The Three Lions are in action Panama
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Group G match between England and Panama.
The 3 Lions will confirm their place in the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup if they manage a win over less-fancied Panama at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
Panama were defeated 3-0 in their opening match against Belgium and will look to bounce back from the humiliation with at least a draw from today’s fixture.
England coach, Gareth Southgate is not taking his opponents lightly.
"We've seen already the difficulty big countries in terms of rankings have had in breaking down lower-ranked teams," he said. "That's been a theme right the way throughout.
"There's no way there's any complacency in the way we've prepared for the game. The situation in the group is obviously a healthy one for us, but we've got to focus on our performance.
"We want to show people an England team can play in a different way. We've got technically good players, we want them to get on the ball and express themselves and really attack the game like we did the other night."
Meanwhile, Panama coach Hernan Gomez insists his side's game against England will be their hardest of the tournament.
"Against England, we could get the same score [as against Belgium] or even worse," he said. "This is our hardest match by far."
This will be the first meeting between England and Panama and the Three Lions are confident of victory.
England are unbeaten in their last four World Cup games against CONCACAF nations (W2 D2), drawing the last two against USA in 2010 and Costa Rica in 2014.
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