England vs Austria, Euro 2020 friendly: Prediction, kick off time, team news, squads, tickets, h2h results, odds
England tonight kick off their Euro 2020 preparations with the first of two warm-up friendlies in the North East as the Three Lions host Austria.
With the European Championships beginning on June 11 following a draining season, Gareth Southgate must quickly get his squad up to speed as they bid for glory this summer.
England are among the favourites to win the tournament given the wealth of attacking talent manager Southgate has at his disposal, but the Three Lions must build on their thrilling 2018 World Cup semi-final run in Russia.
Date, kick-off time and venue
England vs Austria is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.
The match will be held at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.
England vs Austria team news
England lineup: Pickford, Alexander-Arnold, Trippier, Rice, Mings, Coady, Saka, Bellingham, Kane, Grealish, Lingard
Subs: Calvert-Lewin, Johnstone, Godfrey, Phillips, White, Watkins, Ward-Prowse, Henderson, Sancho, Ramsdale
Austria
Marko Arnautovic will miss out as he is struggling with injury, says coach Franco Foda.
The 32-year-old former West Ham striker suffered a right thigh muscle tear playing in the Chinese league for Shanghai Port earlier in May.
Fellow striker Karim Onisiwo might also miss out after pulling out of Sunday's training with knee pain, while Stefan Ilsanker missed the session because of illness - but captain Julian Baumgartlinger was back in training.
Squads
England
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Chilwell, Conor Coady, Reece James, Harry Maguire, Tyrone Mings, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Jordan Henderson, Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling
Austria
Goalkeepers: Daniel Bachmann, Pavao Pervan, Alexander Schlager
Defenders: David Alaba, Aleksandar Dragovic, Marco Friedl, Martin Hinteregger, Stefan Lainer, Philipp Lienhart, Phillipp Mwene, Stefan Posch, Christopher Trimmel, Andreas Ulmer
Midfielders: Husein Balic, Julian Baumgartlinger, Christoph Baumgartner, Florian Grillitsch, Stefan Ilsanker, Konrad Laimer, Valentino Lazaro, Marcel Sabitzer, Louis Schaub, Xaver Schlager, Alessandro Schopf
Forwards: Marko Arnautovic, Michael Gregoritsch, Sasa Kalajdzic, Karim Onisiwo
England vs Austria prediction
Austria have the likes of David Alaba and Marko Arnautovc to trouble England, but Southgate’s men will still expect to win at the Riverside - even if they heavily rotate throughout the game.
England 2-0 Austria
Head to head (h2h) history and results
England wins: 10
Draws: 4
Austria wins: 4
Last meeting: Austria 0-1 England (16/11/2007)
England vs Austria betting odds and tips
England to win: 40/85
Austria to win: 11/2
England to win 2-0: 11/2
Odds via Betfair (subject to change). Click here to find out more.
England vs Austria tickets
Tickets for the game - and the following friendly against Romania in June 6 - are currently sold out.
Click here for more details from the FA.
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