Hungary v England live updates - latest Nations League score

Schafer goes in the book. Kane spins beautifully and releases Justin through the inside left position, where Schafer crudely brings him down. It's a free kick in a decent position here for England.

It's been a bright opening from Kane too, who is dropping deep and causing problems. Alexander-Arnold finds him in space down the right, but his cross is slightly deflected and bounces over Mount at the back post.

They're responding to the Hungarian upswing here. Kane reverses a nice ball to Justin, who crosses low but it's gathered by Gulacsi.

Bowen is industrious again, and forces another corner for England. He really has started brightly. Alexander-Arnold this time picks out Coady, who can only head over the bar from eight yards out.

They're very busy around the edge of England's area, and this is really starting to get this young crowd behind them.

Hungary almost take the lead! A raking switch of play finds Nego on the right; he fires a delicious, low volleyed cross into the area, and Szoboszlai arrives to side-foot the ball at goal. Pickford just about gets something on it, and Coady races back to boot the ball clear before it crosses the line.

I think someone wants to mark their debut with a goal. Alexander-Arnold crosses into the box, where Bowen shins an attempted scissor-kick meekly into the hands off Gulacsi.

Rice flicks a ball to Kane on the edge; in turn he glances a header into the path of Bowen, whose shot is blocked behind for a corner. This is a lively start from the visitors.

England win one out on the left, but Alexander-Arnold booms it straight out over the other side.

Orban doesn't look comfortable already at the back. A long ball over the top almost puts Bowen in, but he can't control the ball, Orban misses it completely and it trickles through to Gulacsi.

Kane is one away from a half-ton of international goals, and gets an early sighter here. He backs up Orban on the left of the Hungarian area, but whips his shot well wide of the far post.

Sallai finds some room between England's defence and midfield, and hits a low drive straight at Pickford who needs two attempts to gather.

We're underway. There was jeering of the England players when they took the knee, which is depressing; there is no room for racism.

After the anthems there's a moment of recognition for István Szőke, a member of the Hungarian squad that reached the last four of the 1972 European Championship and who passed away this week.

The players stride out into the Puskas Arena. We'll have the anthems, and then we're away.

THE CROWD

It's estimated to be around 40,000 today, composed mostly of school kids.

It's a hot one in Budapest, around 28 degrees we're told and probably hotter down on the pitch. Gareth Southgate, resplendent in a dark suit in his pitchside interview earlier, made it known he'd been down to his shirt only soon enough.

Hungary versus England is a fixture that conjures up some incredible memories, that only need the scoreline to be quoted for recognition. When the Magical Magyars visited Wembley in November 1953, their 6-3 serving of their hosts rattled the axis of English football and things were never the same again. In Budapest the following year they hosed down England 7-1, still the heaviest ever defeat for the © Inventors of the Game. More recently though, it’s been England on top; they haven’t lost to the Hungarians since the 1962 World Cup, a run of 15 matches.

England had a decent yahoo at the first ever Nations League, reaching the semi-finals and ultimately finishing third. The lesser status of this tournament has been highlighted by a winter World Cup and a bunched international calendar after the pandemic; it will probably never matter less than it has done this year, with all teams going to Qatar likely to use this iteration as de facto warm-up matches for the big one.

It’s another group of death for Hungary. After landing the shortest of straws in Euro 2021 with Portugal, France and Germany as their opponents, they’ve landed butter side down again in the Nations League and pulled England, Germany and Italy. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup they’re in reasonable form, with three wins and a draw in their last five.

Conversely it's an experimental England eleven, with debuts for James Justin and Jarrod Bowen and chances for Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham. Experience is provided by the return of Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker and Jordan Pickford, and like Hungary they've opted for a back three here.