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Jack Grealish starts a competitive international for the first time and has the opportunity to reinforce the feeling that England have run into a top playmaker. Mason Mount is also included, which means Jadon Sancho is only on the bench.
Grealish’s inclusion is one of six changes since the Nations League loss to Denmark last month: Dier, Mings, Trippier, Chilwell and Henderson also return, with Coady, Maguire, James, Phillips, Maitland-Niles and Rashford. lost. Most of those six are injured or suspended, although Maitland-Niles is among the backups.
Belgium (3-4-2-1) Courtois; Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen; Meunier, Tielemans, Witsel, T Hazard; De Bruyne, Mertens; Lukaku.
Substitutes: Mignolet, Casteels, Mechele, Lukebakio, Foket, Vanaken, Verschaeren, Praet, Benteke, Delcroix, Chadli, Batshuayi.
England (3-4-2-1) Pickford; Walker, Dier, Mings; Trippier, Rice, Henderson, Chilwell; Monte, Grealish; Kane.
Substitutes: Pope, Henderson, Keane, Sancho, Winks, Maitland-Niles, Calvert-Lewin, Foden, Saka, Abraham, Bellingham.
Referee Danny Makkelie (Netherlands).