Lee Carsley will hope to proceed his perfect start as England manager this week when the Three Lions tackle Finland, continue to exist talkSPORT.
Carsley is ready for his first game on the touchline at Wembley as his side look to make it two wins from two within the Nations League.
England beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 on the weekend because of goals from former Irish internationals Declan Rice and Jack Grealish.
The win marked an excellent start for the brand new boss and now the Three Lions will probably be eyeing one other victory against Finland.
The Finns got their Nations League underway within the worst way possible, losing 3-0 to Greece and proving that they’re going to struggle to challenge on this group.
England vs Finland: Century for Kane
England captain and all-time top goalscorer Harry Kane is ready to make his one hundredth cap for his country.
The striker will develop into only the tenth player to succeed in a century of games for the Three Lions.
To mark the occasion, the FA will hold a special pre-match ceremony and present Kane with a gold cap for the achievement.
He will probably be the primary player to attain the feat since 2014 when Wayne Rooney played his one hundredth match against Slovenia.
In that game, Rooney scored and have become the second player to net on his century cap.
The primary was the legendary Bobby Charlton who scored against Northern Ireland in his landmark game in April 1970.
It means Kane will probably be aiming to affix some iconic England stars by finding the web on this special fixture.
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- England will host Finland for the primary time since a March 2001 World Cup qualifier, winning 2-1 in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s first competitive game in charge because of goals from Michael Owen and David Beckham.
- England are unbeaten in all 11 of their previous meetings with Finland (W9 D2), only facing Bulgaria more often without ever suffering defeat (P12 W8 D4).
England vs Finland: Team news
Carsley handed starts to 2 players who missed the Euros in Grealish and Harry Maguire on Saturday evening against Ireland.
He also had faith in Anthony Gordon and Levi Colwill with each hoping to feature again.
There may be prone to be some rotation within the side though, with John Stones fit to play and Angel Gomes hoping for a primary start.
Morgan Gibbs-White could come into the team from the off too, while Conor Gallagher, Rico Lewis and Noni Madueke didn’t feature on Saturday and will start.
As for Finland, former Premier League striker Teemu Pukki could feature.
Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky will probably be between the sticks while ex-Leeds midfielder Glen Kamara will probably be a threat in midfield.
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- Teemu Pukki has been directly involved in 12 goals in 18 appearances within the UEFA Nations League (eight goals and 4 assists), at the least 3 times as many as every other player for Finland within the competition (Robin Lod, 4).
- Lee Carsley’s first game in command of England was a 2-0 victory over Republic of Ireland, while the last manager to win his first two competitive games was Fabio Capello in 2008. Indeed, the one managers to win their first two competitive fixtures without conceding a goal are Steve McClaren (2006), Ron Greenwood (1977) and Joe Mercer (1974).
England vs Finland: What has been said?
Talking to talkSPORT after winning his first game as England manager, Carsley spoke concerning the controversy around his decision to not sing the national anthem.
The interim boss also called the Ireland game ‘certainly one of the proudest days’ of his profession.
Carsley said: “I used to be excited about it earlier. I made my Republic of Ireland debut in 1997.
“Every international match I’ve played in or been to I’ve never sung either national anthem based on me specializing in performance,
“Today can be certainly one of the proudest days of my profession. I’m so proud to face there and lead the team.
“Whether I’m singing or not, the eagerness is there. I would like to win.
“I would like the players to accomplish that well. Everyone’s got their right to an opinion and I fully respect that.”
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- Finland lost 0-3 against Greece of their previous outing, marking the second consecutive competitive match that they’ve lost by 3+ goals (1-4 v Wales previously). That is the primary time they’ve lost back-to-back competitive games by at the least three goals since October-November 1989 (1-6 v Germany, 0-3 v Netherlands).
- England lost their final home game under Gareth Southgate, 0-1 in a friendly against Iceland – the Three Lions haven’t lost back-to-back matches on home soil since November 2013 under Roy Hodgson (to Chile and Germany).
England vs Finland: talkSPORT coverage
This Nations League clash will happen on Tuesday, September 10.
Kick-off at Wembley Stadium is scheduled for 7:45pm.
talkSPORT can have live coverage of the sport presented by Adrian Durham.
Commentary will come from Jim Proudfoot and former England captain Stuart Pearce.
talkSPORT.com will even be running a live blog of all of the motion.
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