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European Under-21s Championship | Qualifiers

Sep 7, 2015 at 5.45pm UK

Norway U21s Norway Under-21s
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England U21s England Under-21s

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Team News: England U21s unchanged against Norway

By Tom Nightingale, Reporter

Published: September 7 2015 | 16:55

Last updated: September 7 2015 | 18:38

England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate keeps faith with the team which beat USA Under-23s on Thursday for his side's first Euro 2017 qualifier against Norway.

England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate has named an unchanged team for the first Euro 2017 qualifier against Norway.

Southgate has kept faith with the team which beat USA Under-23s on Thursday, meaning that there are first competitive caps for Jordan Pickford, Dele Alli, Joe Gomez and Jordon Ibe.

Manchester United striker James Wilson has to make do with a place on the bench alongside Nathaniel Chalobah and Duncan Watmore, despite coming on to score the winner on his debut on Thursday.

For Norway, Real Madrid's Martin Odegaard, who has won six caps for his country at senior level, starts in attack.

Norway Under-21s: Rossbach; Gronner, Grogaard, Berisha, Zahid; Fossum, Hareldseid, Jenssen; Thorsby, Selnaes, Odegaard
Subs: Bratveit, Meling, Utvik, Trondsen, Aursnes, Celina, Sorloth

England Under-21s: Pickford; Gomez, Chambers, Dier, Targett; Loftus-Cheek, Alli, Ward-Prowse; Ibe, Redmond, Woodrow
Subs: Gunn, Stephens, March, Forster-Caskey, Watmore, Chalobah, Wilson