Gareth Southgate and England are today under pressure to deliver a performance in their final Euro 2020 Group D game against the Czech Republic.
The Three Lions have four points from their opening two games - a 1-0 win over Croatia and a goalless draw against Scotland - but have yet to hit anything approaching top gear so far at the Euros, and have been hit by Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell self-isolating after Billy Gilmour’s positive Covid test.
England have secured their spot in the last-16 thanks to results elsewhere on Monday, but will only top the group with a win if they beat Czech Republic. However, what Southgate really needs along with a result is a performance to build confidence before his side face knockout football.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Czech Republic vs England is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off on Tuesday, Jne 22, 2021.
The match will be held at Wembley Stadium.
Where to watch Czech Republic vs England
TV channel: The match will be televised on ITV and ITV 2 for free.
Live stream: UK viewers will be able to watch the match online via the ITV Hub.
Czech Republic vs England team news and lineups
Czech Republic XI: Vaclik, Coufal, Celustka, Kalas, Boril, Holes,Soucek, Masopust, Darida, Jankto, Schick
Subs: Kaderabek,Brabec, Barak, Krmencik, Sevcik, Mandous, Hlozek, Vydra, Kral,Mateju, Koubek, Pekhart
England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Phillips,Rice, Saka, Grealish, Sterling, Kane
Subs: Henderson, Rashford,Trippier, Ramsdale, Mings, Coady, Sancho, Calvert-Lewin, White,Johnstone, James, Bellingham
Referee: Artur Soraes Dias (Portugal)
Squads
Czech Republic
Goalkeepers: Tomas Vaclik, Tomas Koubek, Ales Mandous
Defenders: Jan Boril, Jakub Brabec, Vladimir Coufal, Ondrej Celustka, Pavel Kaderabek, Tomas Kalas, Ales Mateju, David Zima
Midfielders: Antonin Barak, Vladimir Darida, Adam Hlozek, Tomas Holes, Jakub Jankto, Alex Kral, Lukas Masopust, Jakub Pesek, Tomas Soucek, Petr Sevcik, Michal Sadilek
Forwards: Michael Krmencik, Tomas Pekhart, Patrik Schick, Matej Vydra
England
Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale*
Defenders: Ben Chilwell**, Conor Coady, Reece James, Harry Maguire, Tyrone Mings, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ben White
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Jordan Henderson, Mason Mount**, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling
(* Replaces Dean Henderson, who withdrew due to injury; ** self-isolating)
Czech Republic vs England prediction
With the pressure on England to deliver, you’d expect the quality in attack to be too much - but the Czechs have also got four points from their opening two games, and will put up a real fight for top spot.
Czech Republic 1-2 England
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Czech wins: 1
Draws: 1
England wins: 2
Betting odds and tips
Czech Republic to win: 29/5
Draw: 5/2
England to win: 3/5
Harry Kane to score first: 14/5
