
Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Tuesday, 29 March Kick-off: 19:45 GMT |
Coverage: Live BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport website & app, plus live text commentary online. |
Manchester City defender John Stones will miss England’s friendly with Ivory Coast after returning to his club.
The 27-year-old suffered an injury in the warm-up for Saturday’s 2-1 win against Switzerland, which meant he had to withdraw from the starting XI.
England boss Gareth Southgate is expected to make wholesale changes for Tuesday’s game at Wembley.
Saturday’s team mixed established and inexperienced players, with Tuesday’s expected to follow a similar template.
“We’ll make changes. We think that’s the right thing to do,” said Southgate.
“We want to keep all of the squad involved. I think that has been a strength for us. Players who come in perform well at the level and the team march on.
“They need to feel that we’ve got the confidence in them to go into any game and we’re also at a stage of the season where their load is heavy and we’ve got to make sure we try and navigate that in the best way possible.”