England v Germany match preview
Three-time competitors winners England and two-time champions Germany know the victors of their thirteenth assembly at U21 Euro will prime Group B in Slovakia.
England are assured to qualify in second behind Germany with a draw, whereas they are going to nonetheless undergo with a defeat if Slovenia don’t beat Czechia of their simultaneous fixture and overturn a five-goal inferiority to the Younger Lions firstly of play.
“I feel we’ll must freshen the crew up,” England coach Lee Carsley instructed Uefa after his facet’s 0-0 draw with Slovenia on Sunday.
“It’s essential to soak up consideration their age and the quantity they’ve performed, so we’ll make sure that we utilise the squad.”
Manchester Metropolis ahead James McAtee was self-critical after discovering himself amongst England’s gamers to cross up presentable possibilities on their solution to a fourth level of the finals.
“There’ll be some contemporary legs on the market in opposition to Germany,” he stated. “Hopefully we are able to get the three factors and prime the group, as a result of that’s our purpose.”
Germany beat Slovenia 3-0 of their opener and held off a second-half comeback to beat Czechia 4-2 on Sunday, eliminating their opponents.
Nick Woltemade’s knowledgeable header gave the towering ahead a fourth purpose of the match following the Stuttgart sensation’s hat-trick in opposition to Slovenia.
“We’ve a excessive stage of particular person high quality,” stated the 23-year-old, who made his senior debut as a starter in opposition to Portugal within the Nations League semi-finals on June 4.
“We’ve a mix of energy and high quality and we are able to win our duels and rating on account of that. I’m actually happy with the crew.”
Nicolo Tresoldi, who scored Germany’s first purpose in opposition to Czechia, known as Woltemade “the proper second striker for me”.
“I actually get pleasure from enjoying with him and we simply perceive one another,” the Membership Brugge prospect defined. “I’m actually comfortable to be right here, actually comfortable to play with Nick, but in addition with everybody else.
“We’re a extremely, actually good crew and we simply need to preserve going.”
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England v Germany crew information
Sunderland’s Dennis Cirkin, Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Tottenham Hotspur’s Dane Scarlett haven’t joined England on the match due to medical points.
Ipswich City midfielder Omari Hutchinson began in England’s opening 3-1 win over Czechia and may very well be restored, whereas Carsley may very well be tempted to start out Jack Hinshelwood after the Brighton & Hove Albion participant nearly scored as a late substitute in opposition to Slovenia.
Germany’s Merlin Rohl has recovered from a foot harm the midfielder sustained in coaching, having been an unused substitute of their first two matches.
Goalkeeper Jonas Urbig and midfielder Tom Bischof are on the Membership World Cup 2025 with Bayern Munich, as are forwards Maximilian Beier and Karim Adeyemi with Borussia Dortmund.
Head coach Antonio Di Salvo says he has no new accidents however may rotate his facet, describing the calls for of enjoying each three days as “extraordinarily strenuous”.
“It’s nice and essential that Merlin is again,” stated Di Salvo, hinting that Woltemade may very well be rested. “I may see from [Rohl’s] grin that every thing was effective. We’ll take it daily to see if we are able to convey him in.
“Merlin may be very versatile. He can play in lots of positions. I need to see who’s out there first, then we’ll see the place he’s wanted.”
England v Germany anticipated line-ups
England beginning XI: Beadle; Livramento, Quansah, Cresswell, Grey; Morton, Hinshelwood, Elliott; Hutchinson, McAtee, Stansfield
Germany beginning XI: Atubolu; Collins, Rosenfelder, Siebert, Ullrich; Martel, Reitz; Wanner, Thielmann, Jander; Weiper
Tips on how to watch England v Germany: Stay stream, TV channel
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 BST, with stay protection on Channel 4 beginning at 19:30.
Followers can use the Channel 4 app to look at on-line and stream the motion by way of an enormous number of gadgets on the go.
