JAMES Ward-Prowse will aim to keep his unbeaten England under-21 record intact tonight.
The Saints midfielder is set to win his seventh cap in the European Championship qualifying game against Wales at Derby’s iPro Stadium.
Ward-Prowse made his under-21 debut in the opening game of the qualifying campaign, and has been a regular in the six games that have brought five wins and a draw.
He has scored two goals in that time, in the 5-0 win against Lithuania in October and the 9-0 destruction of San Marino the following month.
Both those goals were netted direct from free-kicks, earning him comparisons with England legend David Beckham in terms of his set-piece delivery.
Ward Prowse has been a regular in Saints’ Premier League squads this season, appearing in 25 of the club’s 28 games.
He has made 12 starts, though the last was in the 2-1 defeat at Everton last December.
His last six Premier League outings have all been as a sub, the last coming at West Ham almost a fortnight ago.
England go into the game against Wales in pole position in their qualifying group with four games left.
Ward-Prowse’s Saints colleague, Lloyd Isgrove, has been recalled to the Welsh squad and could win his fifth under-21 cap.
Yeovil-born Isgrove made his first competitive start for Saints in last August’s Capital One Cup win at Barnsley, but has not played another game since.
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