Star Sports ambassador ALEX CROOK casts his eye over England’s upcoming Nations League clash with Ireland as the Three Lions look to win promotion back to the top tier whilst giving Lee Carsley a successful send off.
Lee Carsley will be aiming to sign off in style as England’s interim boss when the Republic of Ireland travel to Wembley this evening writes ALEX CROOK.
England swept past Greece on Thursday night with a comfortable 3-0 victory in Athens to put them top of the group.
One more win will secure promotion to the top tier of the Nations League before Carsley passes the baton to new head coach Thomas Tuchel for the World Cup qualifiers.
Carsley started his temporary tenure with a 2-0 triumph in Dublin and will be confident of a repeat against an improving Irish side, but one that does not travel well.
The visitors, guaranteed to finish third after their mid-week defeat of Finland, are also still struggling to put the ball in the net.
The visitors, guaranteed to finish third after their mid-week defeat of Finland, are also still struggling to put the ball in the net. Ireland have failed to score in six of their last nine games and lost four of their last six away matches without getting on the scoresheet.
Therefore, England to win to nil at 17/20 with starsports.bet is a confident selection, especially as the hosts need the three points to be certain of finishing ahead of Greece in the standings.
Carsley raised eyebrows with his team selection in the Greek capital by demoting captain Harry Kane to the bench. That big decision was vindicated by Kane’s replacement Ollie Watkins scoring early in proceedings.
The defeat at home to Greece aside, Carsley can look back on an at times challenging caretaker role with pride.
Kane will return to the starting 11 and will be out to prove a point after that snub so I will be backing Kane to score the first goal at
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England should dominate possession you would expect them to have plenty of corners while there should also be a few cards banded around as this is usually a feisty fixture.
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