England vs Iceland. European Championships Round of 16.
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Monday 27 June 2016 19:59, UK
Roy Hodgson is expected to ring the changes for England as they look to book their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 with victory over Iceland.
The Three Lions manager made six changes to the team that beat Wales for the 0-0 draw against Slovakia.
Attacking quartet Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Dele Alli all dropped to the bench, while Danny Rose and Kyle Walker were also rested.
The result meant England finished runners-up in Group B and Hodgson was criticised for making sweeping changes before top spot has been sealed.
Hodgson has since defended his choices, saying: "The criticism is very simple. At the end of the game, you can play well or you can play badly.
"We won all our three preparation games. I don't think we played particularly well in any of the three but we won them, so everyone was hunky dory and fine.
"Here, in my opinion, we've played better. I think it bodes well for the future, what we're doing here.
"But we haven't won, so therefore results are bad so therefore we are bad. That's life. I accept it.
"I'm not trying to gloss over that in any way. But I can't be as facile as to say: 'Yeah, you're right, I wish to God now we had played Wayne Rooney.'"
Undefeated Iceland progressed into the last-16 as runners-up after two draws and a victory over Austria in Group F. Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson described the match as the "perfect" contest.
"It's a perfect game," he told Uefa.com. "It's fantastic to play a team like England. When we seen how the group stages work and who plays who afterwards, [we said] if we were to get England it would be the perfect game."
Team news
Wayne Rooney - who will equal David Beckham's record for most caps for an outfield player (115) if he plays - is almost certain to regain his position in the starting line-up, as is Dele Alli, who came on as a substitute against Slovakia.
The Tottenham Hotspur duo of Danny Rose and Kyle Walker are expected to return at full-back but the positions of Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling are uncertain.
Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has no injury worries ahead of the match and is expected to name former Bolton and Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen as a substitute.
Opta stats
This will be the third encounter between England and Iceland. England are unbeaten, having drawn 1-1 in June 1982 and won 6-1 in June 2004.
England are unbeaten in their last 10 games at the European Championship, shoot-outs excluded (W5 D5). Their last defeat dates back to 13 June 2004 against France.
England had 46 more shots than Russia, Wales and Slovakia but only scored one more goal.
Iceland were the only team, along with Spain, to start with the same line-up in all three of their group games.
Iceland's Hannes Thór Halldórsson has made more saves than any other goalkeeper at this year's tournament (18).
Paul Merson's prediction
If we don't win this, then it would surely be the biggest shock in the history of the European Championship. More people live in London than in Iceland. You have to put it in perspective.
I can't see anything but an England win. We couldn't have wished for a better draw. My only worry is that Iceland have a long throw and when you have that, like Stoke and Wimbledon used to have, then you are always in the match. They scored from it the other day so that is something for England to look out for.
PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0 (9/1 with Sky Bet)
Betting
Roy Hodgson's men are also favourites if the game goes to extra-time, with Iceland 33/1 to win during an additional 30 minutes, while both sides are given a 10/1 chance of prevailing on penalties. Harry Kane heads the first goalscorer betting at 7/2 closely followed by Daniel Sturridge (4/1), while Kolbeinn Sigthorsson is considered Iceland's main threat at 10/1.
