Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe and Darren Bent all missed the November friendly defeat to France through injury but the trio are available for selection now and are expected to be in the squad Capello unveils this evening.

Rooney is fresh from scoring a brace in Manchester United's victory over Aston Villa in midweek, when Bent scored his second goal in three games for his new club.

It looks like being a more conservative group than Capello's last squad, which went down 2-1 to Les Bleus at Wembley.

Of the youngsters selected on that occasion, four - Jordan Henderson, Chris Smalling, Micah Richards and Kieran Gibbs - will be required for Under-21 duty in Italy on Tuesday, as will Everton's Jack Rodwell, who missed out last time through injury.

In addition, Manchester City midfielder Adam Johnson and Liverpool's new £35million striker Carroll have been ruled out with ankle and thigh problems respectively.

It means Capello is likely to go for experience for a match arranged at short notice after a planned meeting with Argentina at the Parken Stadium fell through.

Frank Lampard is available for the first time since August and will link up with Arsenal's Jack Wilshere - the one youngster expected to keep his place.

With Johnson missing, Aaron Lennon's recent good form for Tottenham should be rewarded.

The problems for Capello are in defence, specifically at right-back.

Glen Johnson survived the World Cup debacle but, after a series of poor performances for Liverpool, was switched to left-back by new boss Kenny Dalglish.

Johnson was not picked for the France game, when Capello opted to use Phil Jagielka as a makeshift right-back, Micah Richards taking over at half-time when he replaced Rio Ferdinand.

However, Jagielka only returned from a thigh strain at Arsenal on Wednesday, whilst Richards had already been selected for Under-21 duty before he was taken to hospital following a heavy collision with Manchester City team-mate Nigel de Jong in Wednesday's draw with Birmingham.

If both players were ruled out, it could trigger a first call-up for Martin Kelly - the man who has been occupying Johnson's normal full-back berth at Liverpool.

It will be England's first visit to Denmark since August 2005, when David James conceded four second-half goals in what turned out to be Sven-Goran Eriksson's heaviest defeat as England coach.

Six players are likely to survive from that 4-1 reverse, but none of the goalkeepers.

There is no question of Joe Hart being axed from the squad despite recent indifferent performances, but he could get increased competition from Fulham's David Stockdale, who is being tipped to win his first international call-up.