Although centre backs Ledley King and Jamie Carragher are fit and free from suspension, Capello is set to stick with John Terry and Matthew Upson as his preferred central defensive pairing.

Capello is also set to stick with a midfield foursome consisting of Gareth Barry, James Milner, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.

Upfront, there is some concern over the fitness of Wayne Rooney after the Man United man sustained an ankle injury in England’s victory over Slovenia. However, the Manchester United striker is thought to be sufficiently fit to start. After his goal against Slovenia, Jermain Defoe is set to partner Rooney, with Heskey and Crouch on the bench.

Joachim Loew’s Germany side welcome striker Miroslav Klose back from suspension. With Brazilian born forward Cacao out, Klose’s return is timely and the striker is set to partner Lukas Podolski in attack for the Germans.

Rated doubtful is influential midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger – who has a thigh strain – and Jerome Boateng who has a calf injury. However, one of the stars of the 2010 World Cup so far, Mesut Ozil has overcome an ankle injury of his own and will start for Germany.

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It is thought that England boss Fabio Capello will freshen up his starting line-up after two poor draws in their opening two matches. Emile Heskey looks the man most likely to be sacrificied, with either Joe Cole or Jermain Defoe coming into the starting XI.

Aaron Lennon looks set to retain his place on the right side of midfield, despite some unimpressive performances and Michael Carrick is fit again after suffering an ankle injury during training. However, Capello will keep his final team announcement under wraps until just before the match.

For Slovenia, defender Marko Suler is out with a rib injury, so Matej Mavric will come in at centre half.

Also out is forward Necj Pecnik who suffered a broken ankle in the match with the USA and has been flown back to Slovenia. Pecnik will be out for six months. With no less than four players a yellow card away from suspension and needing only a draw to go through, Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek could make a number of changes and try to stifle England’s attack.

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Chaouchi had a poor opening match against Slovenia, but manager Rabah Saadane will keep faith with the player if fit.

Returning for Algeria is Wolfsburg midfielder Karim Ziani, but definitely out is Abdelkader Ghezzal, who is suspended after being sent off in the opening match.

England boss Fabio Capello has recalled Portsmouth ‘keeper David James to the starting line-up after Robert Green’s error against USA cost England the win.

Capello’s starting XI will have a more familiar look about it, with Steven Gerrard starting out on the left and Aaron Lennon providing the width on the right.

Strikers Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey will again start upfront for England.

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The most surprise omission was that of winger Theo Walcott, who had played a significant part in England’s World Cup qualification campaign. Among the other players to miss out were Sunderland striker Darren Bent, Everton left back Leighton Baines and Spurs’ duo Tom Huddlestone and Michael Dawson.

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Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).

Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa).

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City).

Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

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Huddlestone will start in the centre of a four man midfield with Frank Lampard. Theo Walcott and Aaron Lennon will both play, with Lennon most likely deployed on the left.

Veteran keeper David James starts ahead of Rob Green and Joe Hart, who both played in England’s last friendly against Mexico.

The defensive foursome is likely to be Capello’s first choice for the 2010 World Cup Finals, with Terry, Ferdinand, Glen Johnson and Ashley Cole all starting for England.

Ex-Celtic midfielder, and Japan’s most recognizable talent, Shunsuke Nakamura, is injured and will play no part in this match.

Japan coach, Takeshi Okada is sure to freshen up his own starting XI after his side were booed by the crowd, following a 2-0 loss to South Korea.

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Among the absentees are the injured trio of Owen Hargreaves, Joleon Lescott and Wes Brown, with veteran Gary Neville also missing out. Coming in, however, are defender Michael Dawson and Manchester City’s Adam Johnson, neither of whom have been capped by England.

Also returning are Scott Parker, Darren Bent and Joe Cole, all of whom were expected to be left out.

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Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham).

Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Michael Dawson (Tottenham), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa).

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Tom Huddlestone (Tottenham), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Scott Parker (West Ham), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City).

Forwards: Darren Bent (Sunderland), Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).

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England pretty much dominated their qualification group and, under manager Fabio Capello, looked capable of winning even when playing badly. On such things are World Cups won.

However, injuries have diminished the squad subsequently and in order for England to do well at the 2010 World Cup, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Aaron Lennon and even Glen Johnson must all be fully fit.

Presuming they are back, England’s progress through the group should be comfortable.  A likely second round meeting could see them face either Australia or Ghana, which is another winnable encounter.

Things get trickier at the Quarter Final stage, where they could come up against France or Argentina.  And it is here I expect England to fall short once again. Despite Capello’s best efforts, England have a tendency to hold out for a draw and hope to nick a winner in injury time in these kind of matches. It never happens.

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However, all is not lost for England as – in Wayne Rooney – they have a striker of genuine class and one who could well end up golden boot winner.

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It is only when reviewing the complete list of contenders for top goalscorer in the 2010 World Cup that you realise just how many great strikers are out there. This makes it even more tricky to tip potential Golden Boot winners.

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Below are the top goalscorers for the last six World Cup finals along with number of goals scored and where their team finished in the competition.

Ideally you should be looking to bet on your top goalscorer from among the team likely to reach the Semi-Finals of the competition.

However, a secondary consideration is how easily beatable are the teams in the Group stages. If there are some very weak teams in a Group, then a top class striker can probably have as many as 3 or 4 goals before the group stages are even over.

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There are two groups from where the quality of opposition suggests that a golden boot winner could emerge. These are Group B featuring England and Group H featuring Spain.

Both England’s Wayne Rooney and Spain’s David Villa have been in great form both in qualifying and domestically and both sides are likely to score freely against some of their Group opposition.

So my money is on Rooney and Villa to be among the World Cup 2010 Golden Shoe winners.

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