Group E leaders England will be looking to make it five wins out of five when they face Lithuania at Wembley on Friday. So far Roy Hodgson's team won every single match of the campaign (against Switzerland, San Marino, Estonia and Slovenia) and built a six-point cushion at the top of the group. There are just three other teams that still have a 100% record in this qualifying campaign: Slovakia, Israel and the Czech Republic.
This will be the first ever meeting between England and Lithuania. Roy Hodgson will not be able to count on Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw, Fraser Forster and Daniel Sturridge, who are all injured, but that might give young Spurs sensation Harry Kane the chance to make his senior debut for England.
Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph are in doubt but they should be recovered by the time of the game. Lithuania are six points behind England after winning the first two matches without conceding and then losing the following two without scoring (to Slovenia and Switzerland). Their last match produced a decent result though, a goalless draw away at Ukraine in a friendly.
Probable line-ups:
England: Hart - Clyne, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines - Henderson, Carrick, Milner, Sterling - Rooney, Kane
Lithuania: Arlauskis - Vicius, Freidgeimas, Kijanskas, Zulpa - Vaitkunas, Matulevicius, Panka, Chvedukas, Cernych - Andriuskevicius
My prediction: England to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
England win - 1/8 Draw - 9/1 Lithuania win - 25/1
mdacic 8 years ago
This was easy game for England. If this was basketball game I think that Lithuania will be big big favorites here but since we talk about the football that is impossible :) England have great team, full of stars and this match was like a practice for them. They could score more goals but 4-0 is also enough. With this victory...
This was easy game for England. If this was basketball game I think that Lithuania will be big big favorites here but since we talk about the football that is impossible :) England have great team, full of stars and this match was like a practice for them. They could score more goals but 4-0 is also enough. With this victory England is on good way to qualify for Euro 2016 in France.
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rikimartin4444_115925 8 years ago
Another great game for England selection. Really good play in these qualifications and have deserved all victories. For me, one of the favorites to win the European Championship. Rooney is in great shape, have a lot of young and promising players. The strongest impression for me with this game is the debut Harry Kane. He...
Another great game for England selection. Really good play in these qualifications and have deserved all victories. For me, one of the favorites to win the European Championship. Rooney is in great shape, have a lot of young and promising players. The strongest impression for me with this game is the debut Harry Kane. He managed to get in a few minutes and score another goal and confirm the good form.
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Johnajax 8 years ago
I won't talk about great victory for England because they played against Lithuania at home but I will talk only about one player - Wayne Rooney. Rooney is the best English player I ever seen. He is great, he can score, he can assist, he can make plays and I love this man. So he will soon become best scorer in England and...
I won't talk about great victory for England because they played against Lithuania at home but I will talk only about one player - Wayne Rooney. Rooney is the best English player I ever seen. He is great, he can score, he can assist, he can make plays and I love this man. So he will soon become best scorer in England and I hope that he will become best player of England of all time.
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seculla 8 years ago
It was such an easy task for England. They won 4:0 and all of the lads which should be the leaders in this England's squad scored. Rooney, Wellbeck, Sterling and Kane were scorers of four goals and I must say that this England is way better than England that we saw on EURO 2012 and World Cup in 2014. So I'm pretty sure...
It was such an easy task for England. They won 4:0 and all of the lads which should be the leaders in this England's squad scored. Rooney, Wellbeck, Sterling and Kane were scorers of four goals and I must say that this England is way better than England that we saw on EURO 2012 and World Cup in 2014. So I'm pretty sure that they will be one big competitors for winning EURO Cup in 2016 in France.
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sharpe 8 years ago
Will be very interesting game because of the Harry Kane's debut if he started the game of course. The young Tottehham striker is the sensation of the Premier League so far and he fully deserved a place in the national team. The victory don't have to be a problem for the England side.
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h34dhunt3r 8 years ago
This should be really easy game for England. Their quality can't be compared with away Lithuania team, and that's just reality. That's all under maybe section, since we got used on unpleasent suprises by English squad. Anyway I belive they will take win tonight, with few goals difference. And with this win, they will secure...
This should be really easy game for England. Their quality can't be compared with away Lithuania team, and that's just reality. That's all under maybe section, since we got used on unpleasent suprises by English squad. Anyway I belive they will take win tonight, with few goals difference. And with this win, they will secure their spot in Euro 2016 in France. Only thing that troubles me is what to bet in this match. England doesn't score much goals, so I suppose it will be around 2, maybe 3-0. My predictions: - Result: 3:0 for England - Man of the match: Harry Kane
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Johnajax 8 years ago
This will be easy victory for England and very important three points for them. In this new system of qualification it is very easy to qualify for EURO special for bigger teams. It is enough to win against teams like Lithuania, San Marino and you will get enough points. So I think that on Wembley Lithuania don't have any...
This will be easy victory for England and very important three points for them. In this new system of qualification it is very easy to qualify for EURO special for bigger teams. It is enough to win against teams like Lithuania, San Marino and you will get enough points. So I think that on Wembley Lithuania don't have any chance and my prediction is 4-0 for England.
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