England have won eight of their last nine competitive games by at least two goals
Serbia have lost both of their two matches against England without scoring
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England have qualified for the World Cup with two matches to spare but they will be challenged to maintain high standards until the end of the qualification process, starting with Thursday's fixture against Serbia.
Thomas Tuchel's side were largely solid and unspectacular in the early stages of qualifying but they raised the bar in September when cruising to a 5-0 victory over Serbia in Belgrade.
Expectations have risen and England fans have been given a gee up by their head coach, who was none too pleased with the lack of noise which accompanied last month's 3-0 friendly triumph at home to Wales.
Tuchel wants to utilise every means to drive his players as he targets another high-tempo performance against the Serbs, who are potentially one game away from elimination.
Serbia had a mixed month in October, losing 1-0 at home to Albania and winning 3-1 away to Andorra, and are approaching the final two games in third place, a point behind Albania and an unbridgeable eight points adrift of England.
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Team news
Trevoh Chalobah and James Trafford were called up after Anthony Gordon and Nick Pope had to withdraw from the England squad.
Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden are back among the group but Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer are injured and Morgan Gibbs-White and Myles Lewis-Skelly have been overlooked.
The visitors are going to have to soldier on without their all-time top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, who misses out with an unspecified injury.
That leaves Dusan Vlahovic and Luka Jovic as the main centre-forward options as Veljko Paunovic ponders his first selection as Serbia's head coach.
The stats
England have scored 18 goals across qualifying while conceding none
Jude Bellingham has scored in three of his last five appearances for Real Madrid
England have registered three 5-0 victories among their last seven competitive fixtures
Four of England's last five matches have featured at least three goals
Serbia have conceded the opening goal in each of their last three fixture
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Prediction
England have completed three quarters of the qualifying process without conceding any goals and they are likely to rack up another victory and a clean sheet against Serbia, who could be on the end of a knockout blow.
Serbia were the section's second seeds but they have fallen behind Balkan rivals Albania, who defeated them 1-0 in Belgrade last month.
Albania are red-hot favourites to win their next match away to Andorra, so there is a strong likelihood that Serbia will need to avoid defeat against England if they are to stay in the qualification hunt.
Serbia will be hoping to show a different face under their new head coach, Paunovic, but they were nowhere near England's level a little over two months ago and are unlikely to fare much better on English soil.
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