England vs North Macedonia – Possible Lineups

England will continue their perfect start to Euro 2024 qualifying by hosting North Macedonia at Old Trafford in their Group C fixture on Monday, 19 June.

The Three Lions won 4-0 against Malta on Friday night, while the visitors suffered a 3-2 defeat against Ukraine. Kick-off for England v North Macedonia is scheduled for 20:45

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Skeptics will point to their opponents’ ability, but optimists will rejoice in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s stellar performance during England’s comfortable win over Malta: The Liverpool man has cemented himself in the Three Lions’ success with four goals Ta’ Kali Honored.

First providing a precise long ball to Bukayo Saka, who sent a cross – which was deflected into his own net by Ferdinando Appa – Alexander-Arnold made the most of his new found freedom in midfield to score the second goal from close range.

Harry Kane and Callum Wilson then scored from 12 meters as England left Group C, quickly consolidating their position as group leaders after thrashings against Ukraine and Italy in March. For the , six points clear of the summit clash, despite having played more games than a trio of three-point teams.

With Harry Styles’ concert at Wembley on Saturday, England – who have only one direction in Group C – will be hoping to put on a show at the Theater of Dreams in search of a sixth win from seven matches in all tournaments, and their The domestic record in Euro qualifying speaks for itself.

Indeed, since a 2–2 draw with Switzerland in 2011, the Three Lions have won each of their last 11 continental qualifiers at home – scoring at least twice in each of their last 10 – And North Macedonia are unlikely to travel to Manchester with a boost in morale.

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While England were busy breaking hearts in Malta, North Macedonia were also in dreamland during Friday night’s trip to Ukraine: Enis Bardi and Eljif Elmas put Blagoja Milevski’s men two before kick-off for the first half. Pushed into the lead of the goal.

However, what Sergiy Rebrov told his troops at half-time worked wonders, as Ukraine proved another beast in the second half and turned the game around thanks to Ilya Zbarny, Yukhim Konoplya and Viktor Tsygankov, which saw Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudrik netted an equaliser. Dramatic final victory of the nation.

A red card for Vissar Musliu midway through the second half did not help North Macedonia, who now sit in fourth place as one of three sides sitting within three points, after beating Malta 2–1. .

Aiming to qualify for Euro 2024, following a brief debut appearance at Euro 2020, Linsey traveled to Old Trafford, having scored in his last six matches at this stage – only two of his last seven qualifying matches in the European Championship and England have failed to sweep North Macedonia in the last four meetings.

The Three Lions are surprisingly unbeaten against their next visitors, with two wins and two draws since 2006, but a goalless draw in a qualifier at Euro 2008 as they won the pair 2–1 and 1–0. which coincidentally happened under the floodlights at Old Trafford.

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Arsenal fans held their breath when Bukayo Saka suffered an ankle problem during Friday’s win against Malta, and the 21-year-old was forced to play through the pain barrier for the rest of the opening 45 minutes at halftime. sidelined in time.

However, Southgate insisted after the match that Saka’s retirement was just a precaution and that the striker should be fit by Monday, but that Phil Foden would certainly be available if no risk was taken on the striker’s fitness.

Jack Grealish, John Stones, Kyle Walker and Calvin Phillips were kept in reserve, but Foden was the only Manchester City attacking midfielder to watch the pitch on Friday, but the foursome were considered for the bitter rivals’ home minutes on Monday evening. should be done.

Meanwhile, North Macedonia will be forced to have a change of heart on their backline following the expulsion of Musliu on Friday; The Ingolstadt 04 man was booked for dissent before receiving a second booking 18 minutes later.

Darko Velkowski is expected to replace his banned team-mate – unless Milevski opted for one-armed defender Jovan Manev – but Linsey Koch has no injury concerns in Monday’s match.

Milan Ristovski has the option of a change in the third half, but Aleksandar Trajkovski, scorer of 20, and Ilija Nesterovski, scorer of 10, should continue to lead the attack from kick-off.

Possible lineups England vs North Macedonia –

Possible England starting lineup:
Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Henderson; Foden, Kane, Rashford

Possible North Macedonia starting lineup:
Dmitrievsky; Ristovsky, Zajkov, Velkovsky, Alyovsky; Bardhi, Adami, Elmas; Ashkovsky, Nesterovsky, Trajkovsky

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