Roy Hodgson has made four changes for England’s Euro 2016 qualifier at home to Switzerland tonight.
Everton trio Ross Barkley, Phil Jagielka and John Stones all drop out of the side which thrashed San Marino 6-0 on Saturday, as does Jamie Vardy after making his full debut.
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Chelsea’s Gary Cahill and Manchester United’s Chris Smalling, who started June’s tougher qualifier in Slovenia, are restored in defence, while Fabian Delph comes in to shore up the midfield.
Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling is the other player recalled. Theo Walcott is still on the bench despite his two goals as a substitute, with Arsenal teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain preferred.
Sterling and Oxlade-Chamberlain will flank Wayne Rooney in the attacking three, with the United captain looking for the one goal which would make him England’s all-time record scorer.
TEAM: 1 Hart 2 Clyne 3 Shaw 4 Shelvey 5 Cahill 6 Smalling 7 Milner 8 Delph 9 Sterling 10 Rooney (c) 11 Oxlade-Chamberlain #ENGvSWI
— England (@england) September 8, 2015
SUBS: 12 Gibbs 13 Butland 14 Walcott 15 Stones 16 Jagielka 17 Vardy 18 Kane 19 Mason 20 Barkley 21 Heaton #ENGvSWI — England (@england) September 8, 2015
Stoke City winger Xherdan Shaqiri starts for the visitors at Wembley, with Leicester City and Watford midfielders Gokhan Inler and Valon Behrami making up Switzerland’s Premier League contingent.
Josip Drmic scored two late goals in Saturday’s 3-2 comeback win over Slovenia and starts as the lone striker in a game which the Swiss must win to prevent England from guaranteeing top spot in Group E.
Switzerland: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Klose, Rodriguez, Schar, Inler, Xhaka, Behrami, Stocker, Drmic, Shaqiri. #ENGvSWI
— England (@england) September 8, 2015
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