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Group C team news: Gallagher in for Alexander-Arnold

England take on Slovenia on Tuesday, while Denmark and Serbia clash in Group C’s other match.

The Three Lions, who have already secured a spot in the last-16, are the favourites to win the group, but Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia can all mathematically progress, so it’s all to play for.

Both matches get underway at 20:00 BST.

PositionTeamPlWDLFAGDPts
1England21102114
2Denmark20202202
3Slovenia20202202
4Serbia201112-11

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been demoted to the England bench for their clash with Slovenia.

Conor Gallagher replaces the Liverpool man, in Gareth Southgate’s only change from the 1-1 draw with Denmark.

Only five defenders in Euro 2024 Fantasy have a higher ownership than Alexander-Arnold’s 22%.

Luke Shaw is back on the substitutes bench, meanwhile.

As for Slovenia, they are unchanged.

There is just one change to the Denmark side who drew with England. Victor Kristiansen drops to the bench, with Alexander Bah coming into the line-up.

That means Joakim Maehle, Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund all start.

Finally, there are three alterations for Serbia.

Srdan Mijailovic, Nemanja Gudelj and Lazar Samardzic replace Filip Mladenovic, Dusan Tadic and Dusan Vlahovic.

LINE-UPS

England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier, Gallagher, Rice, Saka, Bellingham, Foden, Kane

Slovenia XI: Oblak, Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Janza, Stojanovic, Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar, Sporar, Sesko


Denmark XI: Schmeichel, Andersen, Christiansen, Vestergaard, Bah, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Maehle, Eriksen, Wind, Hojlund

Serbia XI: Rajkovic, Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic, Mijailovic, Ilic, Gudelj, Zivkovic, Samardzic, Lukic, Mitrovic



227 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Mandalorian
    • 12 Years
    8 months, 14 days ago

    I posted this 3 weeks ago

    "I think Slovenia and Denmark are low block teams, a system England struggle against.

    Reminds me of last season when people started with Man Utd players and ignored the bad form. Rashford and Bruno were flops.

    England expectation is huge but I'm not seeing alot of goals in those games."

    England performances as expected.

    They are now the highest ranked team in their run to the final.

    Hopefully they improve.

    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      8 months, 14 days ago

      Nothing about low block. Eng tactics are just crap. They barely beat serbia 1-0 too

  2. jacob1989
    • 3 Years
    8 months, 14 days ago

    Eng likely to face Netherlands in r16.. could be coming home after the game. The eng players that is

    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 14 days ago

      Yup, having looked at how it's panned out.... if Czech Republic do not beat Turkey, and Georgia don't win v Portugal... then it's the Netherlands.
      I reckon there's about a 70% chance of that occurring....

      1. jacob1989
        • 3 Years
        8 months, 14 days ago

        Very unlikely georgia win even against a b team Portugal.
        Czech vs turkey could be anyones game or even a draw

  3. GreennRed
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 14 days ago

    Have Bellingham and Foden not faced enough adversity for their dominant clubs this season, compared to Palmer and Gordon and could be affecting their Euros?

    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      8 months, 14 days ago

      They are clearly not playing well with each other. I would drop one of them and play palmer RW. Bellingham and foden both want to play 10 but its not working. Else jude drops back with Rice. This current setup isn't working. Will be interesting to see how Southgate plays once eng fall behind..

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 14 days ago

        I'd drop Kane, Foden, Saka for
        Gordon, Watkins and Palmer.
        Put Bellingham back mid with Mainoo, Rice back between Stones and Guehi. Trent RWB, Walker LWB. More than naive, I know.

      2. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        8 months, 13 days ago

        The latter makes more sense. Bellingham can play either well, just need to have the discipline to not be the glory man if playing deeper. Play Gordon on left. Palmer is harder to fit in even though he deserves to start. Guess Saka could go left and no Gordon, or just have Palmer as impact sub but give him longer, 30 mins at least.