Trials to prevent errors such as in the last-16 World Cup's England v Germany

London: Saturday will see the first formal trial of goalline technology in an international match in England’s friendly against Belgium at Wembley.

A camera system used by the British firm Hawk-Eye similar to that used in cricket and tennis tracks and triangulates the ball’s position and should be able to make clear whether a ball has crossed the line.

The data will be hidden to the 90,000 crowd and match officials, being monitored only by Fifa-nominated experts pending a decision on whether to adopt the scheme at the beginning of July.

“Such tests, along with those being conducted for the GoalRef system in Denmark, could lead to the International Football Association Board approving the introduction of GLT,” Fifa said in a statement.

The Hawkeye system used 14 cameras located around the ground while GoalRef places a microchip in the ball.

The trials are an attempt to prevent errors such as that in the last-16 World Cup match between England and Germany when Frank Lampard’s shot clearly crossed the line but was not given as a goal.

England manager Roy Hodgson will use Saturday’s friendly against Belgium to assess his midfield options in his final preparation match before the European Championship.

It is only Hodgson’s second game as manager of the national side after England’s chaotic build-up that saw Fabio Capello resign in February.

Having lost Gareth Barry to injury last week, Hodgson lost another experienced midfielder after Frank Lampard suffered a thigh strain in training.

The Chelsea midfielder, who admits the Euros would probably have been his last tournament, was ruled out after a scan revealed a tear. Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson replaces him pending UEFA approval.

That leaves Hodgson with structural problems in the centre of his team and only Saturday’s game at Wembley to sort them out.

Scott Parker and captain Steven Gerrard will presumably take the central roles as Hodgson finalises his strategy.

Hodgson’s first match in charge came in Norway last week. England won 1-0 thanks to an early moment of excellence from Ashley Young, but that aside they were dogged rather than spectacular.

That historically has been very much the Hodgson way: he is a 4-4-2 devotee, prioritising shape and organisation over flair.

There have been suggestions in the past that more celebrated players respond badly to the repetitive nature of some of Hodgson’s training, but Wayne Rooney insisted everything was going well.

“He’s determined to get the message across to us on the training pitch and is very much a part of every training session,” the Manchester United forward said of his manager.

“It’s great to have him on the pitch, pointing out things maybe we need to know as a squad.”

It’s not clear whether Rooney will play on Saturday; he is suspended for the first two games of the tournament but Hodgson may decide to test out a putative partnership between Rooney and Andy Carroll.

It’s widely expected that Carroll will be England’s first-choice centre-forward — partly because Hodgson favours a big target-man style centre-forward and partly because he’s been given the number 9 shirt.

For Belgium, Saturday’s game marks the beginning of a new era after the resignation of George Leekens as coach.

The former international Marc Wilmots, who had been assistant to Leekens, is in temporary charge of an extremely promising young side with serious ambitions of World Cup qualification.

“We will be in Brazil in 2014,” insisted defender Thomas Vermaelen. “I have not seen a national team more motivated than we are now. We were unlucky in the past but now we will do it for sure.”