Hiddink was bitterly disappointed with his team's display in losing to Azerbaijan last October, branding it "a complete disaster", and has overhauled his squad accordingly.

Uncapped pair Mehmet Ekici and Tunay Torun should get their chance among a number of young players Hiddink wants to bring in.

He is also phasing out veterans like Nihat Kahveci, Mehmet Aurelio, Tuncay Sanli and Semih Senturk, turning over more responsibility to Hamit Altintop, Nuri Sahin, Serder Kesimal, Umut Bulut and Burak Yilmaz.

Having lost vital ground in the qualification battle, Hiddink needs his overhaul to be bearing fruit by the time they face Austria in a Euro 2012 qualifier on March 29, making tomorrow night a vital testing ground.

"I don't think [leaders] Germany will drop many points in their remaining games," Hiddink said on uefa.com. "Our direct rivals will be Austria and Belgium. From now on, we'll battle for second place."

One of Hiddink's former teams, Russia, have an unusual assignment as they head to Abu Dhabi to take on Iran at Zayed Sports City.

Iran suffered disappointment at last month's Asian Cup, but Russia hope they can still provide good preparation for their upcoming qualifier against Armenia.

Greece hosts Canada with coach Fernando Santos sticking with veterans like Giorgos Karagounis and Nikos Lyberopoulos.

Santos wants the likes of 102-times capped Karagounis and 35-year-old Lyberopoulos around to help youngsters Costas Mitroglou and Dimitris Siovas find their feet.

Wednesday will also see the second match of the new Carling Nations Cup - a return to the old-style home nations competition in Great Britain - as Scotland take on Northern Ireland.

Scotland assistant manager Peter Houston is expecting a fantastic game.

"It's going to be a different type of international," he said.

"When you are playing against Spain or Czech Republic, it's a different mentality and type of football.

"I think what we will find on Wednesday is a typical British game.

"I think we'll get something like an SPL or Premier League type game so it will be slightly different from the normal slow build-up against other international teams.

"I think it will be feisty and there will be a few tackles."

Elsewhere, Croatia host the Czech Republic, Belgium take on Finland, and Norway travel to Poland.