How England could line-up against Croatia with Jobe Bellingham debut and Jordan Pickford decision

England return to Wembley for their penultimate League A Group 3 fixture with a much-changed team expected against Croatia. The Three Lions enjoyed their best performance under Thomas Tuchel in the reverse meeting after thrashing Slaven Bilić’s men 7-0. England have won three straight games in the Nations League since losing their first game of the September international break to Spain . The hybrid behind-closed-doors game   saw thousands of Croatian children in attendance in Rijeka for the Three Lions’ masterclass. Harry Kane scored twice, with the first of his strikes seeing him become only the fourth England player ever to find the net in six straight away games for his country. However, the Ballon d’Or winner could start Thursday’s clash on the bench to keep himself fresh for Sunday’s blockbuster with Spain. England know only a draw from their final two games will be enough to guarantee a spot in the last eight. But Tuchel has already publicly outlined his goal to win the group, which will mean putting his full-strength team out against Spain. As a result, the German could field an experimental team at Wembley, with several stars in line to make their full England debuts. England predicted XI against Croatia European football expert Andy Brassell has now outlined how the Three Lions could line up for the visit of Bilic’s men. Ezri Konsa has already been listed as an absentee for Thursday’s clash , with regular centre-back partner Marc Guehi also out injured . The first question is whether Tuchel will pick James Trafford or Jordan Pickford in goal. Brassell told talkSPORT: “My feeling is that for the Croatia game, they probably need to pick a bit of a Carabao Cup-type team and then save the real stuff for Spain. So I’m starting with James Trafford. “I want to see more of Jarell Quansah at right back. “I’m really interested to see how he could be a challenger slash semi-permanent solution for England in that position. “So obviously Ben White is in the squad, and you could have him there, but I just think the attacking part of Quansah’s game is really, really good and we’ve seen that at Leverkusen. “He’s almost a reluctant right back, a little bit in the mould of Jules Koundé, in that really he feels that he’s a centre-back still. “But I think both his attacking aptitude and his physical characteristics lend to him doing very, very well in that position.” “My centre-half pairing: [Jarrad] Branthwaite and [Dan] Burn. “Branthwaite, I think, is really hard to quantify for me how good he’s gonna get because there’s been that sense that he might go on to hit that absolute elite level for a while yet, and he’s very good, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet. “I’d love to pair him with Dan Burn, who’s very experienced and much better at centre-back than he is at left-back. “My left-back is Lewis Hall. I think the pair of them working together for Newcastle is quite a nice fit. “I’ve gone for my second team, and I think not by a lot, but I think Hall is the second best choice for left-back in this squad.” Jobe set for England debut? The Borussia Dortmund midfielder, brother of Jude Bellingham , was handed his first England call-up along with uncapped Josh King. The 21-year-old, who impressed in the 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich on Saturday, could now be given his full Three Lions debut . Brassell continued: “My sitters are going to be James Garner, who’s been really good over the last year and a half and Jobe Bellingham. “Jobe, even though he’s adding these more attacking strings to his bow this season, I think long term, maybe that’s where his future lies in, say a number eight role, because the doubt that I have about him at this point – he’s still developing and we can’t expect too much too soon – is sometimes he’s a little bit casual on the ball in his own half, and he gives the ball away in quite compromising positions in his own half of the pitch. “We saw that against Bayern in the Super Cup right at the start of the season; he got away with it once, the second time he didn’t get away with it and they conceded a goal. “But that will come with time – he’s developing really nicely, and I think the combination of him and Garner feels quite rigorous. “I want to see a bit of Josh King in this break; he’s started the season really, really well, some good bits from him last season. We’re seeing even more this season.” ‘A good opportunity for Rio Ngumoha’ “Any squad that Morgan Gibbs-White is not in makes a bit sad, really. “I think he’s going to have an interesting role in this team if Tuchel were to go with this team because I feel he would be the technical leader of the team just like he is with Nottingham Forest. “That like-for-like situation, I think, will get the best out of him. “Rio Ngumoha, who has been really good this season, I think, seeing more and more from him and a good opportunity for him to push for a place in the XI more regularly. “Leading the line, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who is a great point of reference centre forward and the move to Leeds has really worked out for him.”