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A new England era begins on Friday night so get the best bets for Albania's trip to Wembley plus more of the night's World Cup qualifiers...

England v Albania tips and predictions

19:45 - England v Albania: Back 14/1 Kane and Bellingham Bet Builder

Paul Higham: "Kane has scored 17 in 14 World Cup qualifiers - only Robert Lewandoswki and Cristiano Ronaldo have more since he made his debut - while Kane had scored four goals and had two assists in two games against Albania.

"He's got 43 goal involvements in 37 games for Bayern and Tuchel, who coached him while leading the Bundesliga giants, will surely build his team around supplying Kane with the bullets to fire them to the World Cup. Back Kane to score 2+ goals at 3/1.

"And let's stick with Kane for a Bet Builder for Wembley but also add in Jude Bellingham as well - who we'll add as a 17/10 anytime goalscorer to build on his recent run of five goals and five assists in his last 15 England appearances. Instead of the 8/13 on Kane to score we'll add Kane to have 2+ shots on target at [4/6] for his part, along with Kane to be fouled 2+ times which is 8/13.

"Bellingham is also a good bet at 8/13 to be fouled 2+ times as that's landed in his last four internationals - in fact he's been fouled 3+ times in that stretch but in our Bet Builder we'll play it a bit safer to hopefully land the spoils."

England v Albania: Back early goal for Tuchel's men

Stephen Tudor: "Marcus Rashford's only full 90 minutes to date for Aston Villa saw him terrorise Club Brugge in the Champions League, assisting for a goal, executing three key passes and committing to seven dribble attempts.

"Set to be stationed on the left, Rashford will come up against Ivan Balliu who has struggled for game-time at Rayo Vallecano. The Villa man will be desperately hoping to add to his 17-goal international haul, last scoring versus Italy in the autumn of 2023. Of those 17, nine were converted in the first-half, four of them inside 15 minutes."

England v Albania: Use Betfair Build-Ups to back 6/5 Foden to outfire Bellingham

Stephen Tudor: "Bellingham has failed to score or trouble the keeper in four of his last five England outings. In two of them he didn't post a single attempt on goal either.

"Foden, by comparison, has taken on three SOT in his last five appearances for his country. And if the Sniper's aim is true, we can expect more of the same at Wembley against a stoic but inferior Albania."

More Friday international football tips and predictions

19:45 - Poland v Lithuania: How to back the hosts at 27/10

Dan Fitch: "After being relegated from a tough League A group in the Nations League, which followed an unsuccessful Euro 2024 campaign against elite opposition, Poland have the chance to rebuild their form.

"Lithuania lost all six of their games in League C, yet they did manage to score in both defeats to Romania. Going back into 2023 the visitors scored against the likes of Hungary and Serbia, so getting a goal against a Polish side that have conceded regularly over the last year is not beyond them. A home win and both teams to score is 27/10."

23:30 - Uruguay v Argentina: Back 7/2 Bet Builder

Andy Schooler: "From a statistical viewpoint, the figures which stand out for me concern fouls. Uruguay have committed the most fouls in the CONMEBOL section so far, while Argentina are the most-fouled side. I'm immediately drawn to Uruguayans in the fouls market and I'll happily side with Nahitan Nandez to commit 2+.

"He's managed this is seven of his last 10 internationals and is Uruguay's joint-top fouler in this competition so far, alongside the suspended Manuel Ugarte. If he starts at right-back, as he usually does for his country, Nandez will likely have Alvarez to deal with down his side."

Spanish football tips and predictions

19:30 - Burgos v Almeria: Back goals for both teams

Tobias Gourlay: "There's a single game in the Segunda Division tonight and we like the odds-against price on both teams to get on the score sheet. Hosts Burgos are W5-D1-L2 at home recently, with two matches against top-half outfits like Almeria finishing 2-1 and 1-2. Both teams have now scored in 3/4 when they've hosted top-half teams.

"Seventh-placed Almeria come into this game as favourites. However, they've notched just two clean sheets from 16 road trips so far this season. Both teams have netted in 12/16 of those games and we'll take the nice price on that outcome this evening."

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