England will hope to make it three wins out of three in 2022 World Cup qualifying when they host Poland tonight.
Gareth Southgate’s side beat San Marino 5-0 at Wembley last week before cruising to a 2-0 win over Albania in Tirana on Sunday.
With Poland already having dropped points - in a 3-3 draw with Hungary in the opener - the Three Lions know that victory would put them in firm control of Group I even at this early stage of qualifying.
More immediately, however, the game will be Southgate’s final chance to see his side in action before he names his squad for this summer’s European Championship.
Date, kick-off time and venue
England vs Poland is scheduled for a 7:45pm BST kick-off tonight - Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
The game will be played behind closed doors at Wembley because of current coronavirus restrictions.
How to watch England vs Poland
TV channel: The game will be broadcast live on ITV, with coverage beginning at 7:15pm.
Live stream: TV licence payers can stream the match live via the ITVHub website or app.
England vs Poland team news and lineups
England XI: Pope, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell, Rice, Phillips, Mount, Foden, Kane, Sterling
Subs: Henderson, Johnstone, Trippier, Lingard, Coady, James, Dier, Calvert-Lewin, Mings, Shaw, Watkins, Bellingham
Poland: Szczesny, Bednarek, Glik, Helik, Bereszynski, Krychowiak, Moder, Rybus, Swiderski, Piatek, Zielinski
Subs: Szymanski, Dawidowicz, Placheta, Kowalczyk, Fabianski, Kozlowski, Jozwiak, Milik, Augustyniak, Grosicki, Reca, Niemczycki
England squad in full
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Sam Johnstone (West Bromwich Albion), Nick Pope (Burnley)
Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jesse Lingard (West Ham United, loan from Manchester United), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Declan Rice (West Ham United)
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
England vs Poland prediction: 2-0 home win
Even without Lewandowski, Poland should provide by some way England’s most severe test of the international break, but the Bayern Munich forward’s absence does bolster the Three Lions’ chances of continuing their recent run of clean sheets.
At the other end, Harry Kane will no doubt be desperate to continue his march towards Wayne Rooney’s all-time goalscoring record, having ended his international drought in Tirana.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
- England wins: 11
- Poland wins: 1
- Draws: 7
- Last meeting: England 2-0 Poland (World Cup qualifier, October 15, 2013)
Betting odds and tips (subject to change)
- England to win: 30/100
- Draw: 5/1
- Poland to win 11/1
