Normal procedure after the national anthems is for the players to group together for an official line-up pic, but for reasons so far known only to himself the Liverpool right-back trotted off happily to continue warming up.
Hodgson is keen to use striker Carroll to exploit Sweden's vulnerability in the air and he is expected to leave out Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to accommodate him, and use Ashley Young on the left flank and James Milner on the right as orthodox wide men.