With 12 days to go until the start of the 2018 World Cup, BBC Sport remembers England's humiliating 4-1 defeat at the hands of Germany in the 2010 tournament.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Perfect conditions at Wembley for this friendly international against Nigeria and manager Gareth Southgate will be looking for those vital signs as the countdown continues to the World Cup in Russia.

Interesting to see how Jesse Lingard and Dele Alli dovetail as plenty believe they are in competition for a place in the starting line-up for the opener against Tunisia on 18 June.

Everton's Jordan Pickford starts in goal with the chance to cement his status as England's first-choice World Cup goalkeeper.

Jon: 5 defenders, best RB playing in the back 3? No Rashford. Can’t wait for the World Cup to start. Zzzzz

Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

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It looks like a great following will be backing the Super Eagles this evening. The Nigeria fans are set to fill the gaps between the black tarpaulins on the bottom and upper tier.

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"When we find a grand piano, we just sing and some people dance. We just have fun."

Preparations for a World Cup can be nerve-wracking, but the mood in the Nigeria camp is far from dour.

"We have a lot of great players who have a lot of personality," vice-captain Ogenyi Onazi told BBC Sport.

"We have talents outside of football. I play the drums, I play the bass guitar.

"It is a game everybody has been looking up to. Everyone is waiting for this game."

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So there are not many huge surprises in Gareth Southgate's England team.

Jordan Pickford starts in goal.

Then he's gone with a back five as usual with Kieran Trippier and Ashley Young either side of Kyle Walker, John Stones and Gary Cahill.

In midfield it's Jesse Lingard, Eric Dier, and Raheem Sterling with Dele Alli behind Harry Kane in attack.

On the bench there are three keepers - Tom Heaton, Nick Pope and Jack Butland.

England: Pickford, Trippier, Young, Walker, Stones, Cahill, Lingard, Dier, Kane, Sterling, Alli.

Subs: Rose, Butland, Maguire, Delph, Livermore, Vardy, Welbeck, Loftus-Cheek, Lallana, Rashford, Pope, Heaton.

Three Premier League based players - Arsenal's Alex Iwobi, Chelsea's Victor Moses and new Brighton signing Leon Balogun - are in the starting eleven for Nigeria.

Ex-Chelsea midfielder Jon Obi Mikel skippers the side, which also contains former Watford frontman Odion Ighalo.

Nigeria XI: Uzoho, Idowu, Ekong, Balogun, Onazi, Mikel, Obi, Shehu, Ighalo, Moses, Iwobi.

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England manager Gareth Southgate says Raheem Sterling is a "great example" to young children and knows he has support following controversy over his tattoo.

The body art is a tribute to his late father and Southgate stressed tattoos hold an "individual meaning".

"He knows what it means to him and he's comfortable he has done nothing wrong," Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live.

"He has always been a resilient boy from when I worked with him in the under-21s, to even younger than that."

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England winger Raheem Sterling has defended his new tattoo of a gun, saying it has a "deeper meaning" and refers to his late father.

Anti-gun campaigners criticised the Manchester City forward after he shared a photo of himself with the tattoo of an M16 assault rifle on his leg.

The image has been called "totally unacceptable" and "sickening".

But Sterling said it reflects a vow he made to "never touch a gun" after his father was shot dead when he was a boy.

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Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 live at Wembley

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No surprise the England captain adorns the front page of today’s matchday programme at Wembley.

Jordan Pickford gets the nod for the number one shirt, what does that tell us about the World Cup?

Ashley Young starts at left-back.

Full team news to come.

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Goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer plays for the first time since breaking his foot in September as Germany prepare for their World Cup defence against Austria in Klagenfurt.

Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller are rested after long club seasons with Bayern Munich; Manchester City pair Leroy Sane and Ilkay Gundogan are involved, as is Arsenal's Mesut Ozil.

Germany XI: Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Sule, Hector, Gundogan, Khedira, Brandt, Sane, Ozil, Petersen.

Austria failed to make it to the World Cup - they were fourth in the group that contained Wales and the Republic of Ireland, and which was won by Serbia.

Bayern Munich's David Alaba is their star name; West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic, Watford defender Sebstian Prodl and centre-back Aleksandar Dragovic - loaned to Leicester from Bayer Leverkusen - all played in the Premier League during the season just completed.

Austria XI: Siebenhandl; Lainer, Prodl, Dragovic, Hinteregger; Baumgartlinger, Grillitsch; Schopf, Zulj, Alaba; Arnautovic.

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We saw those Nigeria fans queuing up to get their hands on a football shirt first, so that leads us to today's talking point:

What lengths have you gone to to secure footballing merchandise? Tickets/autographs/selfies etc.

Let me know on Twitter using #bbcworldcup, external or text in on 81111 (UK only).

Ring me if you want to talk more about that Nigeria kit, I could go on about it all day but we have to move on.

Here are the games we will be focusing on tonight:

Austria v Germany (kick-off 17:00 BST)

England v Nigeria (17:15)

Sweden v Denmark (18:45)

Belgium v Portugal (19:45)

Republic of Ireland v USA (20:08)

They may not be favourites for the World Cup, but Nigeria seem to have won fans over with their new kit for Russia.

Three million people pre-ordered replica shirts, according to the Nigeria Football Federation, and shoppers queued outside Nike's flagship store in London on Friday to try to get their hands on the clothing.

The home and away shirts, priced at £64.95, were sold out on the sportswear giant's website soon after they were released.

Watch below as hundreds of shoppers queued to get their hands on one.

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What's the inspiration behind that delightful shirt? Here's how kit manufacturer Nike describe it:

"Alex Iwobi put it best: "They're gonna know Nigeria have arrived".

"A tribute to their 1994 debut on the world stage, the 2018 home kit features the traditional green torso, with the Super Eagles-inspired black and white sleeves.

"To modernise the shirt, the feather pattern has been abstracted, and the colours updated for a bold look on the pitch.

"Turned into an international phenomenon by artists Wizkid, Skepta and Not3s, the 2018 Nigeria home kit was iconic before it even took the pitch."

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That Nigeria shirt...

*love hearts in eyes emoji*