14.08. (Wed) 22:00 Ecuador - Spain

Vicente del Bosque intends to use Spain's friendly with Ecuador on Wednesday to cast his eye over some of his future stars.

The likes of Xavi, Juan Mata and Gerard Pique have all been left of out the world and European champions' squad, with Inigo Martinez, Koke and Thiago Alcantara - stars of the victorious Under-21 side at the European Championship - all getting the chance to impress at senior level.
Del Bosque's side lost their last match, the Confederations Cup final against Brazil, ending a run of 23 games unbeaten and his fresh-faced squad will no doubt be designed to shake up the competition in the side.

Winger Antonio Valencia is the notable absentee from Reinaldo Rueda's Ecuador squad for the fixture in Guayaquil.

The Manchester United winger returned to domestic action in his side's 3-1 friendly loss to Sevilla before appearing in the 2-0 Community Shield win over Wigan, but Rueda believes using Valencia would be too much of a risk.

"Since June 11 when we played Argentina, Antonio hasn't played a single [international] match and that is a big difficulty," he told La Deportiva. "It is a risk for selection and for the player, because he is exposed to injury."

Ecuador have not won any of their last three matches, but remain in third position in the South America World Cup qualifying group with four games remaining.

The last time the two teams met was over a decade ago, with Spain coasting to a 4-0 victory thanks to a hat-trick from Fernando Morientes.

The fixture is Ecuador's first since the death of Christian Benitez earlier this month.

14.08. (Wed) 21:00 England - Scotland

PROBABLE LINEUPS

ENGLAND
Hart
Walker, Cahill, Jones, Baines
Wilshere, Cleverley, Lampard
Walcott, Rooney, Welbeck

SCOTLAND
McGregor
Hutton, Martin, Hanley, Mulgrew
McArthur, Brown
Snodgrass, Morrison, Maloney
Griffiths

Ashley Young is the only player to have withdrawn from Roy Hodgson's squad, having missed Manchester United's 2-0 Community Shield win over Wigan.

However, the England manager is confident Wayne Rooney will be able to take part at Wembley after seeing him in training on Monday.

Meanwhile, Gordan Strachan also just one casulty, with Brighton midfielder Liam Bridcutt suffering for a groin injury.

But the experience of Darren Fletcher, Gary Caldwell and Steven Fletcher again miss out after failing to face Croatia.

DID YOU KNOW?
England v Scotland is the oldest match in football, dating back to 1872.
But the two countries have not faced each other since a play-off double-header for Euro 2000 in 1999.
The last time England hosted their 'Auld Enemy' in a friendly encouter at Wembley was a 2-2 draw in April, 1953.
England are unbeaten at in five games at Wembley under Roy Hodgson, winning three.
Meanwhile, Gordan Strachan has won just two of his four games in charge, most recently triumphing 1-0 away in Croatia in June.
Following Hodgson calling up Leon Osman to face Sweden in November, Rickie Lambert could become England's third-oldest debutant since 1954 if he makes the field. He is 17/10 with Paddy Power to score at anytime on Wednesday.
Strachan is bringing a fairly inexperienced squad across the border, with 16 of the squad having represented their country on 10 occasions or less.
Only five of squad play in Scotland, with 10 plying their trade in the Premier League.

14.08. (Wed) 21:00 Belgium - France

France will look to halt a run of three straight defeats when they travel to the King Baudouin Stadium to face Belgium on Wednesday.

Didier Deschamps' side have only won one of their last five games and were on the receiving end of losses to Spain, Uruguay and Brazil in their previous three matches.

Deschamps has recalled Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri to the international squad for the match in Brussels. The 26-year-old has not featured for the national team since Euro 2012 and served a three-match suspension after becoming embroiled in an argument with a journalist following the team's quarter-final defeat to Spain.

Sevilla midfield Geoffrey Kondogbia, who was part of the winning French squad at the Under-20 World Cup, has also been handed a senior call-up, while there is a surprise place for Monaco defender Eric Abidal.

In contrast to France's recent poor form, they face a Belgium side full of confidence having lost just three of their previous 28 matches.

Marc Wilmots’ side are on a five-match winning streak and will be confident of another victory in front of their home fans.

The 25-man squad contains 11 players who play in the Premier League, including Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen, despite his struggle with injury during pre-season.

