England vs Italy LIVE: Nations League result, final score and reaction tonight

Time to make a big impression - after all, they’ve thrived against many of these players domestically this year!

Tomori and Abraham, the former Chelsea duo, have enjoyed a great year in Serie A.

The defender won the title with AC Milan, while the striker shone under Jose Mourinho at Roma.

Inexperienced England?

Ramsdale is winning just his second cap in goal, while the defence includes Tomori winning his third and James his 12th.

Ward-Prowse wins cap 11 in centre-mid and the same number applies to Tammy Abraham as the No9.

It’s a big chance for plenty of them to show they should clock up lots more in future.

A little over half an hour until kick-off at Molineux.

We are behind closed doors, remember, other than the schoolchildren allowed into the ground and those accompanying them.

England need to win to go level on points with Italy in Nations League Group A3.

Jack Grealish had a big impact off the bench recently - now can he shine as a starter? Whatever about the Nations League, playing against the European champions is a chance for a statement performance against a major nation.

Big showings here could mean a World Cup spot is on the line against the top countries.

James Ward-Prowse is using the heartache of missing Euro 2020 as fuel in his bid to make England’s World Cup squad, with the set-piece specialist determined to show against Italy that he can compete against the best.

This time last year the 27-year-old midfielder was reeling from the disappointment of being cut from Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for the rearranged European Championship.

Ward-Prowse could have wallowed in self-pity and become embittered, but instead responded by producing his finest season for Southampton and re-establishing himself in the England set-up.

He is in the line-up today and has an opportunity to impress.

And Italy’s line-up is in too, with changes in defence and attack:

Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Gatti, Acerbi, Dimarco, Frattesi, Locatelli, Tonali, Pessina, Scamacca, Pellegrini

Confirmed England line-up vs Italy as Southgate rings the changes:

Ramsdale, James, Trippier, Maguire, Tomori, Rice, Ward-Prowse, Sterling, Mount, Grealish, Abraham

Of England’s line-up in Munich on Tuesday night, only one player had not started the 2-0 win over Germany at Wembley during last summer’s European Championship. Mason Mount was still self-isolating at the time, as a close contact of Scotland’s Covid-positive Billy Gilmour, and would likely have played if not. He was selected in the quarters, semis and final once out of quarantine, and all of the World Cup qualifiers against half-decent opposition that he was available for in the autumn.

Mount is clearly a key cog in Gareth Southgate’s set-up, capable of playing in central midfield, as a No 10 or wide in a three-man attack. He has plenty of avenues into the starting line-up which is just as well, as the avenues to goal have dried up. Mount has not scored in his last 12 England appearances, registering just one assist in that time too. Of all those to regularly feature last summer, he perhaps had the most disappointing tournament on an individual level, even when accounting for the Gilmour incident.

Piece by Mark Critchley:

Gareth Southgate has reiterated that he will not “outstay his welcome” as England manager, despite having learned to accept the persistent criticism he has faced for a perceived conservatism in tactics and team selection during his time in the job.

Southgate became the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to lead the national side to the final of a major tournament last summer, losing the European Championship final to Italy by way of penalty shoot-out.

Despite that and the run to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2018, the 51-year-old’s apparent reluctance to start the likes of Jack Grealish and Trent Alexander-Arnold has led some to accuse him of being too cautious.

James Ward-Prowse is using the heartache of missing Euro 2020 as fuel in his bid to make England’s World Cup squad, with the set-piece specialist determined to show against Italy that he can compete against the best.

This time last year the 27-year-old midfielder was reeling from the disappointment of being cut from Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for the rearranged European Championship.

Ward-Prowse could have wallowed in self-pity and become embittered, but instead responded by producing his finest season for Southampton and re-establishing himself in the England set-up.

The Saints skipper is set to start Saturday’s Nations League clash with Euro 2020 final foes Italy, giving him a chance to underline his credentials as the World Cup in Qatar edges closer.