England forward Jarrod Bowen will miss the final Euro 2024 qualifier against North Macedonia.
The West Ham player has not travelled because of a minor injury.
Boss Gareth Southgate said: “We didn’t really have enough time to assess it fully and make an accurate decision, so we felt better to leave him in England. We wouldn’t take a risk.”
Newcastle defender Kieran Trippier, who has a personal issue, also misses Monday’s game in Skopje.
England have already sealed their place in the finals as Group C winners.
However, Southgate’s side failed to impress in Friday’s 2-0 home win over Malta and are looking for an improvement.
“Performance is the priority,” Southgate said. “We’ve set a standard. We didn’t reach that standard on Friday.
“We have to get back to what we’re good at. There’s always a chance within that to have a look at a couple of things that we’d like to see as well.”
North Macedonia lost 7-0 when these teams met in a qualifier at Old Trafford in June. The Tose Proeski Arena is sold out for the rematch, despite the fact the hosts cannot qualify.
“We play a team who, although they can’t qualify, have tremendous pride and they’ll be wounded by what happened in Manchester,” said Southgate.
“We have to be ready for a really good atmosphere. Full crowd, full stadium.”
England midfielder Declan Rice told BBC Radio 5 Live there is no good reason for any negativity to be directed the team’s way.
Rice said: “I think the level of the team now is ridiculously high. People can say whatever they want.
“Italy [in] both games [we] dominated them. We had Ukraine away, we drew.
“We are in a good space mentally, physically, the way the manager has got us as a group together. You know we really do believe we can achieve special things. I think we are in a good spot as a team, I don’t think there is any need now to be negative.”
