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25' England 0-0 Ukraine

England have set up similarly to the win against Italy; they are operating in a 4-3-3 formation with Rice at the base of the midfield and Henderson and Bellingham ahead of him.

Further forward, Saka is on the right of the front three and Maddison is on the left with Kane leading the line.

Ukraine are doing their best to counter act that tactical set up with a 4-2-3-1.

Zinchenko and Stepanenko are the two players protecting the defence with both wingers — Malinovskyi and Mudryk — having to drop deep to track England's full-backs.

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20' England 0-0 Ukraine

It has been all England in the last quarter of an hour.

They're not giving Ukraine a second's peace in possession and are enjoying the lion's share of possession.

After the most recent England corner is recycled, Kane rises highest to nod towards goal but his effort is comfortably saved.

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16' England 0-0 Ukraine

Ukraine thought they had sprung England's offside trap when Yaremchuk was found by a long ball over the top of the defence.

However, after he dragged his effort wide, he was flagged for offside.

A very regimented defensive line from the home side.

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12' England 0-0 Ukraine

Maddison is wasting no time in making his presence known on his first start – he's looking to pick the ball up at every opportunity.

Most recently, he picked out former Leicester team mate Ben Chilwell down the left wing but the full-back's whipped cross just evaded Kane before Saka failed to keep it in play.

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9' England 0-0 Ukraine

The home side have been much improved in the last few minutes and their first foray into the penalty area sees Kane brought to the ground by Skatov.

However, the referee doesn't think there is enough in the challenge to award a penalty so waves away the protests.

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5' England 0-0 Ukraine

Ukraine are in no mood to let England dominate this afternoon — they have started the brighter of the two sides.

Yaremchuk has the game's first attempt at goal but his strike from 20 yards is easily blocked by Stones.

An encouraging start for the visitors.

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Not the start anyone would have wanted as Chilwell and Malinovskyi clash heads, leaving the latter in a heap on the floor.

While we wait for the game to restart, here's the trophy that Kane received for becoming England's record goalscorer.

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1' England 0-0 Ukraine

Following two emotional national anthem renditions, all 22 players and the match officials stand with a Ukraine flag with the word 'PEACE' written across it.

A minute's applause is then held for George Cohen, one of the members of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side — today is the first international game held at Wembley since his passing.

Bukayo Saka gets the ball rolling and we're underway!

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Kane, holding the hands of his two daughters, leads England out onto the pitch at Wembley for the first time as his country's record goalscorer.

He is handed a commemorative golden boot, takes a photo with his family and laps up the applause of the England supporters.

Time for the national anthems...

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Maddison has been handed a huge opportunity to impress in the absence of Foden this afternoon and Southgate is looking forward to seeing what he can contribute.

"He's been consistent for his club, his training for us has been at a really top level so I'm excited to see him play," said the England manager.

"We want him to have the license to drift (inside), that's what he's good at. He's great at finding pockets of space so I don't want to restrict him too much.

"He's got to do his work without the ball but he's got the freedom when we've got the ball to go and hurt them."

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There are just 10 minutes to go until kick-off at Wembley.

The atmosphere has built nicely inside the stadium and the players will be taking to the pitch shortly for the national anthems.

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The family of Jack Leslie, who should have been England’s first black footballer, finally received his posthumous cap from the FA on Sunday afternoon.

Leslie, who was an inside right for Plymouth Argyle, was called up to play for England in 1925 but was then deselected due to the colour of his skin.

The cap was presented to Leslie’s grandchildren on the pitch at Wembley earlier on

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Regular viewers of Premier League football will have become accustomed to seeing Zinchenko playing as a left-back for Manchester City and now Arsenal.

However, for his native Ukraine, he plays in a central-midfield role so expect him to play a key role in the visitors' engine room today.

If he and his team mates are to get a result at Wembley, the 26 year old will have to turn in one of his very best performances.

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Harry Kane became England's record goalscorer on Thursday when he sent Gianluigi Donnarumma the wrong way from the penalty spot.

That was his 54th goal for his country and he will know that another today would sent England on their way to another important victory.

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Ukraine watched England get their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign off to the perfect start on Thursday and they will be desperate to see the same over the next couple of hours.

They will have their work cut out against a very strong England side but they plenty of quality of their own.

Here they were testing out the Wembley pitch earlier on.

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Not only will England's recent struggles under Southgate give Ukraine optimism, but their own form has been strong in the last 12 months.

Their absence from the World Cup will have only strengthened their desire to be one of the teams at Euro 2024.

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The World Cup defeat remains fresh in the memory of England supporters and their form in last year's Nations League fixtures will give Ukraine plenty of optimism for a surprise victory today.

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Inclusion in the starting XI for Jordan Henderson and Kyle Walker means they will both reach 75 caps for England.

The former returns to the team in place of Kalvin Phillips while the latter is playing his fifth successive game.

They both join former goalkeepers Joe Hart and David Seaman on 75 caps, a tally which sees them move joint-24th on the list of most capped England players.

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Wembley Stadium remains one of world football's great arenas.

90,000 people under one roof always makes for an excellent spectacle and today will be no different.

Among those inside the home of English football this afternoon will be just over 4,000 Ukrainians, including plenty of those who have been taken in by the English public since the Russian invasion.

Elsewhere, team news is just 10 minutes away.

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