STAR PREVIEW: England v Turkey

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he FA Cup is done and dusted, Louis Van Gaal looks done and dusted and it’s only three weeks to Euro 2016 which gets underway with hosts France against Romania on June 10.

Plenty of friendly action before then, including England taking on Turkey today at the Etihad Stadium.

England’s great run of form since the World Cup in Brazil has faltered with recent defeats against Spain and Holland but they should have enough class to beat the Turk’s who are certainly not in bad form themselves – winning five of their last six matches.

New boys Kane and Vardy start up front for England and if Premier League form is anything to go by that should be quite a potent force – 49 goals between them.

Unsurprisingly, Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford miss the match after their FA Cup duties at Wembley yesterday.

England v Turkey
International Friendly
17:15 ITV / ITV HD

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Oct 2003 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS Turkey 0 – 0 England
Apr 2003 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS England 2 – 0 Turkey
Mar 1993 WORLD CUP Turkey 0 – 2 England
Nov 1992 WORLD CUP England 4 – 0 Turkey
Oct 1987 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS England 8 – 0 Turkey
Apr 1987 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS Turkey 0 – 0 England
Oct 1985 WORLD CUP England 5 – 0 Turkey
Nov 1984 WORLD CUP Turkey 0 – 8 England

STARTING XI

England

1 Hart
2 Walker
5 Cahill
6 Stones
3 Rose
11 Alli
4 Dier
8 Wilshere
9 Vardy
10 Kane
7 Sterling

Turkey

1 Babacan
7 Gönül
15 Topal
3 Balta
18 Erkin
8 Inan
16 Tufan
5 Calhanoglu
14 Ozyakup
20 Sen
9 Tosun

Both teams to score looks fair value at around 11/10 with Star Sports.

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