Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of the World Cup qualifier between England and Scotland at Wembley. It's a battle of Britain scenario with both managers desperate for the win. Gareth Southgate hopes his side can produce the goods in match three of four in his audition to land the Three Lions' hot-seat on a permanent basis, while Gordon Strachan needs a lift after a disappointing period and an indifferent start to life in Group F. Kick off 7.45pm GMT.

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 4

Wembley / 11.11.2016

England

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Scotland

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ByPaul Hassall

Updated 11/11/2016 at 21:37 GMT

17'

Sterling drops deep and teases it into Sturridge. The Liverpool man's attempted touch forward is poor and easily cut out. No rhythm to England's play yet.

16'

Sterling goes down on the right of the Scotland area. He looks hopefully at the referee but there's nothing doing on this occasion.

15'

DID YOU KNOW? This is only the third time that these two sides have met in a World Cup qualifier – the previous two were both won by England (1950 and 1954).

13'

The visiting fans will have been heartened by the way Strachan's men have started.

12'

England very slack. The hosts are trying to play out from the back but the Scots are snapping at their heels and forcing stray passes. Southgate won't be happy with what he's seen in the opening moments.

11'

Only Germany (71.9%) and Spain (71.8%) have averaged more possession than England (71.2%) in the 2018 UEFA World Cup qualification stages so far. the Three Lions also have the second best passing accuracy in qualification (89.1%), behind only Germany (89.6%).... You wouldn't think that so far here.

10'

Scotland looking more up for it in the early exchanges. Lallana is caught by Fletcher deep in his own half and Cahill is forced to hack it out for a throw.

STAT: Scotland have won just two of their last eight qualification games (World Cup and Euros combined) and these two wins have come against Gibraltar and Malta (D3 L3).

If you missed it earlier, this Facebook live with Eurosport's Dan and Des is well worth a watch.

Grant Hanley loops a miscued header straight back to his keeper as he tried to shackle Cahill from Rooney's deep right-wing free kick. He'll claim he meant it but it could have gone anywhere.

Snodgrass curves a dangerous right-wing free kick into the mix. Hart comes and gets a firm punch on it under pressure. The referee penalises the away side for a foul but it was confident keeping from Hart.

Scotland lively early on. Forrest sprinkles a pass out to the left and then joins the attack, shifting inside and firing in a deflected shot that is easy enough for Hart.

Fletcher with an early effort from distance for the visitors, but he miscues well wide.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: England dominant in recent meetings, winning seven of the last nine encounters.

An early touch for Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon. It's his first competitive start since 2009.

1st Half

KICK OFF! Scotland get us underway after Wembley stadium's impeccable silence.

19.44

Remembrance day wreaths have just been placed on the centre circle to huge applause. And now, a minute's silence...

19.42

The teams are out on the pitch and have just completed the anthems.

19.40

STAT: The Three Lions have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three matches – they haven’t kept four in a row since October 2015.

Image credit: Reuters

19.38

Only last month Leigh Griffiths showed he has a great sense of humour when he changed his Twitter name to 'shorty' after Strachan suggested he lacked a big presence up top. The Celtic man is in the starting XI tonight and it's a popular decision with the Scotland fans. Only captain Darren Fletcher, defender Grant Hanley and midfielder Robert Snodgrass remain from the humbling in Slovakia last time out in Group F.

19.35

Southgate said this was a night for the experience of someone like Wayne Rooney. Will his captain reward such faith? The United forward would love a repeat of when he scored two goals from just three shots in England’s 3-1 win over Scotland in November 2014 at Celtic Park.

Image credit: PA Sport

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