Greece vs England LIVE SCORE: Weakened Three Lions look to avenge last month’s Nations League defeat – latest updates

What England must do

England must defeat Greece by at least two goals tonight after losing 2-1 to Ivan Jovanovic's side at Wembley last month.

The Three Lions will then need to beat the Republic of Ireland in London on Sunday if they are to stand a realistic chance of winning their Nations League group and earning promotion back to League A.

A single-goal victory would leave England having to win by three goals more against Ireland than the Greeks’ margin of victory over relegation-bound Finland.

If Greece win or draw then they will seal first place in Group B and condemn Thomas Tuchel’s reign to begin with a potential two-legged promotion clash with Belgium.

Only the Group B League winners are promoted, with second-placed teams going into a March tie - when Tuchel will be in charge for the first time - against one of the three third-ranked teams in League A.

Currently, those four sides are Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Serbia and while England would be favourites against at least three of those sides, the Red Devils would be a significant obstacle.

Failing to get promoted back into the top 16 European sides would be a huge embarrassment but Tuchel would almost certainly prefer to begin his reign with friendlies or an opening World Cup qualifier rather than face immediate jeopardy.

Head to Head

England's first ever encounter against Greece took place way back in 1971 during a European qualifier at Wembley where the hosts won 3-0.

Since then, the two sides have faced off a total of 10 times across all competitions with the Three Lions winning a majority of seven games.

The Greeks picked up their first and only win over the English national team last month in the Nations League with a 2-1 victory at Wembley.

Ethniki sealed their historic win with a brace by Vangelis Pavlidis, either side of a Jude Bellingham equaliser, just 24 hours after the shocking death of Greece star George Baldock.

Good evening from Athens

Welcome to SunSport's live blog coverage of the Nations League crunch clash between Greece and England at Athens' Olympic Stadium - also known as OAKA.

This is the Three Lions' penultimate match under interim boss Lee Carsley and their first since Thomas Tuchel was announced as Gareth Southgate's permanent successor at the helm.

And the national team will be looking for some revenge after losing 2-1 to Greece at Wembley last month in a high-stakes match as victory is a must.

However, Carsley will be without nine key players who dropped out of the squad ahead of the final two Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland - emanating on Sunday at Wembley.

Aaron Ramsdale, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Levi Colwill, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Jarrad Branthwaite are all unavailable due to fitness issues.

That led Carsley to giving Morgan Rogers his first ever senior call-up, while also adding Jarrod Bowen, Tino Livramento, James Trafford and Jarell Quansah to the party.

John Stones, Harry Maguire, Kobbie Mainoo, Luke Shaw and Eberechi Eze were already omitted from the squad due to injury.

Greece manager Ivan Jovanovic, on the other hand, is without the suspended Dimitris Kourbelis and the injured Tasos Chatzigiovannis.

However, Jovanovic has star striker Fotis Ioannidis back at his disposal after returning from injury and called up Olympiacos wonderkid Christos Mouzakitis, 17, who could become the youngest ever scorer in Greece's history if he plays and hits the net.