England vs Panama, LIVE World Cup 2018: Goals and latest reaction as Harry Kane scores hat-trick to seal progression to last-16
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Your support makes all the difference.England will be desperate to build on their dramatic late victory against Tunisia and take a commanding stance in Group G when they take on Panama. Gareth Southgate’s side played some of the best football any team has produced in the tournament in the opening 30 minutes, but hit a wall when Tunisia equalised from the spot.
England’s team appeared to have been leaked after a photographer snapped the line-up written on paper held by assistant manager Steve Holland. Marcus Rashford may start over Raheem Sterling and Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces the injured Dele Alli.
Panama marked their first ever World Cup appearance with a 3-0 defeat against Belgium. The Panamanians fought hard but fell short of quality in the final third, picking up five yellow cards in the process.
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What time is it?
England vs Panama kicks off at 13:00 at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
Where can I watch it?
BBC will show live coverage on BBC One and on the BBC Sport website.
Odds
England: 1/4
Panama: 15/1
Draw: 5/1
Prediction
England 3 vs 0 Panama. Surely there is only one possible result in this game. Panama eventually crumbled under Belgium’s pressure and offered very little going forward. If England can replicate the standard of play they set in the opening exchanges against Tunisia, there is no reason why they can’t put a few past their opponents.
49 mins: Panama have some decent possession, but England have had chances for Loftus-Cheek and Sterling already. How much would the latter want a goal in this one?
53 mins: Understandably some of the intensity has gone out of the play early in this first half, but now England have another corner...
54 mins: Roman Torres clears. If only Panama could have defended like that from the first two corners, who knows what could have happened?
59 mins: Raheem Sterling really needs a goal. Undoubtedly at some point Marcus Rashford will enter the fray, and against this defence he'd be hard pressed to do any worse than Sterling has
62 mins: GOAL! England 6-0 Panama (Harry Kane)
Harry Kane gets his hat-trick! He fortuitously deflects a Ruben Loftus-Cheek effort into the net.
64 mins: England SUBS: Harry Kane OFF Jamie Vardy ON
Jesse Lingard OFF Fabian Delph ON
64 mins: Godoy was also replaced by Avila in that flurry of subs just past the hour mark
69 mins: Barcenas OFF Arroyo ON, Gomez OFF Baloy ON for Panama
Kieran Trippier OFF, Danny Rose ON for England. Looks as though he may have got a little bit of a knock a couple of moments ago.
Both teams have now used all three subs.
72 mins: Murillo picks up a yellow card as he hauled down Sterling who had nicked possession off him
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