Bulgaria (4-1-4-1) : Mihaylov; Bandalovski, Bodurov, Ivanov, Zanev; S Petrov; Georgiev, Marquinhos, Manolev, M Petrov; Popov

England (4-2-3-1): Hart; Smalling, Terry, Lescott, Cole; Lampard, Parker; Johnson, Rooney, Young; Bent

Bulgaria
Bulgaria should line up similarly to the side that earned a 1-1 draw away in Montenegro, however they will be missing attacking midfielder Hristo Yanev, which could see a chance for experienced old head Blagoy Georgiev of Terek Grozny to come into midfield.

They will be relying on Bolton winger Martin Petrov for a spark as, as ever, their most famous name, Dimitar Berbatov, is conspicuous by his absence.


England
Fabio Capello faces a dilemma at right-back with regular starter Glen Johnson injured. Normally a central defender, Chris Smalling has excelled in the position at Manchester United at the start of this season and may find himself making his international debut in the same role ahead of Micah Richards, for who Capello has never shown any real interest.

The Italian may be tempted to field Liverpool’s Andy Carroll up front but Darren Bent’s recent international scoring record and a desire to avoid falling back into the flawed 4-4-2 formation should see him on the bench with Wayne Rooney playing behind the Aston Villa striker.


DID YOU KNOW?

England have drawn their past two games – 1-1 in a friendly with Ghana in March and 2-2 in their last qualifier against Switzerland in June.

Bulgaria’s trip to Wembley earlier in the first game of the qualifying group saw them lose 4-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Jermain Defoe.

Aston Villa’s Stilyan Petrov, captain for club and country, will equal his nation’s all-time appearance record, tying with goalkeeper Borislav Mihaylov on 102 assuming he plays in Sofia. Mihaylov, 48, is now President of the Bulgarian Football Union, and his son Nikolay, formerly of Liverpool, is likely to start this game.

The England squad contains five uncapped players – goalkeepers David Stockdale and Frankie Fielding, defenders Smalling and Phil Jones, and midfielder Tom Cleverley.

Bulgaria, on the other hand, include three players who could make their international debuts – midfielders Tsvetomir Tsonkov, Simeon Raykov and striker Georgi Bozhilov.

Wayne Rooney is two goals away from reaching England’s all-time top 10 goalscorers. If he nets a brace in Sofia he will join Steve Bloomer and Vivian Woodward on 28 goals. David Platt currently remains one ahead of the Manchester United man.


Match

Smdh at this bias thread. Why must everything on Nl be all about English and EPL? stereotyping at the highest order.

Why not post about Germany that has 100% Record and could qualify for Euro 2012 tonight with a win depending on other results in the group?

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sharaaap

U care for

Maybe the thread should have been about all Euro qualifier matches
No one is even saying anything about the match.
Watched until Rooney's first goal, not a bad performance.

Netherlands dey discipliine people. currently 9-0 San Marino
Van Persie don score four, him don put Man u anger on top this people, him don forget this no be Arsenal

It is now Netherlands 10-0 San Marino

I posted too early, 11-0

RVP got 4

park got an hatrick too

Park score hat-trick too. Premier league be careful of a resurgent arsenal

[size=3pt]Fabregas too scored[/size]

France leading 2-1 so far . . allez les bleus

Portugal 4 -0 against cyrus

can u imagine and my oga madam put a sucking game like this at a sticked part where as Germany vs Austria was a world class game. Abeg see good football at its best. Germany all the way. 99% of our players are less than 27. Theres even a 19 yr old German that scored the last goal. Smdh

germany? na only two supporters na

i support certain german players only

am glad sha my ozil scored

mukina2:

France leading 2-1 so far . . allez les bleus  

Portugal 4 -0 against cyrus  

Ronaldo is now doing it for his country, Messi roger that

abeg that midget can only function when his papa and his uncle dey for field ie, iniesta and xavi

Poor from Les Blues, only 2-1?

mukina2:

abeg that midget can only function when his papa and his uncle dey for field ie, iniesta and xavi

Everybody knows that

ozil just didnt score, he scored 3 fantastic goals. Smdh at the 3 lioness of England. I pray they put England in our group at euro 2012. We go teach dem how to play football like 2010 WC

toba:

ozil just didnt score, he scored 3 fantastic goals. Smdh at the 3 lioness of England. I pray they put England in our group at euro 2012. We go teach dem how to play football like 2010 WC

abeg abeg abeg, after referee go blind for 3 seconds of Lampard's goal

folahann:

Poor from Les Blues, only 2-1? Everybody knows that

its better than les bleus managed by ray ray

toba:

ozil just didnt score, he scored 3 fantastic goals. Smdh at the 3 lioness of England. I pray they put England in our group at euro 2012. We go teach dem how to play football like 2010 WC

lol who supports engerland? not me oh

folahann:

abeg abeg abeg, after referee go blind for 3 seconds of Lampard's goal

OK LAMPARDS GOAL EQUALS 4-2 SO WHAT ELSE?

mukina2:


lol who supports engerland? not me oh

which team do u support? Namibia or Congo Brazzaville?

Lampard's days in the England team are certainly numbered.

same as that of john terry

did taiye taiwo score for england?