Bellingham was fouled twice in England’s opening qualifying game against Albania, the Real Madrid starlet became the most capped under-21 player in Three Lions history with his man-of-the-match performance against Albania in which he picked up an assist for Myles Lewis Skelly’s opener.

Bellingham’s power and imposing frame make him a difficult man to stop. He’s so dominant in central areas that opposition players have no choice but to bring him to the ground to stop him marauding forward with the ball. Latvia are likely to pack these central areas just as Albania did which should see Bellingham surrounded by plenty of bodies in the middle of the park.

Bellingham is averaging 2.39 fouls won per 90 across his 22 appearances for Real Madrid in LaLiga this season, showing that his ability to win fouls remains consistent over a larger sample size and indicates that he will be brought down at least twice here.

England could end up putting quite a few goals past this Latvia side who sit 136 FIFA World Rankings beneath them in the order of merit. Latvia only managed to win one of their six games as part of the Nations League C group in which they were joined by North Macedonia, Armenia, and the Faroe Islands.

Latvia finished bottom of this group, conceding 11 goals in the process. England are a completely different caliber to the sides that they were facing and are very likely to dominate large periods of this game. Even with rotation expected to the England side, any combination of players that Tuchel puts out should be able to comfortably put this Latvia team to one side.

This selection is aided by the fact that Latvia are very unlikely to score at Wembley, Albania only managed three shots in their qualification game against England with none of these efforts finding the target suggesting that the Three Lions will continue to be dominant here and can record a resounding win over a Latvia side that pales in comparison to the talent in the England camp.

Latvia only scored four goals across their six games in the Nations League C group last year. England have made a healthy habit of avoiding jeopardy in these qualification games – during the campaign to qualify for the EUROs, England won all four of their games at Wembley, only conceding one goal in the process whilst scoring 14 themselves.

BTTS is priced at 3.3 here which is a really high mark for a BTTS market and is indicative of England’s likelihood of keeping a clean sheet here. Latvia will set in a low block which makes springing any counter attacks a very difficult task given how much space you need to make up to even have a chance of getting a shot away.