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Croatia vs England in Rijeka and Scotland vs North Macedonia in Skopje headline the Nations League. USA face Mexico in Glendale, while F1 returns to Sepang.
Croatia vs England in Rijeka and Scotland vs North Macedonia in Skopje headline the Nations League on Friday, with USA vs Mexico in Glendale and Formula 1 in Malaysia also on the schedule.
Nations League: Croatia vs England in Rijeka
England travel to Rijeka to face Croatia in the Nations League at 5pm. The match is England's next stop in a busy schedule.
England have already played four matches in this international window, including a defeat by Spain, a 2-0 win over Czechia, and standout performances from Harry Kane and Anthony Gordon. They will round off the four-match international splurge against Czechia at Wembley next Tuesday.
The victory over Czechia was England's eighth straight away win in all competitions, leaving them on the cusp of a national record. The last time England won nine away games in a row was between December 1965 and October 1967 under World Cup-winning manager Sir Alf Ramsey, when the Beatles, the Bee Gees and Engelbert Humperdinck topped the singles charts.
Harry Kane could become just the fourth England player to score in six consecutive away games. The others are James Windridge (six from March to June 1908), Tom Finney (seven from September 1946 to May 1948) and Stan Mortensen (six from May 1947 to October 1948).
Scotland vs North Macedonia in Skopje
Scotland journey to Skopje for their League B Group 1 clash with North Macedonia. The Scots are searching for uplift after a 3-0 defeat by Switzerland at Hampden on Tuesday, when an early red card for Jack Hendry effectively rendered Sebastien Pocognoli's home debut a write-off.
Scotland have now gone four matches without a goal for the first time in 55 years but have an ideal opportunity to put that right in their third Nations League B1 encounter. North Macedonia have conceded five goals without reply in their opening two games and have also failed to score in their six matches since a 7-1 defeat to Wales last November.
With just one point and no goals from their opening two Nations League fixtures after a 0-0 draw in Slovenia, this match in North Macedonia takes on added weight for the new manager and his squad.
USA vs Mexico in Glendale
There is little love lost between these North American sporting rivals, and this international friendly at State Farm Stadium in Glendale sees Mauricio Pochettino's USMNT measure their progress against Concacaf's leading nation.
The USA are on a hot streak coming out of the World Cup, where they fizzled in the group stage but came to a shuddering halt against Belgium. A 4-1 win over Peru and a 4-2 victory against Chile in St Louis sees Pochettino's collective in fine fettle, with teenagers Julian Hall and Mathis Albert making an impact.
Rafael Márquez's El Tri venture to Arizona following a pair of 1-1 draws against Colombia and Peru.
Formula 1 Returns to Sepang in Malaysia
The championship battle takes an intriguing twist as Mercedes teammates Kimi Antonelli and George Russell renew their rivalry at an unlikely venue. Although Sepang remains a permanent fixture on the MotoGP calendar, it has not hosted a grand prix since 2017 after the Malaysian government said it could no longer justify the hosting costs given the declining returns.
But the Mercedes duo will now be fighting for supremacy there after the original Bahrain race was relocated from Sakhir due to the Iran war and tensions elsewhere in the Middle East.
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