Danny Mills
Ex-Leeds defender on BBC Radio 5 live

Gareth Southgate comes here trying something different. We keep hearing about 'Plan B' and what should be the case.

Gareth wants to try something and wants to try it against some of the best players in the world.

It's about performance. Can this young English side perform in this fantastic stadium?

The players enter the arena. It's only a friendly, and there are plenty of changes from both teams, but it's still got a big-game feel about it.

All set? England are playing in blue tonight. 

Lukas Podolski and Jermain Defoe shake hands at the top of the stairs, here we go...

The 'Poldi' mural in the massive Yellow Wall is already up and waiting for him. 

The Westfalenstadion is full and looking magnificent. The players are edging out into the tunnel now, debutant Timo Werner shakes hands with a massive eagle mascot. 

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Burnley's Michael Keane and West Bromwich Albion's Jake Livermore are the two rookies of this England side tonight - a big opportunity for that pair as they face World Cup holders Germany.

It may only be a friendly but this match is still regarded with the highest prestige.

Southgate will field his first choice line-up in Sunday's World Cup qualifier with Lithuania at Wembley - so he cannot be blamed for exploring his options tonight in Dortmund's vast Signal Iduna Park.

Craig Dawson can't be far away Dave. If you're English and playing regularly in the Premier League you'll be under consideration.

Where would you play Ross Barkley in this system Stewart? Got to be him or Adam Lallana I guess. 

Stewart Gofford: Why no Stones, Barkley or Rashford? With a 2nd string German team we will be outplayed and lose easily. Worst England team ever  

OnsideView: Could be a long night for England. New system, Smalling a liability, Keane inexperienced, Hart makes mistakes. Ger 3-1 Eng.  

Dave Hemming: Best of luck to Jake tonight, when does Craig Dawson get a call-up? 

Scotland coach Gordon Strachan on BBC Radio Scotland:  "We're bringing Tom Cairney in, we're trying to play a system that's similar to Fulham's.

"What has to be right tonight is their attitude. They have to lose themselves in the game and forget about the next game.

"I've got a way we want to play on Sunday. It's up to the players to impress me.

"That's the priority tonight, to win a game of football."

Follow the Scotland game here.

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Will this system help get the best out of Dele Alli and, when fit, Harry Kane?Copying Spurs seems to make sense to me. With Kyle Walker and Danny Rose playing, when fit, the 3-4-3 should work.

Instead of Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama though England have Eric Dier and Jake Livermore. Let's see. 

Ian Shepherd: Finally an England manager doing something different....hope it continues. reckon a 1-1 draw...  

The Reynolds Effect: As the late, great Graham Taylor said... "you have to experiment, don't you". Certainly an interesting line up.  

Miles Norgan: You'd have thought after watching Leicester win the league, people would realise it's about the team not star players  

We've seen the start of the  FA People's Cup  semi-finals today (Higher Education competing befpre the other categories at the weekend).

Gareth Southgate gave us his top tips for five-a-side - but will he be using anything similar tonight against Germany?

You'll be able to follow the rest of the FA People's Cup semi-finals through our live text commentaries on Saturday and Sunday (10:00-18:00 both days).

• England have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last seven games against Germany.
• Germany have lost just one of 18 games they have played in Dortmund, losing to Italy in the 2006 World Cup (W15 D2)
• Joachim Low's side have gone 558 minutes without conceding an international goal. Antoine Griezmann was the last player to score past them - in Euro 2016.

Another man who has retired from international football, Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm, tells Lukas Podolski to enjoy tonight's game. 

England manager Gareth Southgate on ITV: "Obviously our first thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their lives or been injured. It puts football into perspective. We are conscious that part of our identity as a nation is that we carry on in moments like this.

"We have left everything else to our hierarchy. In terms of any tribute, we felt that in London on Sunday was the right thing to do."

For the latest on the Westminster attack read the BBC News page here.

Fulham's Tom Cairney makes his Scotland debut tonight as they face Canada in Edinburgh.

Don't forget that you can follow that game in full here. 

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Germany, as if you needed to know, have won all four of their qualifiers so far and top Group C.

They beat San Marino 8-0 in their last tie. 

You may have already forgotten the fact that Sam Allardyce was England manager. For a bit.

Tonight is Gareth Southgate's first 'proper' game in charge, so how has he got on?

Well, England are top of their World Cup qualifying group with 10 points from four games. It's very much business as usual on that front.