2022 World Cup: Southgate set to name unchanged England team to face France in quarter-final

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England manager, Gareth Southgate, is expected to name an unchanged team to play France in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final.

Southgate will send out the same players that hammered Senegal 3-0 in the Round of 16.

This means the team are expected to line-up with the 4-3-3 system that they have used in all four matches so far.

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Southgate has shown a tendency in the past to use five at the back for matches against elite nations, and given England face the reigning world champions tonight there has been some doubt over which system the team would use.

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But the likely decision to use a convention back-four allows England to name an extra attacker, in a move that appears to indicate the team will adopt an forward-thinking approach to the game.

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Kyle Walker, whose battle with Kylian Mbappe down France’s left could be key towards the outcome tonight, should start at right-back.

He is expected to be joined by Harry Maguire, John Stones and Luke Shaw in defence.

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Declan Rice, who has suffered from illness this week, Jordan Henderson and Jude Bellingham are in line to start in central midfield, while Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka are set to support Harry Kane in the forward positions.

England (433): Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Henderson, Rice, Bellingham; Foden. Kane, Saka.

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