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Three Lions could top Group A3 with a win

England travel to Spain this evening in the final game of their Nations League group campaign. The Three Lions are second in Group A3, three points behind tonight’s opponents. Thomas Tuchel’s men suffered their only defeat of the group stages against the world champions, who edged a 3-2 thriller at Wembley Stadium in the last international break in September.

Now, the World Cup semi-finalists could leapfrog Luis de la Fuente’s men, should they defeat them by three clear goals at the Estadio Metropolitano. England converge on Madrid fresh off their 2-1 victory over Croatia last time out, as Harry Kane moved past Peter Shilton to break the former goalkeeper’s record for most England caps.

The Ballon d’Or winner will be keen to prove his worth as the world’s best player against the world’s best team here, and Tuchel is expected to go strong with eyes on the knockout rounds of this competition next year. Keep up to date with all the latest from Madrid with our live blog below.

This evening’s game takes place at Atletico Madrid’s home, the Estadio Metropolitano.

England did win this very fixture on their last visit to Spain in October 2018 when Raheem Sterling (x2) and Marcus Rashford had them 3-0 up before half-time.

Paco Alcacer and Sergio Ramos reduced the deficit in the second half, but the Three Lions held on for a famous win.

The reverse fixture at Wembley Stadium in September was nothing short of a classic as England had their moments in matching the world champions.

Ultimately, Spain’s class proved decisive as they ran out 3-2 winners and, in truth, they would have won by a bigger margin had it not been for some wayward finishing.

Spain are simply in their groove and we cannot see England ending their long unbeaten run.

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