Evening all, and welcome to Northern Ireland v Germany!

On Sky, they're bemoaning Oliver Norwood's decision to miss international football. Obviously that's his own call and none of my business, but as spectator I'd say that's a shame.

Iain Dowie thinks that Serge Gnabry isn't a centre-forward, but the game has changed since he was allowed to play there. Werner will swap with him I'm sure, and where you start isn't where you end up.

He says that it was the coach's decision to retire Hummels and Boateng, when baited to criticise it. I'm sure the squad is better off without them, Jogi Low will be happy to hear.

Joshua Kimmich says the team know they didn't play well against Netherlands, but that they can do better. He thinks that for the moment, there are three teams contesting the top two spots, "but tomorrow, when we win..."

So who's going to win the Euros, I don't hear you ask. Well, I'd say that Netherlands, England and France are the three who, on a good day, I'd back to beat the rest, but it's hard to look beyond the world champions, who have the best balance between attack and defence, and the most likely matchwinners.

Yeah, have a butcher's at that scoping. Incredible scenes.

Germany, meanwhile, change formation from 3-4-2-1 to 4-3-3 after Friday's home defeat to Netherlands, leaving out Tah and Schulz to bring in Halstenberg and Brandt. Their forward line looks sharp and I'd expect them to dominate possession tonight, but when things get real in the summer, I'm not sure they've got the quality to win the thing.

Evans C is the only man to survive Thursday's friendly win against Luxembourg, which Northern Ireland won thanks to an own-goal. As ever with them, you can see how they might keep it tight - Evans J and Cathcart know their business and will be helped by wieght of numbers, but it's far less clear how they'll score.

Teams!

I'm looking forward to this one. Germany are coming off a chastening defeat, leaving Norn Iron alone at the top of Group C with four from four. It's true that they've only played Belarus and Estonia so far, but they've got confidence, momentum, home advantage and something to hang onto - they'll fancy this, so they will.