Gareth Southgate will be happy with the performance of Kyle Walker, Phil Foden, Jordan Henderson, and Marcus Rashford – all of whom were introduced to the starting XI against Wales.<\/p>\n
He will now have to choose between the returning Kieran Trippier, Bukayo Saka, and long-time favorite Raheem Sterling to know who starts on Sunday, but there remains an outside possibility of switching from a back four to a flexible three-man defense.<\/p>\n
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Photo Credit: Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n
Captain Harry Kane – Russia 2018’s Golden Boot winner – still seeks his first goal at this year’s finals, and will once more lead the Three Lions up front.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Senegal must make their attempt to reach the final eight not only without injured talisman Sadio Mane but also his former club rival on Merseyside, Everton’s Idrissa Gueye.<\/p>\n
The midfield workhorse is suspended after receiving a second booking of the finals against Ecuador, while Cheikhou Kouyate sustained an ankle injury in their first fixture and has since been ruled out of training. Nampalys Mendy of Leicester City can therefore deputize.<\/p>\n
Since Mane is not present, Watford winger Ismaila Sarr and Sheffield United’s Iliman Ndiaye have picked up the steam.<\/p>\n
Famara Diedhiou and Krepin Diatta are also contenders to feature on Sunday – with Salernitana striker Boulaye Dia providing the central goal threat.<\/p>\n
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Chelsea star Kalidou Koulibaly scored the goal that booked Senegal a last-16 meeting with England(Image: Photo by Liu Lu\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n
The Chelsea pair Edouard Mendy and Kalidou Koulibaly are stalwarts of the Senegalese defense, which is set to remain unchanged by coach Aliou Cisse.<\/p>\n
England’s possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Henderson, Bellingham; Rashford, Kane, Foden<\/p>\n Senegal’s possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n E. Mendy; Sabaly, Koulibaly, Diallo, Jakobs; P. Gueye, N. Mendy, Ciss; Ndiaye, Dia, Sarr<\/p>\n Recent Form (Last 5 matches)<\/p>\n In the last five matches, England has recorded two wins, two draws, and a defeat.<\/p>\n – Wales 0#3 England<\/p>\n – England 0#0 USA<\/p>\n – England 6#2 Iran<\/p>\n – England 3#3 Germany<\/p>\n – Italy 1#0 England<\/p>\n Senegal, they have won three of their last five matches, losing one and one draw.<\/p>\n – Ecuador 1#2 Senegal<\/p>\n – Senegal 3#1 Qatar<\/p>\n – Senegal 0#2 Netherlands<\/p>\n – Senegal 1#1 Iran<\/p>\n – Bolivia 0#2 Senegal<\/p>\n Copyright\u00a92022 kick442.com<\/strong><\/p>\n All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written, or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from our management.<\/strong><\/p>\n This site is not responsible for the content displayed by external sites<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vying for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals, England and African Champions Senegal…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa","category-football","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"\n
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