Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley will miss England's two remaining World Cup qualifying matches at Wembley because of a calf injury.
The 24-year-old had a scan after training on Thursday and was ruled out of both Friday's match with Montenegro and Tuesday's contest against Poland.
The only other absentee for England in Friday's match is Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole, 32, who has a rib injury.
England currently lead Group H by one point from Ukraine and Montenegro.
Coach Roy Hodgson said he had been impressed by Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge this week.
"It's also nice to see him strike up a good relationship with the more senior players he's been partnering this week."It's nice to see Daniel Sturridge come into the squad and be so comfortable at an early stage," he said.
"It's not only the strikers I've been impressed by. The whole squad has had a very good week's training."
Sturridge could partner Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on Friday night but Hodgson refused to confirm whether the pair would both play.
It is not yet clear whether Cole will be able to feature in England's last group game against Poland.
The 32-year-old was hurt during Chelsea's 3-1 win at Norwich and has been replaced in Hodgson's squad by Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs.
Cole started England's last two World Cup qualifiers - a 0-0 draw with Ukraine on 10 September and a 4-0 win over Moldovafour days earlier.
His absence means Everton's Leighton Baines, who has won 19 caps and scored inEngland's 5-0 win over Moldova last year, is likely to start against Montenegro.
England need to win both matches at Wembley to guarantee World Cup qualification.
They must finish top of the group for automatic qualification for the 2014 finals in Brazil, while second place would mean a two-legged play-off in November.
Montenegro are expected to be without captain Mirko Vucinic, goalkeeper Mladen Bozovic, centre-back Marko Basa and midfielder Miodrag Pekovic because of injury.
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