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Promising Statistic Reveals England's Defensive Solidity After Another Clean Sheet on Friday

England have come in for some criticism for not being a very exciting team to watch under Gareth Southgate, but their new-found defensive solidity should be cause for optimism ahead of this summer's World Cup.

The Three Lions scored just 18 goals in 10 games during their qualifying campaign for Russia 2018 and Jesse Lingard's winner against the Netherlands on Friday was their first goal in three friendly matches since then.

But on the flip side, England haven't lost a match since Iceland eliminated them from Euro 2016, and that owes a lot to a defensive unit which has now gone for nearly six whole matches without conceding a goal.