Spurs team-mates Nacer Chadli and Mousa Dembele are named in the squad, as are Chelsea trio Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Zakaria Bakkali earns his first senior call-up following an explosive start to the season with club side PSV, in which he became the youngest player ever to score an Eredivisie hat-trick on Saturday.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Wales - Ireland

PROBABLE LINEUPS

WALES
Hennessey
Gunter, Williams, Gabbidon, Davies
Collison, Allen
Vaughan, Ledley, Robson-Kanu
Bellamy

IRELAND
Westwood
Coleman, O'Shea, Clark, Wilson
McCarthy, Whelan,
Brady, Hoolahan, McClean
Long

Wales' star player Gareth Bale (foot) is ruled out of the fixture despite joining up with the national side for training. He faces a fight to be fit for Tottenham's opening Premier League game of the season.

Elsewhere, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey and West Ham defender James Collins have both withdrawn from the squad with minor injuries.

Swansea full-back Jazz Richards and Brighton midfielder Andrew Crofts have been called up into the squad as replacements.

For Giovanni Trapattoni, record goalscorer Robbie Keane is out with a hip injury, while the Italian tactician has indicated that QPR defender Richard Dunne needs to play regularly in order to be considered for selection.

The Boys in Green suffered a spate of withdrawals ahead of the clash, with Norwich City winger Anthony Pilkington pulling out of an Irish squad for the fifth time in 12 months. Key players Sean St Ledger, David Forde, Aiden McGeady and Stephen Quinn are also unavailable.

Trapattoni has included Yeovil Town striker Paddy Madden in his panel after the striker topped the League One goalscoring charts last season and Millwall forward Andy Keogh was another late addition to the squad.

DID YOU KNOW?
Ireland and Wales have played each other a total of 12 times, with each team winning on five occasions.
Ireland are unbeaten in their last four encounters against Wales. The last time the Welsh emerged victorious against the Boys in Green was over 20 years ago in a 1992 friendly game at the RDS Arena in Dublin.
John O'Shea is the most capped player in the squad and is set to pick up his 90th cap on Wednesday
Darren O'Dea is the only member of the Irish squad plying his trade outside of England. The former Celtic and Ipswich Town centre back is now playing in Ukraine after joining Metalurh Donetsk from MLS side Toronto.
Wales have won two consecutive competitive games just twice in the last eight years, after following their 2-1 win over Scotland with a 2-0 defeat to Croatia earlier this year.
Sixty per cent of Wales' goals in their World Cup qualification campaign have come in the final 15 minutes of matches.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Italy - Argentina

Argentina will warm up for their next World Cup qualifier against Paraguay by looking to extend their unbeaten run over Italy on Wednesday.

The Albiceleste are unbeaten in their past three clashes with the Azzurri, winning the two most recent encounters.

The last meeting was also in Rome's Stadio Olimpico in a friendly in 2001 and Argentina won 2-1, with Kily Gonzalez and Hernan Crespo scoring the goals for the visitors.

Argentina head coach Alejandro Sabella has picked a strong squad for Wednesday's match with the likes of Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain alongside Erik Lamela in attack.

Sabella's team have not lost in six outings, but have drawn three of their past four, including a 1-1 stalemate in a World Cup qualifier away to Ecuador that would have seen Argentina wrap up qualification for Brazil 2014 if they had won.

Italy have lost two of their past three games, going down to Brazil and Spain at the Confederations Cup before defeating Uruguay on penalties to finish third at the World Cup warm-up event.

In one change to Italy's squad from the tournament, head coach Cesare Prandelli has included Argentina-born striker Pablo Osvaldo.

But, in general, Prandelli has picked a familiar squad full of veterans such as Andrea Pirlo, Gianluigi Buffon, Daniele De Rossi and Riccardo Montolivo.

Italy will use their clash with Argentina as a final test ahead of a busy couple of months of World Cup qualifying.

While Italy sit atop of Group B, they face a set of tough fixtures, with Bulgaria and Czech Republic in September before a trip to Denmark and a home clash against Armenia in October to complete their qualifying campaign.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Germany - Paraguay

Bayern Munich duo Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gotze are key omissions from Germany's squad to face Paraguay on Wednesday.

