ALEX CROOK PREVIEW: Spain v England

England round off their Nations League group campaign with a trip to Madrid to take on World champions Spain tonight, writes ALEX CROOK.

With a guaranteed quarter-final spot already secure, he match at the Metropolitano is basically a straight shootout for top spot.

A Three Lions Victory would see them leapfrog their hosts on goals scored and if this game is anywhere near as entertaining as Spain’s 3-2 win at Wembley earlier this season, then we are in for quite a treat.

Thomas Tuchel’s side have won every other game since that opening game loss although they were not at their best in Thursday’s 2-1 defeat of Croatia.

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The return of Ezri Konsa after sitting out the Croatia game to lead an injury-hit defence will be a huge bonus.

At the other end of the pitch, Tuchel has players who can hurt this summer’s World Cup winners.

Once again, I think goals will be the order of the day as England have scored at least twice in 10 of their last 11 matches.

The fact they need to win should see quite an attack-minded performance from the visitors while Spain’s defence in this competition has not been as stubborn as we saw in the United States.

Both teams have scored in four of Spain’s five Nations League wins this campaign.

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Spain have won their last 12 games and are unbeaten in 43, hence why they are favourites to collect the three points and cement their place at the summit.

I think it is hard to make a case for an England win, given their defensive vulnerabilities.

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An entertaining draw would help continue to build the momentum in the wake of the disappointing World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina.

I like the look of the match to end all square at 14/5 with starsports.bet.

All the focus was on Harry Kane as he became England’s all-time record appearance holder in mid-week, marking the occasion with a customary goal from the penalty spot.

Kane is odds-against to score at any time, which is tempting but I will take a chance on Jude Bellingham opening the scoring at 17/2 with starsports.bet.

The Real Madrid superstar will be desperate to impress on Spanish soil.

For my build-a-bet I am going to go with over 3.5 goals, Bellingham to score at any time and Spain defender Marc Pubill to be shown a card, which is available at 25/1 with starsports.bet.

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