Russia coach Guus Hiddink has kept faith with his squad for the decisive Euro 2008 qualifier against England despite being thoroughly outplayed by the same opponents three weeks ago in London. On Friday, Hiddink picked a virtually unchanged squad for the October 17 encounter against the English in Moscow that is likely to decide the outcome of a tight Group E. England, on 20 points, leapfrogged Russia (18 points) into second place behind pacesetters Croatia (23) after beating them 3-0 at Wembley on September 12. Provided they beat Estonia at home on October 13, the English can afford to draw their last two games, in Russia and at home to Croatia, and still qualify, while the Russians must beat England to have a realistic chance of reaching next year`s finals. Hiddink called up 19 players for what he described as a "must-win game" on a synthetic pitch in Luzhniki. "We don`t have that many players to choose from, making our options limited," the Dutchman was quoted as saying by the Russian media. The only notable absentee was Spartak Moscow winger Vladimir Bystrov, who is out for the rest of the year after suffering a ligament tear in his left knee two weeks ago. The Russians, however, can rely again on goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov, who was suspended for the match at Wembley after being sent off in the previous game against Macedonia. With the undisputed number one Igor Akinfeyev still recovering from a serious knee injury, Gabulov should get the nod over veteran Vyacheslav Malafeyev, who looked shaky against the English at Wembley. The Moscow match has attracted huge interest, with the Russian FA receiving more than 500,000 requests for tickets from all over the country. "The demand has been unprecedented," a spokesman for the Russian FA said. Because of the security arrangements, only 74,000 seats have been made available at the 84,000 Luzhniki Stadium. Squad: Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Gabulov (Kuban Krasnodar), Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moscow) Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow) Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Torbinsky (Spartak Moscow), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg) Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow), Dmitry Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Kerzhakov (Sevilla), Ivan Saenko (Nuremberg).