Panama are unchanged from their defeat at the hands of Belgium. Perez maintains his place leading the line, while Torres and Escobar anchor the middle of the defence, hoping for a complete performance this afternoon.
Sterling retains his place partnering Kane in attack, although the Manchester City man will know that he needs an improved display on his performance against Tunisia to continue to fend off Rashford.
There was much debate about England’s team during the week after the press spotted a team-sheet under the arm of assistant coach Steve Holland during an open training session. However, Southgate has made just one change to his side from the opening match of the tournament, which is enforced. Alli has a thigh strain so he misses out and is replaced by Loftus-Cheek in the middle of the park.
Panama subs: Harold Cummings, Gabriel Torres, Ismael Diaz, Jose Calderon, Adolfo Machado, Valentin Pimentel, Abdiel Arroyo, Luis Ovalle, Luis Tejeda, Ricardo Avila, Alex Rodriguez, Felipe Baloy.
PANAMA (4-14-1): Jaime Penedo; Michael Murillo, Roman Torres, Fidel Escobar, Eric Davis; Gabriel Gomez; Edgar Barcenas, Armando Cooper, Anibal Godoy, Jose Luis Rodriguez; Blas Perez.
England subs: Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Jamie Vardy, Jack Butland, Danny Welbeck, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Fabian Delph, Marcus Rashford, Dele Alli, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nick Pope.
ENGLAND (3-1-4-2): Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire; Jordan Henderson; Kieran Trippier, Jesse Lingard, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ashley Young; Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling.
