Team News: Danny Welbeck, Harry Kane start in Berlin

Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane have been named in England's first XI for tonight's friendly with Germany in Berlin.

Manager Roy Hodgson has elected to field a strong starting lineup, with in-form Tottenham Hotspur hitman Kane spearheading the attack, while Welbeck and Adam Lallana provide wide support.

Spurs' teenage sensation Dele Alli starts at number 10, in a midfield three alongside Jordan Henderson and Lilywhites teammate Eric Dier.

Jack Butland lines up between the sticks in the absence of injured Joe Hart, while Nathaniel Clyne, Chris Smalling, Gary Cahill and Danny Rose make up the defence.

For the world champions, Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is included in Joachim Low's first XI, while Liverpool stalwart Emre Can starts in defence.

Germany: Neuer; Can, Rudiger, Hummels, Hector; Kroos, Khedira; Muller, Ozil, Reus; Gomez

England: Butland; Clyne, Smalling, Cahill, Rose; Dier, Henderson, Alli; Lallana, Kane, Welbeck

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