England came from behind to beat Kazakhstan 4-2 in an entertaining affair at Molineux to all but book their place at the European U21 Championship next year. Slovakia's defeat to the Republic of Ireland earlier meant England's win put them six points clear with two games left, with a hugely superior goal difference and on the brink of qualification for the tournament in Albania and Serbia.

Kazakhstan sit at the bottom of Group D and their last win in the competition came in June 2025, so it was a big shock when they took the lead over the group leaders in the third minute courtesy of Artyom Litosh's close-range strike. England soon showed their quality, though they required some luck when Ali Turganov's own goal got them level before Chelsea defender Josh Acheampong produced a striker's finish to put them in front.

Kazakhstan again stunned Molineux to get level through Saif Popov before the break but England managed to secure the win through Max Alleyne's second-half strike before Will Lankshear's debut goal wrapped up the points. Beadle was called into action again to stop Kazakhstan from equalising at the end before Lankshear went down the other end and poked home from Jobe Bellingham's cross to seal the win.