Ollie Watkins Scores And Jack Grealish Shines As England Beat Australia At Wembley
Gareth Southgate's England remain unbeaten since last year's World Cup after beating Australia 1-0 in a friendly at Wembley Stadium on Friday night.
Southgate named an experimental XI as Chelsea's Levi Colwill was handed his debut at left-back, while West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen made his first start for the Three Lions.
With captain Harry Kane rested, Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the game.
Watkins slid in his third international goal in the 57th minute following a fine assist from Jack Grealish, who was England's best player.
But England were far from convincing and could even have lost the game were it not for some wasteful Australian finishing.
Highlights: England 1-0 Australia
Match Stats
| England | Australia | |
|---|---|---|
9 | Shots | 14 |
3 | Shots on target | 4 |
67% | Possession | 33% |
7 | Corners | 8 |
8 | Fouls | 13 |
2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
0 | Red cards | 0 |
Player Ratings
England
- Sam Johnstone - 7/10
- Trent Alexander-Arnold - 7/10
- Levi Colwill - 5/10
- Conor Gallagher - 6/10 (subbed off for Kalvin Phillips on 61 mins)
- Lewis Dunk - 7/10
- Fikayo Tomori - 6/10 (subbed off for John Stones on 61 mins)
- Jack Grealish - 8/10 (subbed off for Marcus Rashford on 61 mins)
- Jordan Henderson - 6/10 (subbed off for Kieran Trippier on 61 mins)
- Ollie Watkins - 7/10 (subbed off for Eddie Nketiah on 72 mins)
- James Maddison - 7/10 (subbed off for Phil Foden on 72 mins)
- Jarrod Bowen - 6/10
Ollie Watkins (left) scored the only goal of the game following a Jack Grealish assist
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Australia
1. Matt Ryan - 6/10
3. Cameron Burgess - 7/10
4. Kye Rowles - 5/10 (subbed off for Aziz Behich on 83 mins)
6. Martin Boyle - 7/10 (subbed off for Awer Mabil on 83 mins)
8. Conor Metcalfe - 6/10 (subbed off for Mohamed Toure on 90 mins)
10. Craig Goodwin - 8/10 (subbed off for Brandon Borrello on 73 mins)
13. Ryan Strain - 4/10 (subbed off for Lewis Miller on 73 mins)
15. Mitchell Duke - 6/10 (subbed off for Jordan Bos on 73 mins)
19. Harry Souttar - 7/10
22. Jackson Irvine - 7/10
20. Keanu Baccus - 6/10
Craig Goodwin was Australia's top performer at Wembley
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