World Cup 2022: England v Senegal

Before England's World Cup last-16 match, there is a selection dilemma to be solved by the manager.

Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden were part of a group of players who pressed their case for a place in the team.

White left the team for personal reasons.

Cisse missed Saturday's media duties due to illness.

Cisse was not at the news conference because he was sick.

The players were given instructions to take charge of training.

He will be with the team at 10pm, but hopefully tomorrow he will be able to come and be on the bench.

We have to be careful with his situation because he is sick and has a temperature.

In the final game of the group stage, Gueye picked up a second yellow card and will be suspended for the game.

CHRIS SUTTON'S PREDICTION

I smelled that England were going a long way in the competition when I watched them train on Thursday.

I think they have a good chance, but I don't think they'll be allowed to have their own way.

When they played the Dutch, they were pretty poor, but when it mattered, they turned up.

There is always a great debate about England's starting XI, but I believe the strength on the bench will make the difference in the end.

The prediction was 1-2.

All of the predictions for the World Cup were made by Sutton.

MATCH FACTS

• England have never lost in seven previous World Cup matches against African opposition (W4 D3); their only previous such game in the knockout stage came against Cameroon in the 1990 quarter-final, winning 3-2 after extra time, with their goals coming from David Platt and two Gary Lineker penalties.
• England are looking to reach the quarter-final in consecutive editions of the World Cup for the first time since 2002/2006 - the Three Lions have been eliminated from just two of their seven round of 16 ties at the tournament, doing so against Germany in 2010 (1-4) and via penalty shootout against Argentina in 1998.
• African nations have lost eight of their nine World Cup knockout round games against European sides, with the exception being Senegal's 2-1 win over Sweden in the round of 16 in 2002. However, in all competitions, England have never lost against an African side in their history (W14 D6).
• Senegal have reached the knockout stage of the World Cup for the second time, previously doing so in their first appearance in 2002 (quarter-final). Courtesy of beating Qatar and Ecuador in the group stages, Senegal have won consecutive World Cup matches for the first time.