England face African champions Senegal in the World Cup round of 16 on Sunday evening.
The European Championship runners-up finished top of their group, sandwiching a 0-0 draw against the United States with a pair of victories against Iran and Wales.
Senegal recovered from the setback of losing their star forward Sadio Mane ahead of the tournament and their opening match of the competition against the Netherlands to defeat Qatar and Ecuador.
Here’s everything you need to know about this knockout stage clash.
England vs Senegal H2H Results (All Time)
This is the first time England and Senegal have met in men’s international football.
Current Form (Last Five Games)
England team news
Aside from Arsenal centre-back Ben White, who left the squad due to “personal reasons” earlier this week, Gareth Southgate should have a full bevvy of options at his disposal this Sunday. After the impressive form of the forwards that were drafted in against Wales, Southgate has some tricky choices to make.
England Starting 11 (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Bellingham; Rashford, Mount, Sterling; Kane.
Bench: Pope, Ramsdale, Coady, Dier, Alexander-Arnold, Walker, Phillips, Gallagher, Saka, Maddison, Henderson, Grealish, Foden, Wilson.
Senegal team news
Aliou Cisse has already juggled the absence of Mane but was dealt another blow during his nation’s spirited victory against Ecuador. Everton’s Idrissa Gana Gueye picked up a second booking of the tournament, ruling him out of the first knockout round.
Nottingham Forest’s Cheikhou Kouyate is thought to be the only injury absentee after he was stretchered off against the Netherlands.
Senegal Starting 11 (4-3-3): E Mendy; Sabaly, Koulibaly, Diallo, Jakobs; N Mendy, Ciss, P Gueye; Ndiaye, Dia, I Sarr.
Bench: S Dieng, Gomis, Cisse, F Mendy, Ballo-Toure, Loum, Name, N’Diaye, P Sarr, Diedhiou, Jackson, B Dieng, Diatta.
England to win or draw – England have never lost against an African side in their history (W14 D6).
England to win to nil – Five of England’s last six wins in the knockout stages of the World Cup have come with a clean sheet.
Senegal clean sheet? No – Since beating France 1-0 in their first ever World Cup match in 2002, Senegal have conceded at least once in each of their 10 games in the competition.
Senegal to score first & win – Senegal have opened the scoring in each of their last two World Cup games (W2) and have never…
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