Hargreaves and Vassell to start for England

Owen Hargreaves was named instead of Nicky Butt in England's midfield for the match against Sweden in World Cup group F today…

Owen Hargreaves was named instead of Nicky Butt in England's midfield for the match against Sweden in World Cup group F today.

Hargreaves will play alongside Liverpool's Emile Heskey, captain David Beckham and Paul Scholes. Darius Vassell gets the nod and will partner Michael Owen up front.

Sweden midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg is fit but defender Patrik Andersson is out injured.

England- (4-4-2) 1-David Seaman; 2-Danny Mills, 3-Ashley Cole, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 6-Sol Campbell; 7-David Beckham, 8-Paul Scholes, 11-Emile Heskey, 18-Owen Hargreaves; 10-Michael Owen, 20-Darius Vassell

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Sweden- (4-4-2) 1-Magnus Hedman; 2-Olof Mellberg, 4-Johan Mjallby, 15-Andreas Jakobsson, 16-Teddy Lucic; 6-Tobias Linderoth, 7-Niclas Alexandersson, 9-Fredrik Ljungberg, 17-Magnus Svensson; 10-Marcus Allback, 11-Henrik Larsson

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)