England goal stat that shows they love scoring from set pieces at the World Cup

England got off to a great start against Sweden in theirWorld Cup quarter-final match, which is currently live on talkSPORT here.

Harry Maguire aka 'The Wall' to supporters, scored his first international goal to give the Three Lions a 1-0 half-time lead and yes, it came from a set piece. Of course it did.

As Opta point out, the team scored 80 per cent of their first ten goals in Russia from set pieces.

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They also tell us that England have lost just one of their 22 World Cup games in which they have been leading at half-time before today, with the sole defeat being the 1970 quarter-final against West Germany.

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