England host Serbia in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday evening which has a lot more significance for the visitors than the home side.
Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions became the first European nation to qualify for next summer’s tournament last month after racking up a perfect run of six wins, scoring 18 goals while conceding precisely zero. Serbia, by contrast, are third in Group K, one point behind Albania who reside in the second-place, playoff spot.
Serbia conclude their qualification campaign against Latvia this weekend while Albania, who are up against winless Andorra tonight, host England in their final qualifier.
Thursday’s Wembley clash will be Veljko Paunović’s first match in the dugout after Dragan Stojković resigned from his post as Serbia manager following last month’s shock home defeat to Albania. Anything other than an easy England win would represent an even bigger surprise.






