Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the World Cup Group F Qualifier between Slovakia and England. This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from the Stadion Antona Malatinskeho in Trnava.

Under Kovak, Slovakia, a nation with a population the size of Scotland, have beaten Germany, Ukraine and Spain and reached the last 16 of the European Championships in France.

Wayne Rooney is now second in the all-time England appearance list - just goalkeeper Peter Shilton's 125-cap mark to catch now.

Slovakia coach Kozak omitted the experienced Jan Mucha, Miroslav Stoch, Vladimir Weiss and Stanislav Sestak for the qualifier, while AC Milan midfielder Juraj Kucka misses out after being unable to take part in full training, and uncapped defender Jakub Holubek is sidelined with an ankle injury.

It is a bright and sunny day in Trnava, by the way. Quite high temperatures at the moment, but it will of course get cooler as the evening goes on.

Slovakia, ranked 24th in the world, played out a goalless draw with England in the group stages of the European Championship in France and have lost just once in 14 international matches on home soil.

Slovakia manager Jan Kovak has made five changes from the side that lost 3-0 to Germany in the Euro 2016 Round of 16 in Lille on 26 June. In come Marseille defender Tomas Hubocan, FC Copenhagen midfielder Jan Gregus, Dusan Svento of Sparta Prague and Zilina's Viktor Pecovsky, and Zenit's Robert Mak for Norbert Gyomber, Patrik Hrosovsky, Milan Skriniar, Juraj Kucka and Vladimir Weiss.

Allardyce says he would be happy with a draw against Slovakia, the highest-ranked opponents in a group that also includes Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta. "Winning is what we want. If the nation thinks that's the only thing we can have to make us feel better, we'll try," he said. "But personally, if we get a draw from the most difficult game of the group, I'll be happy."

Captain Wayne Rooney, who overtakes David Beckham's record of 115 appearances to become England's most capped outfield player, plays in the withdrawn No 10 role behind Tottenham striker Harry Kane.

England manager Sam Allardyce named his side on Friday and selected eight players who started the humiliating Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland in June. Manchester City's £47.5m defender John Stones will partner Gary Cahill in central defence, while Jordan Henderson replaces Dele Alli in midfield and Adam Lallana comes in for Liverpool team-mate Daniel Sturridge on the right flank.