Predicting England’s Starting XI vs. Scotland

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Published: August 12, 2013

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The last time England faced Scotland they had David Seaman in goal, Tony Adams at centre-back, Jamie Redknapp and Paul Ince in midfield and an attacking partnership of Alan Shearer and Michael Owen.

They didn’t manage a single shot on target.

Don Hutchison’s 39th-minute goal was enough for Scotland to seal a 1-0 victory at the old Wembley Stadium that Wednesday in November 1999, although a Paul Scholes brace at Hampden Park only four days prior would end up putting the Three Lions through to the Euro 2000 finals.

“A moral victory” for Scotland, claimed the BBC, and a frustrated Keegan did not hide his emotions in his post-match press conference, telling reporters, “We would be the first to admit we did not play well. We could not get going...It was a poor performance and you have to give credit to Scotland.”

Later this week Scotland will pay their first visit to the new Wembley, and waiting for them will be an England side still unsure of a place in the 2014 World Cup.

Presently trailing Group H leaders Montenegro by two points, they’ll host Moldova on September 6 before a match in Ukraine four days later, and given the magnitude of those appointments they’ll be treating Wednesday’s friendly against their northern neighbours as significantly more than a training exercise.

But who will manager Roy Hodgson name to his starting XI?

The team that did so well for him in Brazil two months ago is his likely starting point, although the return of Jack Wilshere and emergence of Wilfried Zaha will surely give him pause for thought.

In the following slides we’ll predict the choices he will make, with a word or two to back up our forecasts.

Let’s get to it.

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