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MATCH THREAD: Group B - England vs Wales - KO 14:00 (BBC)

Who will win?

  • England

    Votes: 40 51.3%
  • Wales

    Votes: 27 34.6%
  • Draw

    Votes: 11 14.1%

  • Total voters
    78
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All of England's players trained on Wednesday ahead of the match so Roy Hodgson has a full-strength squad to select from.

He may opt to select the same starting XI and 4-3-3 formation that played against Russia.

Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey is still troubled by the back spasm that caused him to miss the opening win over Slovakia.

Slovakia match winner Hal Robson-Kanu and Joe Ledley are pushing for starts.

While the Welsh Dragon is firing after their first-ever European Championship match ended in a famous victory, England's young lions have been licking their wounds after their disappointing draw in Marseille.

Wales are the team carrying the momentum into this eagerly anticipated clash in Lens and their players have been bullish in press conferences this week. Gareth Bale declared himself very happy that the England camp reacted to his incendiary claims that Wales "have a got a lot more passion and pride" than England. "It's good that they bit," Bale said wryly. "

Both camps have been asked if this game will feel like a Premier League match, but four of Wales' starting XI against Slovakia didn't start an English top-flight match last season. England's team against Russia started 324 Premier League games compared to just 131 for Wales' (Gareth Bale excluded of course).

While the England and Wales rugby teams get to renew their fierce rivalry on a yearly basis, matches between their nation's football teams have become increasingly rare since the annual British Championship was disbanded in 1984.

That year, Wales beat England 1-0 courtesy of a goal from debutant Mark Hughes, and it remarkably remains the last goal and the last win they have recorded in this fixture.
 

Can't wait to watch the footy at work with people who don't care about footy at any other time.

Go England, score a goal!!
 


I think they'll do us today. It's their final but we'll probably treat it as 'just' a group game, with Hodgson going all cautious. If we okay to our strengths are smash into them early we should then be able to play the better football. I have a feeling that won't be the case.

1-0 to the cottage burners!
 
I think they'll do us today. It's their final but we'll probably treat it as 'just' a group game, with Hodgson going all cautious. If we okay to our strengths are smash into them early we should then be able to play the better football. I have a feeling that won't be the case.

1-0 to the cottage burners!

Exactly my thoughts. Except I reckon 2-0 to them.

England have the better players but they're so passionate I can't see our lot matching it.
 

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