Pearce’s team were seen as one of the favourites for the title in Denmark but crashed out in the group stages after a string of disappointing results. Many expected the former Manchester City boss to walk following his side’s failure but he has been installed for another four years and will see the next European Championships in Israeli in 2013 as his perfect shot at redemption.

However, they have to qualify first and face a group that on paper seems simple but could provide a few slip-ups.

The first game against the former Soviet Republic should be a straightforward task and both players and staff will be expecting an easy win to get their campaign off to the perfect start at Vicarage Road.

One plus point for Pearce is despite losing the likes of Phil Jones and Danny Welbeck to the senior side, he still has a number of talented youngsters at his disposal and will no doubt be fielding an extremely strong side.

The man charged with replacing Welbeck’s goals is likely to be Aston Villa forward Nathan Delfouneso (11/4 first goalscorer), who has been tipped to have a breakthrough year this season at both club and international level this term. Delfouneso made his debut for Villa as a 16-year-old and has shown impressive maturity in recent years, meaning Pearce will be looking for the forward to establish himself in the side as he plans for 2013.

Anther player to look out for is Everton midfielder Ross Barkley (8/1 first goalscorer). The Toffees youngster has made the most of the injury problems at Goodison Park and established himself in the club’s midfield and will be hoping his form can help him earn selection for his first cap at under-21 level.

However, Azerbaijan (25/1 to beat England) will also be looking for a strong performance and look out for striker Cihan Ozkara (16/1 first goalscorer), who has so far scored two goals in his two appearances for the side and could be the man to unlock the young lions defence.

The Azerbaijanis’ other big star could well be Barkley’s Everton team-mate Araz Abdullayev, who has the vision and stamina to trouble any defence and will be looking for a strong showing. The midfielder is yet to make his debut for the Everton first team but is highly regarded at the club and will be looking to make his mark on the game.

Unfortunately, despite Azerbaijan’s likely enthusiasm, they shouldn’t trouble England and the match should be a rather straightforward test for Pearce’s youngsters. They should pull off a comfortable win in Watford.

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A number of groups still hang in the balance after an unpredictable weekend and with only a limited fixture list, teams will be looking to build momentum as they look to make it through the arduous qualification process.

The first game of note is Germany’s trip to Baku to face Azerbaijan in a game that could seal their qualification to next summer’s championship. Germany have been nothing short of exceptional during qualifying and are one of only six sides to boast a 100 per cent record in qualifying. Azerbaijan on the other hand have had a poor qualifying campaign and still remain without a single major championship appearance since they gained independence in 1991.

Azerbaijan are currently coached by Germany legend Berti Vogts who was part of the German side that won the World Cup in 1974 as well as coaching them to victory in Euro 1996 and he will be looking to spring a few surprises.

Vagif Javadov will be the man they will be looking for fire them to victory against what has so far been an unforgiving German defence (Germany 1/12 – match prices).

Germany will be looking to their superb front line, including the likes Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski, to fire them to victory as they look to qualify for an amazing 26th consecutive major tournament (Germany 4/1 – Euro 2012 outright winner).

Germany should win the tie comfortably but you never know what could happen when a big side faces a former Soviet country as Belarus’ draw with France demonstrated on Friday. However, Germany should win by a comfortable margin.

The other qualifier that catches the eye on Tuesday sees Finland travel to neighbours Sweden in a fixture that could have major implications for qualification.

Sweden currently sit in second position in Group E and will have all but given up hope of automatic qualification with the Netherlands in their group. However, they’re currently one of the teams in second place with the highest points totals and victory could see them through to the championships as one of the best second-placed teams.

They will be looking to captain and talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic who has recently returned to the international fold and is by far their most talented player. He’ll be ably assisted by Bolton striker Johan Elmander and they’ll be looking to score the goals to help their side qualify after missed out qualification for last summer’s World Cup (Sweden 1/4 – match prices).

Finland on the other hand have struggled so-far in qualification and are unlikely to qualify. However, they will be determined to make an impact in this local derby and Mixu Paatelainen’s side will be looking to Mikael Forssell to help them cause an upset (Finland 8/1 draw 4/1 – match prices).

However, the Sweden’s attacking superiority should be enough to see them home and they should seal the points that could help them secure a place in next summer’s competition.

Both games have the potential to be thrillers and whatever the outcome it will have implications for the other teams in their groups.

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