair of Harry Kane strikes either side of a Marcus Rashford finish completed a stellar comeback for Southgate's troops, who had previously looked uninspiring in a 1-0 friendly win over Australia.
England's beating of the Azzurri moved them onto 16 points from six games in Group C, and while Italy and Ukraine can draw level with the Euro 2020 runners-up, the head-to-head column will come to the Three Lions' rescue if they suffer a pair of shock losses in their final two matches.
While first place is wrapped up, England still have one more mission to accomplish, as they are one of seven teams battling for three spots in Pot 1 of the group-stage draw, which will be allocated to the best-performing teams in the preliminary rounds - hosts Germany and Portugal are already present in that section.
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