England can all but secure their place in the quarter-finals of the European Under-21 Championship this afternoon with victory over Slovenia in Nitra.
Lee Carsley’s side opened their campaign with a 3-1 defeat of Czechia and three more points today ought to be enough to see them through.
Slovenia started with a 3-0 defeat to Germany and they know another setback will see their qualification hopes severely dented, potentially fatally depending on what happens in the second pool game later today.
England Under-21 Team News
Carsley makes two changes with Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney and Arsenal winger Ethan Nwaneri coming in for Bournemouth’s Alex Scott and Ipswich’s Omari Hutchinson.
England: Beadle; Gray, Quansah, Cresswell, Livramento; Hackney, Anderson, Elliott; McAtee, Rowe, Nwaneri
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Slovenia Under-21 Team News
Slovenia are unchanged with coach Andrej Razdrh naming the same XI that succumbed to a hat-trick from Germany’s Nick Woltemade on Thursday.
Slovenia: Turk, Ilenic, Golic, Jevsenak, Kuzmic, Zeljkovic, Ostrc, Seslar, Begic, Brest, Cipot
