Gareth Southgate might be coming to the end of his time as England manager, although he has previously steered the Three Lions to the business end of the previous two tournaments. There was a semi-final appearance at the 2018 World Cup and then the team went one better before losing to Italy at Euro 2020.

A similar squad of players will be representing England in Qatar WC 2022 and perhaps they look like a group acca banker for those who are looking to place a football accumulator. Harry Kane remains at the peak of his powers and there are other lively attacking players in the form of Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden.

There are going to be one other team going through and it could be a close call between the other three sides in the section. Iran are going to be hard to break down under Carlos Queiroz and they might look to nullify England before attempting to get some more points against the other two sides.

Wales were bright during Euro 2020 and they were able to reach the knockout stage of the competition, with the USA also bright contenders and it will be interesting to see how their North American form translates when it comes to meeting two British sides and Iran.

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