2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP H
VS
Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Tuesday, 15 October Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Live on ITV 1, Fox Sports 1
England
01 Hart
02 Smalling
03 Baines
08 Carrick
05 Cahill
06 Jagielka
07 Townsend
04 Gerrard
09 Sturridge
10 Rooney
11 Welbeck
Substitutes
12 Jones
13 Ruddy
14 Gibbs
15 Wilshere
16 Lampard
17 Milner
18 Barkley
19 Defoe
20 Sterling
21 Lambert
22 Forster
Poland
12 Szczesny
03 Jedrzejczyk
02 Wojtkowiak
06 Lewandowski
19 Celeban
15 Glik
16 Blaszczykowski
08 Krychowiak
09 Lewandowski
18 Mierzejewski
05 Sobota
Substitutes
01 Boruc
04 Jodlowiec
07 Polanski
10 Zielinski
11 Klich
13 Wasilewski
14 Wawrzyniak
17 Peszko
20 Sobiech
21 Rzezniczak
22 Fabianski
Ref: Damir Skomina
Past meetings:
Poland 1 England 1, World Cup Qualifier, October 2012
England 2 Poland 1, World Cup Qualifier, October 2005
Poland 1 England 2, World Cup Qualifier, September 2004
Poland 0 England 0, European Championship Qualifier, September 1999
England 3 Poland 1, European Championship Qualifier, March 1999
World Cup qualifying map. Dark blue = qualified, light blue = can still qualify, others = can't qualify.
BBC:
Wembley has not been filled to its 90,000 capacity during England's qualifying campaign, with attendances fluctuating from under 70,000 during their first home fixture against Ukraine, to almost 87,000 for the win over San Marino.
Poland are entitled to 10% of the capacity but the FA took the decision to offer Polish fans 18,000 tickets in an attempt to stop them buying seats among home support.
"I presume it will [have a positive effect on Poland]," said Hodgson. "I would imagine they would prefer to play in front of 18,000 fans away from home.
"We have a lot of Polish people in this country and, from what I understand, the FA was virtually forced into this issue because there could have been safety problems with Polish fans sitting with the English fans."
"With high demand for tickets from the large Polish community in England the FA took the decision, based on safety grounds, to ensure Polish fans were allocated space in a specific area of the ground rather than attempting to buy tickets in home areas," said and FA Spokesman.
"This is the same process that was employed for the successful Scotland and Republic of Ireland fixtures earlier this year."
VS
Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Tuesday, 15 October Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Live on ITV 1, Fox Sports 1
England
01 Hart
02 Smalling
03 Baines
08 Carrick
05 Cahill
06 Jagielka
07 Townsend
04 Gerrard
09 Sturridge
10 Rooney
11 Welbeck
Substitutes
12 Jones
13 Ruddy
14 Gibbs
15 Wilshere
16 Lampard
17 Milner
18 Barkley
19 Defoe
20 Sterling
21 Lambert
22 Forster
Poland
12 Szczesny
03 Jedrzejczyk
02 Wojtkowiak
06 Lewandowski
19 Celeban
15 Glik
16 Blaszczykowski
08 Krychowiak
09 Lewandowski
18 Mierzejewski
05 Sobota
Substitutes
01 Boruc
04 Jodlowiec
07 Polanski
10 Zielinski
11 Klich
13 Wasilewski
14 Wawrzyniak
17 Peszko
20 Sobiech
21 Rzezniczak
22 Fabianski
Ref: Damir Skomina
Past meetings:
Poland 1 England 1, World Cup Qualifier, October 2012
England 2 Poland 1, World Cup Qualifier, October 2005
Poland 1 England 2, World Cup Qualifier, September 2004
Poland 0 England 0, European Championship Qualifier, September 1999
England 3 Poland 1, European Championship Qualifier, March 1999
World Cup qualifying map. Dark blue = qualified, light blue = can still qualify, others = can't qualify.
BBC:
Wembley has not been filled to its 90,000 capacity during England's qualifying campaign, with attendances fluctuating from under 70,000 during their first home fixture against Ukraine, to almost 87,000 for the win over San Marino.
Poland are entitled to 10% of the capacity but the FA took the decision to offer Polish fans 18,000 tickets in an attempt to stop them buying seats among home support.
"I presume it will [have a positive effect on Poland]," said Hodgson. "I would imagine they would prefer to play in front of 18,000 fans away from home.
"We have a lot of Polish people in this country and, from what I understand, the FA was virtually forced into this issue because there could have been safety problems with Polish fans sitting with the English fans."
"With high demand for tickets from the large Polish community in England the FA took the decision, based on safety grounds, to ensure Polish fans were allocated space in a specific area of the ground rather than attempting to buy tickets in home areas," said and FA Spokesman.
"This is the same process that was employed for the successful Scotland and Republic of Ireland fixtures earlier this year."
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