Returning stars can fire England to victory against Germany

England were undone by some sloppy defending and Barcelona star Alexis Sanchez at Wembley against Chile, but Roy Hodgson’s boys get an immediate opportunity to put that loss to bed against football powerhouse Germany.

Die Mannschaft are among the favourites to lift the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but manager Joachim Low will name an experimental side against England and the Three Lions welcome back some experienced heads for this clash.

England to win @ 2/1

The former Fulham coach was right to experiment against Chile and England now have three newly-minted internationals, one of whom – Southampton’s Adam Lallana – will be given the chance to build on a promising debut performance with another run-out here.

However, Hodgson’s XI for this game will have a much more familiar feel to it with Joe Hart, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Steven Gerrard and Premier League joint-top scorer Daniel Sturridge all back in the fold.

Wayne Rooney will drop into his preferred spot behind a centre-forward, where he has performed so effectively for Manchester United this season and Andros Townsend starts on the left wing.

They may be facing the 5/1 second-favourites for the 2014 World Cup, but Germany will rest captain Philipp Lahm, keeper Manuel Neuer and £42.5m Arsenal number 10 Mesut Ozil for the Wembley clash.

Influential Real Madrid holding-midfielder Sami Khedira is unavailable and could be out for the rest of the season with torn ligaments, while Miroslav Klose’s injury leaves Joachim Low with only 5-cap Borussia Monchengladbach striker Max Kruse in his centre-forward ranks.

Germany could be there for the taking and England can reward the Wembley faithful with a morale-boosting win.

Daniel Sturridge to score the first goal @ 7/1

The Birmingham-born hotshot – who has scored an incredible 21 goals in 28 games for Liverpool, since joining the Reds at the start of January – is back to spearhead the England attack, after missing the game against Chile through injury.