England v Switzerland live stream, Saturday 26 March, 5.30pm GMT, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
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England’s World Cup preparations get underway as they welcome Switzerland to Wembley for their first international of 2022.
It could be a historic year for the Three Lions, who came so agonisingly close to ending that long, long wait for a major tournament victory at last summer’s Euros.
Gareth Southgate will have a pretty good idea of his first-choice 11 for England’s first game in Qatar later this year, but there is a certain freshness about his latest squad and there could well be one or two debuts under the arch.
Switzerland have also made it to the finals, topping a qualifying group which contained European champions Italy (who subsequently lost to North Macedonia in the play-offs).
Manager Murat Yakin is unbeaten since succeeding Vladimir Petkovic in August, and he will be aiming to guide the Swiss to their first win over England since 1981.
With England suffering from a shortage of right-backs (who’d have thought it?!), Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters looks to be in line for his first senior cap. Crystal Palace duo Marc Guehi and Tyrick Mitchell are the other uncapped players in the squad.
Should Harry Kane bag his 49th England goal, he will move level with Sir Bobby Charlton as the Three Lions’ second-highest scorer of all time.
As for the visitors, first-choice goalkeeper Yann Sommer is out injured, along with midfielder Denis Zakaria and reliable goalscorer Haris Seferovic.
Skipper Granit Xhaka is set to be involved, though, along with Xherdan Shaqiri – who plays his club football in MLS with Chicago Fire these days.
Kick-off is at 5.30pm GMT; UK viewers can watch live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.
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Use a VPN to watch international friendlies from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for any international friendly action, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to tune in without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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