The changes made to the international calendar arising from the new Nations League competition means that 2019 runs to a tight schedule for Gareth Southgate and his England team as they aim to lift silverware in Portugal in the summer and also qualify for Euro 2020.
All of the matches in England’s Euro 2020 qualifying group will take place between March and November 2019 with double-headers for the Three Lions in each of the international windows except for when they take part in the Nations League Finals (qualification for which means they are in a five rather than six-team Euro 2020 group).
England travel to face Montenegro, where international matches are regularly played in the Podgorica City Stadium in the capital city on 25 March before the Wembley return on 14 November.
Montenegro won two of their six UEFA Nations League matches in the autumn, avoiding relegation to League D of the new competition thanks to a double against Lithuania.
England have played Montenegro on four previous occasions and they have proved surprisingly tough opponents, holding the Three Lions to two draws in Euro 2012 qualifying and another on the road to Brazil 2014 before England registered a 4-1 victory at Wembley in October 2013 to leave them on the brink of securing their World Cup place.