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Harry Kane, Chris Smalling and Ross Barkley in England's top scoring Sky Sports Fantasy Football XI

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England will continue their initial preparations for Euro 2016 with Tuesday's friendly with France, but is Roy Hodgson picking his best players?

The Sky Sports Fantasy Football stats suggest not, with only three of Hodgson's starting line-up against Spain in the highest-scoring XI.

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Here's the top scoring side from the first 12 games of the Premier League season...

Jack Butland

The Stoke goalkeeper may have kept three fewer clean sheets than Manchester City and England No 1 Joe Hart but he's racked up five points more, having been awarded three Sky Sports man-of-the-match (MOTM) awards and bonus points for making four or more saves on five occasions.

Chris Smalling

Louis van Gaal celebrates victory victory over Wolfsburg with Chris Smalling
Image: Chris Smalling has established him as a key player for Manchester United

Smalling is the Premier League's and England's top-scoring defender this season, and has helped Manchester United rack up a league high eight clean sheets along with an assist and a MOTM award.

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Craig Dawson

Helping form a typically stringent defence under Tony Pulis, the centre-back has netted once and has been part of a West Brom back line to keep clean sheets in six of their 12 games this season.

Scott Dann

Crystal Palace may have only kept three clean sheets but Dann makes his way into the side courtesy of two goals, an assist and a MOTM award.

Eric Dier

The 21-year-old has earned his place in Hodgson's squad courtesy of his impressive performances in central midfield, from where he has found the net twice for Tottenham, but is classified as a defender in Sky Sports Fantasy Football.

Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling opens the scoring for Man City against Bournemouth
Image: Raheem Sterling bagged a hat-trick against Bournemouth last month

The world's most expensive teenager is the ninth top scorer in the Premier League largely due to his hat-trick against Bournemouth, scoring just once more in the league and setting up another two.

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Ross Barkley

Everton's attacking midfielder has directly contributed to a career best six goals this season, scoring three and assisting another three, earning himself a place in both the Sky Sports Fantasy Football best XI and Hodgson's last three England line-ups.

Nathan Redmond

The 21-year-old Norwich winger has scored four times this season, twice as substitute, but is yet to see his efforts recognised with a call-up to the England squad.

Dele Alli

Despite still being a teenager, the central-midfielder has forced his way into Tottenham's starting line-up and England's last two squads, having found the net twice and picked up two MOTM awards.

Jamie Vardy

Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates after the final whistle of the Barclays Premier League match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich.
Image: Jamie Vardy celebrates netting in a ninth successive game

Despite a recent injury, the Leicester marksman is both England and the Premier League's top points scorer, with goals in his last nine games leaving him with 12 in total and 106 points, 22 more than any other player. Yet the former Fleetwood striker is yet to start an international game for England.

Harry Kane

Tottenham's star striker has dismissed any one-season wonder suggestions with five goals in his last three games, justifying Hodgson's selection of the 22-year-old in England's last three games. 

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