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The game for England's Under 21s may be a friendly but it's still important.

For starters it's against Germany but it is also a chance for England's youngsters to test themselves before the European Championships in the summer.

England's senior side is flying high at the moment and the Under 21s are unbeaten in 16 matches.

Will Foden and co stake their claim for a senior call-up tonight?

England Under-21s manager Aidy Boothroyd has left James Maddison, Ademola Lookman and Dominic Calvert-Lewin on the bench for the game against Germany.

Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke starts upfront. Tottenham's Kyle Walker-Peters, Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon, Leicester duo Harvey Barnes and Demarai Gray, Man City's Phil Foden and Everton's Tom Davies are the other Premier League players to start.

England Under 21 XI: Henderson, Walker-Peters, Fry, Clarke-Salter, Sessegnon, Barnes, Dowell, Foden, Davies, Solanke, Gray.

Subs: Gunn, Woodman, Kenny, Dasilva, Tomori, Kelly, Lookman, Maddison, Calvert-Lewin, Konsa, Choudhury

Germany Under 21 XI: Muller, Henrichs, Baumgartl (C), Uduokhai, Mittelstadt, Dahoud, Maier, Oztunali, Neuhaus, Amiri, Waldschmidt.

The 'K key' on my keyboard is going to get a lot of work tonight looking at that Georgia line-up.

Mick McCarthy has made two changes to his team from Saturday's win over Gibraltar.

He has changed to a 4-3-3. Wolves' wing-back Matt Doherty drops to the bench, as does striker Sean Maguire.

Burnley winger Robbie Brady and Aston Villa midfielder Glenn Whelan come in.

Ireland XI: Randolph, Coleman, Duffy, Keogh, Stevens, Hendrick, Whelan, Hourihane, Brady, McClean, McGoldrick.

Subs: Westwood, Travers, Doherty, Maguire, Byrne, O'Brien, Egan, Collins, Judge, Cullen, Long, Arter

Georgia XI: Loria, Kashia, Khotcholava, Kvirkvelia, Kakabadze, Kvekveskiri, Kankava, Gvilia, Arveladze, Kiteishvili, Kvilitaia

Subs: Lobzhanidze, Makaridze, Tchanturishvili, Kharabadze, Merebashvili, Qazaishvili, Jigauri, Kvaskhvadze, Navalovski, Okriashvili, Parunashvili, Kacharava

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Tonight is Mick McCarthy's first home game since his return as Ireland manager.

"I'm very excited about managing in Dublin again," he said.

"I can't wait to stand there being the manager and hearing the national anthem."

It should be a special night for the former Sunderland, Ipswich and Wolves boss.

The Republic of Ireland made a winning start to manager Mick McCarthy's second spell in charge on Saturday but the performance was of significant disappointment.

They laboured to a 1-0 win over minnows Gibraltar, a team ranked 194th in the world.

Tonight they face a tougher test against Georgia, who are ranked 91st, but it is surely a game they must win if they are to qualify from Group D.

Here are some of the key fixtures tonight.

Euro 2020 qualifiers

• Italy v Liechtenstein
• Switzerland v Denmark
• Republic of Ireland v Georgia
• Malta v Spain
• Norway v Sweden

International friendlies

• Czech Republic v Brazil
• Morocco v Argentina (19:00 GMT)
• England U21 v Germany U21

View all of the fixtures and results here

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But there's plenty more going on.

England's Under-21s are playing a crunch friendly against Germany U21s at Bournemouth.

Spain and Italy play qualifiers tonight. Brazil and Argentina also play in friendlies.

Tonight sees the conclusion of this international break. It has been entertaining on the whole, hasn't it?

The Republic of Ireland will be our main focus tonight.

They are in Euro 2020 qualifying action against Georgia looking to improve on their disappointing display against Gibraltar and aiming make it two wins from two in Group D.

It has been a bumper international break packed full of goals.

Can the Republic of Ireland round it off with a win tonight?

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