Roy Hodgson’s young England team are coming on the back of some
excellent form and unlike in the previous years, they are one of the
favourites to make a deep run into the tournament. The Three Lions eased
past their qualification group with a 100% win record and conceding
fewest goals. And since then, they played most of their friendlies
against strong European oppositions. The lost to the Spain and the
Netherlands, but beat the likes of France and Germany. These two defeats
are their only losses since the early exit from World Cup 2014 in
Brazil. Moreover, their key players are coming after strong performances
for their domestic clubs, which gives England fans every reason to be
optimistic for a strong showing in the Euros this term.
Russia after the dismissal of Fabio Capello had shown some signs of resurrection, but their recent form is a big disappointment. The new managed Leonid Slutsky helped the team to gain automatic qualification with maximum points in their last four matches, including wins against Sweden and Montenegro. Russia haven’t won in any of their last three friendlies, losing two and drawing in their final warm up game against Serbia. Their squad has plenty of experienced players and just one win may be enough to see them through to knock outs as four best third placed teams are guaranteed qualification.
While Chris Smalling is a minor doubt, but he is expected to start and partner Gary Cahill at the heart of defense.
Raheem Sterling will be preferred to Leicester City hero Jamie Vardy, who is expected to play behind the striking duo of captain Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane.
Hodgson is likely to start with a 4-3-1-2 formation, but the players are flexible enough to switch it to a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 when required.
Russia after the dismissal of Fabio Capello had shown some signs of resurrection, but their recent form is a big disappointment. The new managed Leonid Slutsky helped the team to gain automatic qualification with maximum points in their last four matches, including wins against Sweden and Montenegro. Russia haven’t won in any of their last three friendlies, losing two and drawing in their final warm up game against Serbia. Their squad has plenty of experienced players and just one win may be enough to see them through to knock outs as four best third placed teams are guaranteed qualification.
England Team News:
Ryan Bertrand is likely to miss the match after failing to recover a knock that ruled him out of the friendly against Portugal last week, with Danny Rose expected to continue at left-back.While Chris Smalling is a minor doubt, but he is expected to start and partner Gary Cahill at the heart of defense.
Raheem Sterling will be preferred to Leicester City hero Jamie Vardy, who is expected to play behind the striking duo of captain Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane.
Hodgson is likely to start with a 4-3-1-2 formation, but the players are flexible enough to switch it to a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 when required.
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