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England are third in Group 9

England continued their 100% winning start to the 2017 European Under-21 Championship qualifying campaign with a comfortable victory over Kazakhstan.

Debutant Chuba Akpom hit a post before Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened the scoring, rifling home after Eric Dier knocked down James Ward-Prowse's free-kick at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.

Nathan Redmond fired home to make it 2-0 before Akpom scored from close range.

England's next game is against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo on 12 November.

Arsenal's Chuba Akpom, marked his international debut at this level by hitting the post after 12 minutes at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.

Young Lions boss Gareth Southgate named a strong side for his team's second game of the qualifying campaign.

It included eight players who have made a combined total of 31 Premier League appearances this season.

England, who opened the campaign with a 1-0 win away to Norway external-link last month, are the only team in Group 9 with maximum points.

However, they still trail joint leaders Norway and Switzerland, who have played more games, by one point.