Roy Hodgson says his squad is in better health than it has been for some time, as multiple first-team players return to training.
“We’ve got a lot of players back, which is good news,” he said in his pre-match press conference. “Jeffrey Schlupp is training with us again, as is Mamadou Sakho – even James Tomkins is out there training.
“So in fact, this is as big a group as we’ve had training for a long time. Connor Wickham is out on the training field but not training with the squad, and that also applies to Nathan Ferguson.