Czechia U21 vs England U21 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group Stage

Czechia U21

51': Daniel Fila

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England U21

39': Harvey Elliott
48': Jon Rowe
76': Charlie Cresswell

England beat Czechia to start group play at U21 European Championship

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England got off to a perfect start in their opening match of the European Under-21 Championship with a 3-1 win over Czechia on Thursday.

Match Commentary

1': Elliot Anderson (England U21) Yellow Card at 1'
39': Harvey Elliott (England U21) Goal at 39'
48': Jon Rowe (England U21) Goal at 48'
51': Daniel Fila (Czechia U21) Goal at 51'
64': Adam Karabec (Czechia U21) Substitution at 64'
69': Ethan Nwaneri (England U21) Substitution at 69'
69': Jay Stansfield (England U21) Substitution at 69'
76': Charlie Cresswell (England U21) Goal at 76'
78': Samuel Iling-Junior (England U21) Substitution at 78'
81': Filip Vecheta (Czechia U21) Substitution at 81'
81': Alexandr Sojka (Czechia U21) Substitution at 81'
84': Tyler Morton (England U21) Substitution at 84'
84': Hayden Hackney (England U21) Substitution at 84'
86': Josef Kozeluh (Czechia U21) Substitution at 86'
87': Ondrej Kricfalusi (Czechia U21) Substitution at 87'

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Venue: MOL Aréna
Location: Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
Attendance: 8,087

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+3	Germany U21	1	3	0
+2	England U21	1	3	0
-2	Czechia U21	1	0	1
-3	Slovenia U21	1	0	1

Full Table

Statistics

ENG		CZE
10	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	4
6	Saves	3
68.5	Possession	31.5
14	SHOTS	11
6	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
8	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Line-Ups

Czechia U21 (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
16	Lukas Hornicek (GK)
18	Filip Prebsl
19	Karel Spácil
5	Stepán Chaloupek
6	Patrik Vydra
14	Vojtech Stránský
13	Krystof Danek
4	Martin Suchomel
22	Matej Hadas
9	Václav Sejk
7	Daniel Fila

Substitutes:

Adam Karabec, Denis Višinský, Denis Halinsky, Jiri Borek, Josef Kozeluh, Jan Koutny, Albert Labik, Ondrej Kricfalusi, Alexandr Sojka, Daniel Langhamer, Filip Vecheta, Jan Paluska.

England U21 (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	James Beadle (GK)
4	Jarell Quansah
5	Charlie Cresswell
2	Valentino Livramento
14	Archie Gray
10	James McAtee
8	Elliot Anderson
20	Alex Scott
9	Jon Rowe
11	Omari Hutchinson
19	Harvey Elliott

Substitutes:

Jay Stansfield, Jack Hinshelwood, Tommy Simkin, Tom Fellows, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Tyler Morton, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Samuel Iling-Junior, Ronnie Edwards, Ethan Nwaneri, Hayden Hackney, CJ Egan-Riley.