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A comfortable victory beckons at Wembley

Ste Tudor picks out two player props bets for Thursday's Wembley clash as well as tipping hosts to end Serbian World Cup hopes.

England v SerbiaThursday, November 13thKO 19:45Live on ITV

Three Lions gelling under Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel's England have looked infinitely more cohesive, fluid and impactful since their summer nadir at home to Senegal. Scoring every 24 minutes across their four games since and, crucially, not conceding. It can confidently be stated that the Three Lions are gelling now under the German, after an iffy opening few matches.

Those clean sheets incidentally are well worth noting, extending on a trend that precedes the Senegal loss. In their last ten outings, England have achieved nine shut-outs, which equates to a single goal conceded in 15 hours of international football.

In their ten games prior, they managed only three clean sheets.

With Serbia converting just seven in their last ten away fixtures - three of which came against Andorra - the hosts to win without reply at Wembley is a definite shout.

With qualification to next year's World Cup secured, this week offers up a rare opportunity to enjoy the games on their own merits, and furthermore take special interest in the manager's team selections.

Pertinently, Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham have not played any part in England's resurgence and it will be fascinating to see if Tuchel retains Morgan Rogers in the 10 role, the Villa schemer excelling in the corresponding fixture in September. In Belgrade, he carved out five key passes and was involved throughout.

Rogers is 9/4 to assist on Thursday.

Foden though has been in sensational form for Manchester City, creating 21 chances in the Premier League alone.

If Rogers, Foden and Bellingham feels like a three-sided coin-flip what we know for sure is that Declan Rice and Elliot Anderson will once again be England's midfield axis, the pair forming an impressive bedrock upon which the recent good results have been built.

Rice and Anderson pivotal

Arsenal's main man and Forest's heart and lungs have been pivotal in England's revival, the stats backing this up.

In beating Andorra, Serbia, Wales and Latvia, the international newbie Anderson made 10 recoveries per 90, won 6.5 duels per game and racked up 265 completed passes in the opposition half.

Overall, he has boasted a 93% pass average.

Indeed, keeping things ticking over is a fundamental element of this brilliant partnership. Only three midfielders are in the top ten for accurate passes in the Premier League this term. There is Martin Zubimendi and this pair.

Another of his strengths lies in winning free-kicks, with England posing a consistent threat at set-pieces. For Forest, Anderson has drawn a remarkable 3.2 per 90 fouls across his last 12 starts.

As for Rice, six goal involvements in his last eight England starts demonstrates his attacking worth from deep, as does 1.7 key passes per 90 in his last four.

In Serbia two months back he ventured seven shots, three of which were on target.

Keep it simple and back Kane again

There is just no keeping a good man down.Now a seasoned 32, Harry Kane continues to score with alarming regularity, firing eight in his last eight appearances for his country. The game in which he failed to convert in that time was against Andorra of all teams.

For Bayern meanwhile, Kane is maintaining a strike-rate that has him well on course to claim another European Golden Shoe.

A goal every 59 minutes for Die Roten in 2025/26 is the best goals per minute ratio across the continent's top five leagues.On six occasions for club and country this term he has struck first.

Serbia's need can be turned on them

Dragan Stojkovic's departure less than a fortnight ago has thrown what was already a troublesome qualifying campaign for Serbia into further chaos.

In his place steps Veljko Paunovic, a manager who was sacked last month by Real Oviedo for overseeing a disastrous start to their season. In his charge, Los Azules lost six from their opening eight, shipping in 2+ goals in five of them.

Despite favouring a 4-2-3-1 set-up Paunovic is expected to go with five at the back here but that's not to suggest it will be a low-block throughout. Serbia need to get something at Wembley, a defeat realistically ending their hopes of a play-off spot.

Should England get a breakthrough the visitors have to show some adventure, and we all saw how that played out in Belgrade.

Kane and co have scored 3+ goals in seven of their last 11 outings.

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