If England are ever to get to world number one, they are going to have to do much better than they did against Malta (ranked 171st) on Friday.

Gareth Southgate's side did not manage a shot on target in the opening 65 minutes, although they had scored early on through a fortunate own goal, before Harry Kane added a second in the 75th minute, finishing off a lovely team passing move in one of the few bright moments of the night.

Watch how Southgate reacted afterwards, saying England were "flat".

England boss Gareth Southgate has challenged his team to become the top-ranked side in the world.

The Three Lions could leapfrog Brazil into third place when the latest update is announced next week, although Gareth Southgate has aims to reach the summit.

"If you're going to be the top-ranked team, there's no room for sloppiness or casualness," said Southgate.

"If we're going to be a top team then the level of performance has got to be spot on every time."

The highest place England have ever reached in the rankings is third, on two occasions, from August–September 2012 and then September–October 2021.

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Build up with Mark Chapman begins at 19:00 GMT, followed by live coverage from John Murray and former England goalkeeper Rob Green at 19:45 GMT.

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Six nations will be top seeded for the Euro 2024 draw with Germany one of them automatically, while the other five are decided based on their performances in qualifying.

Four of those five are already known - Portugal, France, Spain and Belgium.

England will be among the top seeds if they avoid defeat tonight, but even if they lose, the only nations that could replace them - Turkey or Denmark - would need to hit double figures in their matches against Wales and Northern Ireland respectively.

Scotland will be in the third pot of seeds so we could see a repeat of Euro 2020 when England and Scotland were drawn in the same group, with it ending 0-0 at Wembley.

A total of 24 nations will be playing at Euro 2024, in six groups of four with the top two in each group and the four best third-placers moving into the last 16.

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Who have already secured their places in Euro 2024, who still have hope and who will be looking to fight their way through the play-offs?

Hosts

• Germany

Who have already qualified?

• Group A - Spain, Scotland
• Group B - France, Netherlands
• Group C - England
• Group D - Turkey
• Group E - Albania
• Group F - Belgium, Austria
• Group G - Hungary, Serbia
• Group H - Denmark
• Group I - Romania, Switzerland
• Group J - Portugal, Slovakia

Who can still qualify?

• Group C - Italy or Ukraine
• Group D - Croatia or Wales
• Group E - Czech Republic or Moldova
• Group H - Slovenia or Kazakhstan

Who will be in the play-offs? (As it stands based on current positions on 20 November - one nation will qualify from each path)

• Path A - Poland, Wales, Estonia, plus one team to be drawn from Finland, Ukraine, Iceland.
• Path B - Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, plus two teams drawn out of Finland, Ukraine, Iceland.
• Path C - Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg.

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It is Rico Lewis' 19th birthday tomorrow, what a present - a first England cap.

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Manchester City's 18-year-old left-back Rico Lewis makes his England debut tonight.

He's one of six changes Gareth Southgate has made to the side who beat Malta 2-0 at Wembley on Friday night.

Lewis, Kyle Walker, Declan Rice, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka and Ollie Watkins replace Kieran Trippier, Fikayo Tomori, Jordan Henderson, Conor Gallagher, Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford in the starting XI.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Guehi, Maguire, Lewis; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Grealish; Foden, Watkins, Saka.

Subs: Tomori, Johnstone, Henderson, Phillips, Gallagher, Konsa, Rashford, Palmer, Kane, Ramsdale.

North Macedonia were beaten 5-2 by Italy on Friday, although three of Italy's goals did come in the final 10 minutes.

They make two changes as midfielders Isnik Alimi and Jani Atanasov replace Arijan Ademi and Agon Elezi.

North Macedonia XI: Dimitrievski; Manev, Serafimov, Musliu; Dimoski, Alimi, Atanasov, Alioski; Miovski, Bardhi, Elmas.

Subs: Iljazovski, Ashkovski, Ademi, Churlinov, Aleksovski, Mitrovski, Kostadinov, Elezi, Ristovski, Daci, Shishkovski, Todoroski.

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Three nations will qualify for Euro 2024 tonight, with another one finding out their fate tomorrow.

The last three places won't be confirmed until March when the play-offs take place.

Group C sees a massive match and Ukraine will qualify if they beat Italy tonight, with any other result taking the Italians through instead.

Czech Republic also only need a point in their home Group E game against Moldova, who will qualify for their first major competition if they get a shock win.

Group H sees the winner of Slovenia v Kazakhstan qualifying, although Slovenia will be through if that one ends in a draw.

Tomorrow, Croatia will qualify from Group D if they win at home to Armenia. If they don't, that could open the door for Wales, although Rob Page's side will need to beat already-qualified Turkey in Cardiff.

Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the Euro 2024 qualifier between North Macedonia and England.

We will have full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live later on, with kick-off at 19:45 GMT and you will be able to listen to all the coverage in this very page.

There's no need for any final match stress in this qualifying campaign for England.

The Three Lions are heading to Germany for Euro 2024 and doing so as group winners after six victories and one draw from their first seven matches.

Gareth Southgate's side thrashed North Macedonia 7-0 earlier in the campaign, so can England end qualifying with another win and another impressive performance?

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