England take on France in tonight's big international friendly at the Stade de France in Paris - LIVE NOW!

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France v England (20:00 GMT)

LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will win his 100th international cap from the start of tonight's friendly. England boss Fabio Capello had confirmed that Beckham - recalled after being left out for the 2-1 win over Switzerland last month - would win his 100th cap but the question remained as to whether he would start or come on for David Bentley, who drops to the bench after impressing last time out.

Rio Ferdinand will lead the team out after being given the captaincy by Capello, who confirmed that the armband will be rotated prior to the commencement of England's World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign in the autumn.

Michael Owen stays on the bench despite recent goalscoring exploits, with Wayne Rooney alone up front and Steven Gerrard deployed as the link between midfield and attack.

Expect, however, some fluidity in England's midfield, allowed by the pairing of Owen Hargreaves and Gareth Barry in the centre of the park. Gerrard, Beckham and Joe Cole will be able to move more freely in a system that will be held together by Hargreaves and Barry, who both can slot in to the right and left respectively.

Frank Lampard is left at the team hotel suffering from a stomach upset.

In-form Portsmouth goalkeeper David James holds onto the number one jersey as expected, with Ashley Cole and Wes Brown continuing in the full back positions.

In the French camp, injuries to Thierry Henry and Lyon hot-shot Karim Benzema have opened the door for Juventus's leading scorer David Trezeguet, who hasn't featured for Les Bleus since the shock 1-0 home defeat to Scotland in September.

Trezeguet is likely to start up front alongside Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka, who himself returned to the France set-up last year after being left out of the squad for the 2006 World Cup by coach Raymond Domenech.

Former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira has been forced to withdraw from the squad with a thigh injury, meaning Anelka's team-mate Claude Makelele could start in defensive midfield alongside Lyon's Jeremy Toulalan.

Scotland v Croatia (20:00 GMT)

Scotland boss George Burley has revealed he will delay selecting his team for the friendly with Euro 2008 qualifiers Croatia until after the squad's last training session on Wednesday morning.

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has recovered from an illness and should start in midfield in the absence through injury of captain Barry Ferguson, while Burley has confirmed that Celtic skipper Stephen McManus will wear the armband in the Rangers man's place.

Ferguson and Birmingham striker James McFadden head a lengthy injury list that also includes Rangers trio Lee McCulloch, Allan McGregor and Christian Dailly, Celtic's Barry Robson and Derby midfielder Stephen Pearson.

This is Croatia's last game before their Euro 2008 campaign kicks off with a match against co-hosts Austria on June 8, as coach Slaven Bilic prepares for life without long-term injury victim Eduardo.

One man who could benefit from the Arsenal striker's absence is Werder Bremen forward Ivan Klasnic, restored to the squad for the first time since October 2006 after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a kidney problem.

After a goal-scoring return for Bremen Klasnic will be on the bench at Hampden Park, with Mladen Petric and Ivica Olic starting up front.

Croatia (4-1-3-2): Pletikosa; Corluka, R. Kovac, Simunic, Pranjic; N. Kovac; Srna, Modric, Kranjcar; Petric, Olic

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