Cole unconcerned by yellow peril

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The 25-year-old already has one yellow card after the caution in the last Euro 2008 qualifier with Russia at Wembley - and another this weekend would rule him out of the return clash in Moscow.

"It is not a problem," Cole said. "A lot of my yellow cards are quite silly ones. I do all right, I will be fine. It won't affect the way I play, no way."

Cole, 25, added: "I have always liked going in for a challenge so you are inevitably going to pick up bookings here and there.

"I don't want to make a big deal of it. I will just go into the game and play my normal game.

"All I will be worried about if I start on Saturday is performing well and hoping England win the game. There won't be anything else in my mind. I just want to do my job."

Steve McClaren's side could move a step closer to next summer's European Championship finals in Austria and Switzerland with another home victory at Wembley against a nation ranked 110th in the world - and which has lost eight of their 10 Group H qualifiers.

Despite their recent form - which includes five clean sheets following the 2-0 defeat in Croatia exactly 12 months ago - there remains an air of cautious optimism in the squad, with everyone conscious the battle is not yet won.

"There is a different atmosphere after results last month, but a different challenge as well. You have got to be on guard against complacency," said Cole, 25. "We can't go out on the pitch and play like Brazil, try flicking the ball about.

"We have to be England and do what we do best, which we have done in the last four qualifying games. If we do that and guard against complacency, we will get the right result on Saturday."