Captain Kane | The Tottenham striker is set to make his 50th appearance for England
(Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)England manager Gareth Southgate was left with a defensive headache with Harry Maguire and Joe Gomez both unavailable for today’s visit to Belgium.
The Three Lions must beat the world No1 ranked side if they are to have a realistic chance of topping their Uefa Nations League group this year, with Conor Coady having also pulled out after being identified as a close contact of someone who had tested positive for cornoavirus.
Manchester United defender Maguire is suspended after being sent off against Denmark last month, while Gomez will miss a significant part of the season after sustaining a knee injury in training with England this week.
Southgate has made wholesale changes from Thursday's friendly win over Ireland, with Harry Kane set for his half-century of England caps.
Jack Grealish earns his first competitive start having impressed in the 3-0 victory at Wembley in midweek, with Mason Mount also playing.
Raheem Sterling was a fitness doubt and misses out, so Aston Villa captain Grealish takes his place in the front three with Mount and Kane.
England lineup (3-4-3): Pickford; Walker, Dier, Mings; Trippier, Rice, Henderson, Chilwell; Mount, Grealish, Kane
Subs: Pope, Henderson, Keane, Maitland-Niles, Winks, Bellingham, Saka, Foden, Sancho, Abraham, Calvert-Lewin
Belgium lineup: Courtois, Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen, Meunier, Witsel, Tielemans, T. Hazard, Mertens, De Bruyne, Lukaku
Subs: Mignolet, Casteels, Mechele, Lukebakio, Foket, Verscharen, Praet, Benteke, Delcroix, Chadli, Batshuayi
Sunday 7.45pm, Sky Sports
Venue: King Power Stadion At Den Dreef, Belgium
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Last meeting: England 2-1 Belgium
England squad from: Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Michael Keane (Everton), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Suspended: Harry Maguire, Reece James
