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England have to respect Slovenia - Hodgson

England manager Roy Hodgson has implored his side to respect Slovenia this weekend.

The Three Lions host the Slovenians in Group E of Euro2016 qualifying at Wembley on Saturday and Hodgson wants his team to expect a tough contest.

Srecko Katanec's side sit second behind the English on the group table after two wins on the trot and Hodgson is well aware that they will be a hard team to break down.

"Slovenia have had a great start, beating Switzerland and Lithuania away, and they could easily have nine points like us so we're meeting an opponent who will ask a lot of questions of us," he said.

"But my hope is we'll ask bigger questions of them. We're under no illusions about that and we have respect for them but it's up to us to play the football we know we can play to tame them."

England have made a strong start to their qualification campaign with three wins from three matches without conceding a goal.

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