Overview

• Kickoff is set for 20:45 CEST on 10 October at the PreZero Arena in Sinsheim (Hoffenheim).
• ARD airs the game live on free-to-air TV, with streams on Sportschau.de, ARD Mediathek and Joyn from 20:15; ran.de provides a live ticker.
• Germany sits third in Group A, only the group winner qualifies directly, and a Nations League route guarantees a playoff place if needed.
• Julian Nagelsmann omitted Niclas Füllkrug, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Nnamdi Collins, Pascal Groß and Paul Nebel, and recalled Nathaniel Brown, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ridle Baku, Aleksandar Pavlović, Felix Nmecha and Jonathan Burkardt.
• Key absences include Antonio Rüdiger, Marc-André ter Stegen, Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Benjamin Henrichs and Tim Kleindienst through injury, with Nick Woltemade initially sidelined by a flu-like infection but expected to join the camp in Herzogenaurach.