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Tom Doyle

Montenegro vs England line-ups: Declan Rice and Callum Hudson-Odoi start

Declan Rice and Callum Hudson-Odoi have been handed their first starts for England as the Three Lions face Montenegro tonight.

West Ham midfielder Rice and Chelsea winger Hudson-Odoi both came off the bench during England's 5-0 Euro 2020 qualifier win against Czech Republic at Wembley on Friday night to wins their first competitive international caps.

And with Gareth Southgate's squad trimmed due to a number of injuries, the young duo will start in Montenegro as the Three Lions aim to make it two wins from two in Group A.

Tonight's line-up means Hudson-Odoi will have started more competitive games for England - one - than Premier League games for Chelsea, with the 18-year-old yet to be named in a top-flight XI by Maurizio Sarri this season.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Keane, Maguire, Rose; Rice, Barkley, Dele Alli; Hudson-Odoi, Kane, Sterling

Substitutes: Heaton, Butland, Trippier, Henderson, Tarkowski, Chilwell, Ward-Prowse, Sancho, Wilson

Montenegro XI: Petkovic; Stojkovic, Savic, Simic, Tomasevic; Marusic, Ivanic, Vukcevic, Vesovic; Beciraj, Mugosa

Subs:

Mijatovic, Ljuljanovic, Boljevic, Kopitovic. Bakic, Jankovic, Djordjevic, Jovivic, Kajevic, Kosovic, Scekic, Radunovic

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