Good evening, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of England's World Cup qualifying clash against San Marino.

GOAL! Danny Welbeck gets on the scoresheet with a cute finish at the near post! Lennon races to the right byline and cuts the ball back for the striker, who backheels beyond Simoncini in similar fashion to his goal against Sweden at the Euros!

Welbeck is suddenly causing havoc in the final third for England, and the gaps are appearing everywhere.

GOAL! Wayne Rooney drives a brilliant penalty into the top corner, and that's his 30th goal in an England shirt as he puts the hosts in front! The wait is over for the opening goal, and it's a collective sigh of relief from the England crowd.

PENALTY! Welbeck is hauled down by Simoncini, who races off his line again in reckless fashion and takes down the England striker! The referee has no hesitation.

Carrick drives a stunning shot against the crossbar from the edge of the San Marino penalty area, and Welbeck fails to slam home the rebound from close range with a mishit strike!

What a miss from Rooney! Cleverley whips over a stunning cross to the back post from the right, and Rooney inexplicably heads wide from close range!

Walker is playing as a right winger, and he has two attempted crosses blocked away as he looks to find a white shirt in the box to no avail.

The last time San Marino made it to half-time without conceding a goal was seven years ago! England will not want to see that run ended this evening.

Carrick and Rooney combine once more, and it's desperate defending from the visitors, who are approaching the half-hour mark without having conceded.

STAT: In their last five matches, San Marino have scored just two goals and conceded 29. They lost all five.

England build from halfway once more through Carrick and Cleverley. San Marino have seven men on the edge of their box right now!

Rooney climbs high to meet a looping Baines cross, but he can only head way over the crossbar as England continue to press forward in wave after wave of pressure.

Oxlade-Chamberlain drills a low shot on target, and Simoncini does just enough to parry the ball away with Cervellini on hand to add a punt upfield!

There is a huge ovation as Hart is forced to touch the ball following a backpass from Jagielka, and San Marino remain very deep inside their own half.

Oxlade-Chamberlain is in the thick of the action once more, and he gets down the left before Walker drives a low shot towards goal with a deflection leading to another corner.

Rooney jinks inside two challenges before firing a low shot from the edge of the box which is deflected behind for a corner.

Rinaldi catches Jagielka with a foul in the England half, just as the visitors were beginning to look like staging an attack. England build once more with Baines bombing on down the left.

Simoncini claims a high ball in his box pretty impressively as Walker rampages forward and delivers a deep cross to the back post.

Just to remind you of San Marino's standing - they have recorded 54 straight losses and have scored just one goal in four years.

Rinaldi brings the ball forward from midfield for San Marino, but he is quickly caught up and crowded out as Carrick is able to intervene.

Baines overlaps down the left and gets to the byline, with his cross rather unconvincingly turned behind for a corner by Vitaioli.