England vs Scotland - Match Preview
mere 45 minutes in pre-season, and major questions will be asked whether a player with so little game time should have been included. Aside from "Wazza", it's a vital preparation game for Roy Hodgson ahead of FIFA World Cup qualifiers next month. He'll also have a chance to blood 31-year-old striker Rickie Lambert, the Southampton star who scored 15 Premier League goals last season is yet to be capped for England. Scotland, under new manager Gordon Strachan, have been going well of late, winning 1-0 in Croatia courtesy of a Robert Snodgrass strike. It'll be a chance for the former Liverpool manager to try out certain players, with international debuts expected for Brighton and Hove Albion's defender Gordon Greer and Dundee United's striker Gary Mackay-Steven. Injury deprives the Scots of Darren Fletcher, Steven Fletcher, and Gary Caldwell, and they'll be expected to set up shop in the vast expanse of the Wembley pitch. It's nearly 14 years since these two adjacent nations faced each other in a football match; Euro 2000 qualifiers back in 1999. It's also 60 years since Wembley hosted Scotland in a friendly, a 2-2 draw in 1953. The fixture is the oldest in international football, and is sure to draw a large crowd into the London arena. Here's the two squads for tonight's game;