England v Iceland LIVE commentary and team news: Three Lions in Nations League action against Euro 2016 foes

Gareth Southgate’s England take on Iceland in their UEFA Nations League dead-rubber this evening.

England lost at Belgium on Sunday to end their hopes of reaching the Nations League Finals next October.

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Iceland have already been relegated from Group A2 meaning England are safe and Southgate will want to see a response from his side.

The Three Lions are still building towards next summer’s rearranged Euro 2020 and need to start find some consistency in their starting line-up and form.

England will also want to put to bed any lingering memories of their nightmare against Iceland at Euro 2016 and show what progress they have made since then.

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Belgium v England: How to listen

This Group A2 tie will get under way at 7:45pm on Wednesday, November 18.

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Mark Saggers will be your host before commentary from Jim Proudfoot and Stuart Pearce.

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Belgium v England: Team news

Gareth Southgate named an initial 29-man squad for this month’s triple-header of game but England could be down to just 21 players against Iceland.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Ward-Prowse and Marcus Rashford were unable to meet up due to existing issues, while Joe Gomez sustained a knee injury in training last week.

Conor Coady had to pull out due to a possible Covid-19 exposure, Raheem Sterling has withdrawn due to a calf complaint and Jordan Henderson and Ben Chilwell both have knocks.

Harry Maguire is available after suspension but Reece James remains banned for Iceland’s visit.

Southgate said: “It’s obvious throughout the autumn we’ve been missing so many players in every camp

“But I’m focused on the players that were here because the players that were here gave absolutely everything and there were some excellent individual performances.

“We’ve had 11 debuts, I think, across the autumn and a lot of players who’ve forced their way into our thinking for a squad and a lot of players who are forcing our thinking into the team.”

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Belgium v England: What has been said?

Gareth Southgate challenged England’s players to ‘cement’ their place in his European Championship thoughts ahead of the dead rubber against Iceland.

“In terms of Iceland, it’s still a game that gives opportunities for people to cement a place in the team or in the squad,” Southgate said.

“Again, we’ll find out a lot now because for sure there’ll be a lot of pressure from some clubs on their own players. That’s what we live with consistently.

“But we’ve got players that want to play for England and we have pride in the way we play and we want to finish the game well.

“Our performance (against Belgium) was excellent and the players pushed until the 93rd minute and I couldn’t have been prouder of them doing that.

“So, we have players that want the opportunity to play. We’ll need to freshen the team a little bit but we’ll have to assess that over the next couple of days.”