Hello and welcome to live coverage of England v Bulgaria.

Sterling is tackled by Nedyalkov and England have a throw up the pitch. It is bloodless stuff.

All England possession, not much else.

Rose collects the ball on the left and finds Sterling, and England keep possession before swapping the ball over to the right.

Here is Ian Wright on Harry Maguire.

Wanderson sends in a corner that Maguire loops away with a header.

Bodurov hits an effort against Rashford that bounces back to the ''keeper, but Bulgaria race up the other end and Marcelinho tees up Wanderson, who fires in straight at Pickford.

In an absolutely tactically fascinating approach, Bulgaria have five at the back. Fas-cin-at-ing.

Sterling attacks down the right and wins a corner on the right wing from Bozhikov. Barkley take, and it's dreadful. Rashford though claims a poor clearance and shoots into Bozhikov's legs.

The match gets underway, with huge cheers for the home side.

The national anthems are banging out as I type. Please send your match comments to @lxndrnthrtn.

Here are the latest rumours.

If the game looks won early, though, there is plenty for Southgate to look at. James Maddison, Mason Mount, Tyrone Mings, Joe Gomez and Callum Wilson could get minutes as they ease into international football.

Gareth Southgate has picked far from his strongest side, here, so is probably conf- wait, I'm looking at the subs bench.

Southgate has picked perhaps his strongest side, with a front three of Marcus Rashford, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling likely to take the Bulgarian defence apart.

Bulgaria, however, have played four games and come away with just two points. They are at a low point historically, and anything but a defeat would be a surprise.

This is a chance for England to go top of the group. So far, Kosova are in pole position, with eight points from three games. England, with two wins from two, will go two points clear if they beat Bulgaria.

And Bulgaria.

Here's the England XI.