The midfield pair have been hampered by injuries in pre-season, with Schweinsteiger struggling with an ankle complaint while Gotze steps-up his recovery from a groin injury, and Joachim Low has decided not to risk their fitness for the fixture at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

Low has recalled nine players from Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund who were left out of the country's two-match tour of the United States in June, having featured in May's Champions League final.

Among those brought back are Bayern defenders Jerome Boateng and Philipp Lahm, while Dortmund midfielders Sven Bender and Marco Reus are also named as Germany keep one eye on the autumn's vital World Cup qualifiers.

However, Schalke's 21-year-old star Julian Draxler was forced to withdraw from the squad after injuring his Achilles tendon in the club's 3-3 draw with Hamburg.

An experimental Germany side lost their last fixture 4-3 against the United States in June, ending a nine-game unbeaten run.

Paraguay boss Victor Genes has named a 21-man squad, including Barcelona's 17-year-old striker Antonio Sanabria, who is a reported transfer target for Premier League side Arsenal.

Liga MX outfit Toluca are well represented, with Richard Ortiz, Pablo Velazquez and Edgar Benitez all included.

Paraguay have lost their last two fixtures, both World Cup qualifiers, against Ecuador and Chile, and they sit bottom of the South American qualifying table with eight points from 12 games.

14.08. (Wed) 20:30 Bosnia and H. - USA

PROBABLE LINEUPS

USA (4-2-3-1): 
Howard;
Evans, Cameron, Brooks, F. Johnson;
Bradley, Jones; Corona, Diskerud, E. Johnson;
Altidore.

ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Cody Cropper (Southampton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS: John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers)
MIDFIELDERS: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Danny Williams (Reading)
FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)

Bosnia-Herzegovina (4-4-2): 
Begovic;
Sunjic, Zukanovic, Spahic, Bicakcic;
Rahimic, Lulic, Pjanic, Salihovic;
Ibisevic, Dzeko

ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Asmir Begovic (Stoke City), Asmir Avdukic (FK Borac Banja Luka), Jasmin Fejzic (VfR Aalen)
DEFENDERS: Ermin Bicakcic (Eintracht Braunschweig), Emir Spahic (Bayer Leverkusen), Toni Sunjic (FC Zorya Lugansk), Mensur Mujdza (SC Freiburg), Ervin Zukanovic (Genk)
MIDFIELDERS: Miralem Pjanic (AS Roma), Senad Lulic (Lazio), Sejad Salihovic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Adnan Zahirovic (VfL Bocum), Elvir Rahimic (CSKA Moscow), Haris Medunjanin (Gazientepspor), Miroslav Stevanovic (Elche), Zvjezdan Misimovic (Guizhou Renhe), Avdija Vrsajevic (Hajduk Split)
FORWARDS: Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart), Edin Visca (Istanbul BB)

DID YOU KNOW?
Fresh off winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the USA is on an all-time record 11-game winning streak. Its last non-win came against Belgium in a friendly in May.
Not to be outdone, Bosnia-Herzegovina is 5-0-1 in UEFA World Cup qualifying and has not lost in nine matches. Its last loss came on U.S. soil against Mexico, also in May. The surge has the nation at its highest FIFA ranking ever, 13th.
Tim Howard has been named U.S. captain for the match, with full-time captain Clint Dempsey not called in by Jurgen Klinsmann.
The USA roster features four players earning the first senior team call-ups: Bobby Wood, Aron Johannsson, John Anthony Brooks and Cody Cropper.
Johannsson is ineligible to play unless FIFA approves his one-time international allegiance switch from Iceland to the USA prior to Wednesday's match.
Brooks is a German-American dual-national center back eligible to play for both countries. He scored on his Bundesliga debut with Hertha Berlin after helping guide the club to promotion last season.
Bolton defender Tim Ream returns to the USA for the first time since October 2011.
The midfield battle could be contested by a pair of AS Roma standouts, with Michael Bradley set to clash with club teammate Miralem Pjanic.
Six members of the USA's Gold Cup-winning side are on the roster (Bedoya, Diskerud, Corona, Castillo, E. Johnson, Parkhurst).
Defender Michael Orozco Fiscal was initially called in by Klinsmann, but he had to withdraw after suffering a hamstring injury in Puebla's match Sunday night.
These teams have never met in international play before.