England 'leaked XI' v Ghana: Former Newcastle United duo get nod as Thomas Tuchel U-turn hinted

England play their second World Cup group stage match against Ghana at the Boston Stadium tonight (9pm kick-off).

Thomas Tuchel’s side will be looking to build on their impressive 4-2 win over Croatia in their opening match. A win over Ghana would guarantee progress ahead of their final group match against Panama on June 27.

Newcastle United have just one representative in the England squad after Lewis Hall was omitted, Anthony Gordon was sold to Barcelona and Tino Livramento withdrew due to injury.

Gordon is expected to start again alongside another former Magpie, Elliot Anderson

Dan Burn was an unused substitute against Croatia as a Harry Kane brace and second half goals from Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford saw the Three Lions claim an important win.

Ghana left it late to beat Panama 1-0 in their group stage opener as Caleb Yirenkyi netted a 95th minute winner. England’s only previous meeting with Ghana ended 1-1 in 2011 as former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan scored a stoppage-time equaliser to cancel out former Newcastle man Andy Carroll’s first international goal.

England head into the match, with an expected clean bill of health. Bukayo Saka has been struggling with an Achilles problem but trained on Monday ahead of Tuesday night’s match.

It has been reported that Tuchel will leave it late before informing the England players of his starting line-up to face Ghana. But that hasn’t stopped the national media predicting England’s potential line-up.

Here is the ‘leaked’ line-up as per national media reports...