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Lithuania vs England live: latest score and updates from Euro 2016 qualifier as Ross Barkley sets England on their way

Can England make it a perfect 10 wins out of 10 from their qualifying campaign?

Vaishali Bhardwaj
Monday 12 October 2015 17:48 BST
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Ross Barkley celebrates his goal with Harry Kane
Ross Barkley celebrates his goal with Harry Kane

Follow the latest from Vilinius as Lithuania host England in the Euro 2016 qualifier, with Roy Hodgson's side aiming to make it 10 wins out of 10 from their group.

• Lithuania vs England (kicked off at 7.45pm)

• Phil Jagielka captains England for the first time

• Jack Butland, Phil Jones and Jonjo Shelvey also start

• England have already qualified as Group E winners

• Joe Hart,Wayne Rooney, Gary Cahill, Michael Carrick and James Milner have been left at home

• Follow the latest below:

"We have a very interesting team for Phil to lead out," manager Hodgson said before the game. "We are ready for the task and will do our level best to win.

"We respect Lithuania. They did very well to get a draw against Slovenia. We will face a very well-organised team."

Jagielka said ahead of his first match as England captain: "I'm obviously delighted that Roy came and found me and broke the news. It's a great honour for me personally.

"We've got a big task ahead of us tomorrow and it's something we can be proud of. We started this campaign a while ago and the job was to try to win every single game.

"Normally you say that and probably not a lot of people expect you to do so but we've got some great performances along the way."

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