England v France preview: Wembley prepares to host emotional friendly

England are in action again on Tuesday evening as they play France at Wembley in friendly expected to be highly charged with emotion.

The game was thrown into doubt after Friday's terror attacks in Paris but though the FA offered to postpone the fixture the French Football Federation confirmed they wanted it to go ahead.

Both sides will remember the victims in a show of unity, with England fans encouraged to join in with the French national anthem.. 

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England suffered their first defeat in 15 games against Spain last week after their perfect 100 per cent record in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, while France's 2-0 win against Germany at the Stade de France - a venue that was targeted in the attacks - was their fifth in a row.

England have failed to beat France in the last six attempts stretching back to June 1997.

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Team news

Roy Hodgson is missing 17 players missing for Tuesday's clash, Michael Carrick a fresh absentee after he was stretchered off with suspected ligament damage in Friday's 2-0 defeat to Spain.

Jamie Vardy is still struggling from a knock to his hip while Fabian Delph was also absent from England training on Monday morning just weeks after making his return from a hamstring injury.

Ryan Mason has been called into the squad along with Jesse Lingard, while Wayne Rooney is expected to start after coming on as a substitute in Alicante.

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Betting

England are Sky Bet's 6/4 favourites for the victory on Tuesday night with France 15/8 and the draw priced at 11/5. Harry Kane heads the first goalscorer betting at 5/1 followed by Rooney at 11/2, while Olivier Giroud is considered the visitors' biggest threat at 6/1 to net first. Didier Deschamps' men are currently rated 7/2 second favourites to win Euro 2016 on home turf, while England are joint fourth in the betting at 10/1. Soccer Saturday pundit Charlie Nicholas has provided his Sky Bet tip for the match, backing Giroud to score first in a 1-0 France win at 25/1.