The 30-year-old, who has scored 17 goals in 51 games for his country, has been given the nod alongside Wayne Rooney, according to Sky Sports News.

Glen Johnson, Joleon Lescott and Ashley Cole have all reportedly been recalled to the defence in front of Joe Hart.

Meanwhile, James Milner and Steven Gerrard are also understood to have been named in the team.

Sports Mole will provide the confirmed team news when it becomes available and you can follow our live commentary of the action from 6.30pm.

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1	Liverpool	12	10	1	1	24	8	16	31
2	Manchester City Man City	12	7	2	3	22	17	5	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
8	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	19	19	0	19
9	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
10	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	12	1	6	5	13	23	-10	9
19	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
20	Southampton	12	1	1	10	9	24	-15	4