Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones are set be named in a much-changed starting line-up when England face Ecuador in Miami on Wednesday. Arsenal midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain has not played since April 20 due to a groin injury, while versatile Manchester United defender Phil Jones has been plagued by a shoulder problem. Neither player was involved in England's first warm-up friendly ahead of the FIFA World Cup, against Peru on Friday, but the duo are in line to feature against Reinaldo Rueda's men.
Hodgson is planning to give run-outs to the players that did not start the 3-0 win over Peru at Wembley, with Everton full-back Leighton Baines almost certain to be rested as he nurses a groin strain, though the injury is not thought to be serious. Southampton's Luke Shaw is set to get the nod in Baines' place, the highly-rated 18-year-old having shook off a cold that prevented him from facing Peru.
England will take on Ecuador and Honduras in Miami, where Hodgson's men - who face Italy in their World Cup opener on June 14 - are completing final preparations before travelling to Brazil.
For Ecuador, the meeting with England provides a last opportunity to get valuable game time before they meet Switzerland on June 15. Rueda will be keen for his team to improve on the showing they delivered in a 3-1 defeat to Mexico in Texas on Saturday. That match was marred by Mexico's Luis Montes suffering a broken leg that rules him out of the World Cup. Montes was injured in a challenge with Ecuador's Segundo Castillo, who faces a nervy wait to discover if he will be able to participate in Brazil after hyper-extending his knee in the collision.