England face Austria tonight at the Riverside stadium in Middlesbrough in the first of two pre-tournament games with the other against Romania on Thursday.
With Gareth Southgate picking his final 26 man squad for the Euros yesterday he has these players to pick from.
Only a few players have a place nailed down for the Euros so these friendlies are a good opportunity to earn a spot in that starting eleven against Croatia on June 13th.
England have called up four right backs: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker and Reece James - but possibly Walker could play in the back three and Alexander-Arnold could be moved into midfield.
Harry Maguire, Jack Grealish and Jordan Henderson have all just came back from injuries so may not be included in this first squad but all should be ready for the Euros.
This gives space for youngsters in Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka to give Southgate something to think about before the Euros kicks off.
What formation and who he is going for is still very much up in the air at this stage and we will have to wait and see tonight what the style and line up is going to be.
The last time England played it was a 2-1 victory over Poland in March in the World Cup Qualifiers.
Austria have the likes of Marco Anautovic, David Alaba and Konrad Laimer available all great players who could cause England problems.
Last time out they lost 4-0 to Denmark in a World Cup qualifying match, they have not had a great run of games.
The Beautiful Game predicts a 3-1 victory for England with Harry Kane, John Stones and Dominic Calvert-Lewin with the goals.
England form: WWWWL
Austria form: LWDDW
England predicted line up:
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