This marks the initial one of two trials before Thomas Tuchel unveils his World Cup roster.
England takes on Uruguay as Thomas Tuchel assesses his choices in the inaugural match of two before he declares his World Cup roster in May.
Tuchel designated a 35-player contingent for the exhibition matches against Uruguay and Japan; however, eleven established players will not report until after the Uruguay fixture. A number of athletes are also set to depart the training base prior to the Japan encounter.
Custodians like Dean Henderson, central defenders such as Dan Burn, Marc Guehi, and Ezri Konsa, along with Manchester City’s EFL Cup triumph architect Nico O’Reilly, have all been granted rest. Midfielders Elliott Anderson and Declan Rice have similarly been given time off. In attacking positions, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka, and the influential Harry Kane will likewise not join the squad until after Friday’s match.
Consequently, a significantly altered England lineup will be seen confronting Marcelo Bielsa’s men, and 101GreatGoals delivers the complete team updates directly from Wembley.
England squad updates
England: Trafford; Spence, Maguire, Tomori, Livramento; Henderson, Garner; Madueke, Foden, Rashford; Solanke.
England reserve players: Pickford, Hall, Wharton, Stones, Palmer, White, Ramsdale, Mainoo, Calvert-Lewin, Barnes, Bowen, Steele.
Uruguay squad updates
Uruguay: Muslera; Varela, R. Araujo, Olivera, Piquerez; Ugarte, Valverde, De Arrascaeta, Canobbio, M. Araujo, Aguirre.
Uruguay reserve players: Rochet, Sanabria, Mele, De La Cruz, J. Rodriguez, Torres, Gimenez, B. Rodriguez, Caceres, Pellistri, Vina, Vinas, Martinez, Nunez, Fonseca.
England vs Uruguay: Broadcast options (TV and online)
The England vs Uruguay match is scheduled to commence at 7:45pm UK time this Friday. It will air on ITV 1, with an online streaming option available via ITV X. Additionally, Sky subscribers can stream the fixture using Sky Go.
Key figures for England and Uruguay
- This marks the initial encounter between England and Uruguay since the 2014 global tournament, where the Three Lions suffered a 2-1 defeat and were eliminated from the competition under coach Roy Hodgson. England possess merely a 27% victory rate against them (played 11, won 3); their win rate is only poorer when facing Brazil (15%, 27 played, 4 won) and Romania (25%, 12 played, 3 won) among countries they’ve encountered ten or more times.
- A pair of the prior four matches featuring England and Uruguay at Wembley concluded goalless; these stalemates occurred during the 1966 World Cup and a 1995 exhibition match. Uruguay stands as one of merely three countries against whom England has recorded multiple goalless draws at Wembley, alongside Wales (three such draws) and Sweden (two).
- England has secured victory in two of their most recent eleven fixtures against South American countries (with five draws and four losses), triumphing over Brazil in February 2013 and Peru in May 2014. Since that success against Peru, they have remained without a win in five consecutive games (three draws, two losses).
- England has prevented opponents from scoring in eleven of their past twelve games, including the most recent six consecutively, following a 3-1 loss to Senegal in June 2025. Should they achieve another clean sheet in this fixture, it would match the Three Lions’ record for successive shutouts, which was a sequence of seven in June/July 2021.
- Uruguay was defeated in their most recent fixture, enduring a 5-1 loss against the USA. They have not experienced back-to-back losses since a sequence of four consecutive defeats in October/November 2021, which occurred in their concluding four matches under Oscar Tabárez.
- Bielsa is set to oversee his third match confronting England – as Argentina’s head coach, he achieved a 0-0 draw at Wembley in February 2000 and suffered a 1-0 defeat at the 2002 World Cup. This particular fixture will mark an interval of 26 years and 32 days since his previous appearance at Wembley, establishing a new benchmark for a manager in matches against England. The existing record belongs to Bernd Stange (25 years and 32 days, from Sept 1984 with East Germany to Oct 2009 with Belarus).