BURNLEY are leading the way in terms of English qualified players starting in the Premier League, based on figures from the last round of top-flight fixtures.

Seven of the 11 who started the Clarets’ 2-0 defeat at Southampton could have represented Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions, although none of them have featured in a senior squad so far.

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Tom Heaton, Ben Mee, Jason Shackell, Kieran Trippier, Ashley Barnes, David Jones and Danny Ings met the criteria for selection.

QPR, Tottenham and West Ham both picked six players who could play for England, but the survey revealed that only 81 of the 220 players picked in Premier League starting line-ups were eligible for England, a total of 36.8 per cent.

England face Italy tonight, and the proportion of players in Serie A starting line-ups who were born in Italy - or have otherwise represented Italy at senior level - over the same weekend was 43.2 per cent. That proportion would increase still further if you included those who may qualify under residency rules or those who hold Italian passports due to their ancestry.

In the Championship, the most ‘English’ teams were Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield with nine.

Adam Henley is still England-qualified for Rovers after he was an unused substitute in Wales’ Euro 2016 qualifier in Israel.

The percentage of England-qualified players starting in the Championship was 57.2 per cent.