Belgium make two changes from the side that beat Italy. Club BruggeâÂÂs Joaquin Seys, heavily linked with Manchester United in the summer, comes in for BrightonâÂÂs Maxim De Cuyper, at left-back. ChelseaâÂÂs injury-prone gem Romeo Lavia replaces Rangersâ Nicolas Raskin.
The only outfield player to survive from FranceâÂÂs win over Turkey is Maxence Lacroix. Nine changes!. WeâÂÂre not sure whether that is because of injury or fatigue, or whether that is because Zidane had a withering asssessment of FridayâÂÂs win, but it is a much-changed XI for Les Bleus.
Esteban Lepaul will earn his first start and play as the No 9, while Andy Diouf, Jérémy Jacquet, and Lucas Da Cunha all make their France debuts. This is going to be very interesting.
Belgium 4-2-3-1: Lammens; Castagne, Mechele, Ngoy, Seys; Lavia, Tielemans; Moreira, De Bruyne, Godts; De Ketelaere.
Subs: De Busser, Vandevoordt, Debast, De Cuyper, De Winter, Fernandez-Pardo, Keita, Lukaku, Lukebakio, Openda, Raskin, Vanaken.
France 4-3-3: Maignan; Kalulu, Jacquet, Lacroix, Diouf; Akliouche, Camavinga, Da Cunha; Doué, Lepaul, Barcola.
Subs: Restes, Truffert, Upamecano, Kounde, Dembele, Kone, Cherki, Olise, Rabiot, Yoro, Butez.
The three early Nations League matches have now finished. Montenegro followed up their late win over Cyprus on Friday with an even later (89th-minute) winner this evening to beat Armenia 3-2. Aleksa Latkovic pounced after some dreadful goalkeeping from ArmeniaâÂÂs Ognjen Cancarevic.
Elsewhere, there were goalless draws:
Georgia 0-0 Ukraine
Latvia 0-0 Cyprus
Whisper it, but the Nations League is ⦠quite good? It is, at least, a serious upgrade on the international iterations of the past. Jonathan Wilson, in todayâÂÂs newsletter, described the Nations League as a âÂÂpalate-cleanserâ and âÂÂhaving âÂÂa similar role to the Carabao Cup, a competition that is not nothing but is not obviously something eitherâÂÂ, which I think is just about right. You can read more of JonathanâÂÂs thoughts right here.
Another intriguing evening of Nations League awaits. Here are the 7.45pm BST fixtures we will be covering in this liveblog:
Belgium v France
Northern Ireland v Hungary
Turkey v Italy
Sweden v Poland
Romania v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Plenty to go on, then. Belgium v France promises to be a cracker. Belgium were excellent in victory on Friday, Mark van BommelâÂÂs first game in charge. They swatted aside Italy 2-0 in Rome, and did it all without the sidelined Jérémy Doku (although his replacement, PSGâÂÂs Mika Godts, was a revelation). France are missing Kylian Mbappé after the Real Madrid was hurt in scoring the only goal of the game in Turkey â Mbappé has since been diagnosed with hyperextension of the posterior capsule of his left knee, and is expected to be out for the rest of the international break. Now coached by Zinedine Zidane, France flickered with quality against Turkey but also looked vulnerable. They are far from the finished article, but there is plenty of time for Zizou to work his magic.
Northern Ireland came away from Georgia on Friday with a dramatic 1-0 win, following Shea Charlesâ 99th-minute toe-poke, but tonight is arguably a stiffer test as Hungary and Dominik Szoboszlai arrive in Belfast. Hungary lost at home to Ukraine on Friday and will be determined to bounce back.
Sweden v Poland looks evenly matched, but Turkey v Italy is the pick of the games otherwise. Vincenzo Montella, TurkeyâÂÂs manager, faces compatriot Roberto Mancini in the battle of the dugouts. The pair briefly played together 30 years ago at Sampdoria, in ManciniâÂÂs final season at the club. Together they scored a combined 37 goals in 1996-97 to help Samp qualify for the Uefa Cup. âÂÂI believe in him; he has the experience and knowledge to bring Italy back to the top,â said Montella in the lead up to this game. âÂÂHe is the right person. Our relationship? We donâÂÂt socialise, but thereâÂÂs mutual respect, esteem, and affection after our year at Sampdoria.âÂÂ
WeâÂÂll see if Mancini changes his XI tonight, the one that lost to Belgium looked tired and lacking in ideas.