England vs Senegal LIVE, World Cup Round of 16 score: Bellingham, Foden in England starting 11; Schedule, commentary; Kick-off at 12:30am IST

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s reside protection of the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 conflict between England and Senegal, occurring on the Al Bayt stadium.

Sterling misses out..

England’s Raheem Sterling is not going to be accessible for choice towards Senegal as he’s coping with a household matter, England FA has confirmed.

The Chelsea ahead has a objective and an help beneath his belt for England within the ongoing World Cup, each coming within the group stage 6-2 win towards Iran,

Who will or not it’s this time – The Three lions or the Lions of Teranga?

This would be the first ever senior worldwide between England and Senegal. It would be the thirteenth time that England’s first ever match towards a nation has come within the World Cup; the Three Lions misplaced simply one of many earlier 12 such cases (W7 D4), a 0-1 defeat to USA in 1950.

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In a event full of surprises, Senegal will attempt to add to the record of stunners within the Round of 16 on Sunday when it takes on England, which has by no means misplaced to an African aspect.

If Senegal is to drag off the shock it might need to do it with out their inspirational chief and coach Aliou Cisse, who has been sidelined with an sickness.

Adding to the problem the African champions will certainly be with out their midfield normal Idrissa Gueye, who’s suspended for the match at Al Bayt having picked up a second yellow card towards Ecuador of their closing group match.

“He (Cisse) has been sick for a couple of days now and he let us take charge of training yesterday obviously with his instructions,” assistant coach Regis Bogaert instructed reporters on Saturday.

“Hopefully tomorrow he will be able to come and be on the bench with the players but we are sure at 10 p.m. he will be there with the team.”

England has confronted African opposition 20 instances, together with seven at a World Cup, and is but to lose.

While African nations have misplaced eight of their 9 World Cup knockout spherical video games towards European sides, Cisse was there for the one success in 2002 when Senegal beat Sweden to achieve the quarter-finals.

Senegal burst into that event by defeating reigning champion France and the dreadlocked Cisse has shared these reminiscences together with his gamers forward of their date with England.

“When he talks he uses data and his own experiences,” Bogaert mentioned. “He was part of that great team in 2002 and I think the team really trusts him because of that experience he had as player.

“Beating England would be a tremendous achievement, I don’t know how important it would rate compared to the victory in 2002, that was important as well. If we can beat a team like England it sends out a very strong message about the progress we have made.”

Cisse has been in control of Senegal since 2015 and guided the Lions of Teranga to a number of firsts together with their maiden Africa Cup of Nations title this 12 months.

Bogaert defined that Senegal has completed their homework and have paid particular consideration to set items – part of the sport the place England have been notably harmful in recent times.

“We’ve identified some things and the most important thing is set pieces can be decisive in these top matches,” mentioned Bogaert. “We also hope to take advantage of set pieces.

“Our strategy is in place.”