England 0-1 Belgium

World Cup 2018, Group G

Kaliningrad Stadium

Kick-off: 7pm BST

England have finished second in World Cup Group G after a 1-0 defeat to Belgium in Kaliningrad.

Adnan Januzaz's stunning goal earned Belgium victory on Thursday night to ensure the Red Devils finished top of the group.

The result means that Gareth Southgate's team will play Colombia in the last 16 on Tuesday in Moscow.

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ES COVERAGE Hello and welcome to Standard Sport's live coverage of the final round of fixtures in Group G. England's face Belgium in a top-of-the-table clash, and now know that whoever finishes top will play Japan in the next round, while the team finishing second will face a tricky encounter with Colombia. In the other match in this group, Panama and Tunisia meet for the first time in history, but both teams already know they will not be progressing to the next round. 1900 | England vs Belgium 1500 | Panama vs Tunisia Rumours surround the England lineup, with an expected eight changes made to the starting lineup. That news will be here shortly, so for now we'll have a brief look at the history between the two sides. STAT ATTACK England and Belgium have played each other 21 teams, with England winning 15, five draws and Belgium winning just once. That win for the Red Devils came back in May 1936, as they prevailed in a friendly by a scoreline of 3-2. Both times the teams have met in the World Cup, it has finished level at full-time (and gone to extra-time): 4-4 in 1954 and 1-0 to England AET in 1990. Advertisement SOCIAL TEAM NEWS As expected, lots of changes tonight for England. There were reports that Harry Kane would play on despite qualification already being secured, but Gareth Southgate has rested the Spurs striker, with Jamie Vardy starting up front in his place. SOCIAL TEAM NEWS And here is how Belgium line up. Headline news is that Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku drop to the bench. Just an hour until kick-off now. England are aiming for three wins in the group stage of the World Cup for the first time since 1990, when they were knocked out of the semi-finals by Germany. No chance of that happening this time around, at least. Advertisement Just a reminder of how things stand in Group G: England and Belgium hold identical records from the first two matches, both scoring eight and conceding three. Currently, England lead the group having picked up two bookings to Belgium's three. If this match finishes a draw, and England pick up one more booking than Belgium, lots will have to be drawn to decide the who will finish top of the group and earn a match-up with Japan in the second round. It's a first World Cup start for Marcus Rashford. Before the last match against Panama, there were rumours he would start in place of Raheem Sterling, but the Manchester City winger kept his place. Does this game then represent a chance to give manager Gareth Southgate a (positive) selection headache? England manager Gareth Southgate has been speaking to ITV ahead of the match. Talking about low expectations heading into the tournament, Southgate stated: "Sometimes in life it's not a bad thing to be underestimated."



And asked about one thing that he wanted to change upon becoming England manager, and implemented, he replied: "A real connectedness with playing for the badge.



I don't think there's any argument that about that. Advertisement SOCIAL In other England news tonight, Eric Dier is the captain. An interesting decision from Southgate, with the experienced Gary Cahill starting at centre-back. SOCIAL Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold is adding his name to a list of history-makers at this World Cup. ES COVERAGE Just 20 minutes until kick-off, and here's Chief Football Correspondent James Olley's preview, on why England should enjoy this game with the pressure off. Advertisement Gareth Southgate has again been talking to ITV, and while stating that he's made changes to reward players who needed a game as well as rotating to avoid injury, he refuted the claim that they could try and finish second in the group to try and plot a favourable path in the tournament. This match won't decide whether or not football is indeed coming home, but we're just 10 minutes from kick-off and the excitement is building. The national anthems are done, and we're ready for kick-off. Advertisement KICK OFF England get the game underway! 2 mins: A hint of a chance for England. Sloppy play down the left from Belgium lets Vardy in behind, but his low cross towards Rashford is cleared by Courtois with his feet. 4 mins: A confident start on the ball from England. They're dominating possession and looking to get Vardy and Rashford in behind the wing-backs. Advertisement 6 mins: Tielemans lines up an effort from distance. He strikes it high and central, and Pickford pushes it out, but not completely clear of the danger area. England do clear, eventually. 8 mins: England work a throw-in nicely between Rose and Delph, with Delph hitting a cross towards Vardy in the centre, but it's easily cleared. Next

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England to win: 19/10

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Both teams to score: 4/5

3-3 draw: 13/1

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Team news

England have made eight changes to their starting line-up for tonight's World Cup Group G game against Belgium in Kaliningrad. Jamie Vardy plays up front, with captain Harry Kane rested.

When England's team sheet landed it showed eight changes from the side which started against Panama, including Vardy for Kane.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, defender John Stones and midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek were the three men retained - despite the latter being on a yellow card.

There was a first competitive cap at right-wing back for Trent Alexander-Arnold, while Marcus Rashford was given the chance to impress as he took Raheem Sterling's place in the supporting forward role.

Starting line-ups

England XI: Pickford; Stones, Cahill, Jones; Alexander-Arnold, Delph, Dier, Loftus-Cheek, Rose; Rashford, Vardy

Belgium XI: Courtois; Vermaelen, Boyata, Dendoncker; Chadli, Fellaini, Dembele, Tielemans; T.Hazard, Januzaj; Batshuayi