Germany lead Slovakia on goal difference at the top of 2026 World Cup qualifying Group A before Julian Nagelsmann’s side visit a Luxembourg team yet to earn a point in their penultimate match in the section.
With Slovakia simultaneously hosting Northern Ireland, who are three points behind them, Die Mannschaft will hope to have automatic qualification for the finals in their hands when they host the Falcons in their final international of 2025 on Monday.
Joshua Kimmich scored twice in between goals by David Raum and Serge Gnabry when Germany beat Luxembourg 4-0 at home on October 10 as part of their current three-match winning run.
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Luxembourg lineup vs Germany
Luxembourg centre-back Enes Mahmutovic has an abdominal injury but left-back Dirk Carlson returns from suspension, having been dismissed after 20 minutes in the first fixture between the teams.
Attacking midfielder Yvandro Borges was not signed off as fit by his Dutch club, Heracles Amelo, and left-back Mica Pinto and midfielder Vincent Thill are injured.
Adulai Djabi Embalo, a 20-year-old forward for Italian second-tier side Virtus Entella, has been called up for the first time after representing his country at under-21 level.
Luxembourg starting XI: Anthony Moris, Seid Korac, Florian Bohnert, Aiman Dardari, Christopher Martins, Danel Sinani, Dirk Carlson, Olivier Thill, Leandro Barreiro, Laurent Jans, Mathias Olesen, Tiago Pereira
Luxembourg substitutes: Lucas Fox, Adulai Djabi Embalo, Alessio Curci, Tomas Moreira, Kenan Avdusinovic, Edvin Muratovic, Eric Veiga, Vahid Selimovic, Eldin Dzogovic, Sebastien Thill, Marvin Martins
Germany lineup vs Luxembourg
Germany suffered a major blow on the eve of the game with Kimmich suffering an ankle injury in training but the captain is on the bench.
“I suspect that they will try to make the game a little more offensive,” Nagelsmann predicted of Luxembourg, adding of the previous victory: “I don’t expect them to retreat that far again.”
Germany starting XI: Oliver Baumann, Waldemar Anton, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Leon Goretzka, Nick Woltemade, Florian Wirtz, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, David Raum, Ridle Baku
Germany substitutes: Alexander Nubel, Finn Dahmen, Malick Thiaw, Joshua Kimmich, Jamie Leweling, Assan Ouedraogo, Jonathan Burkardt, Felix Nmecha, Said El Mala, Nico Schlotterbeck, Kevin Schade, Nathaniel Brown
How to watch Luxembourg vs Germany: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Friday is at 19:45 GMT (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Amazon Prime PPV, which charges £2.49 for the game.
Luxembourg squad vs Germany, Northern Ireland
Goalkeepers: Lucas Fox (Bocholt), Anthony Moris (Al-Khaleej), Tiago Pereira (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Defenders: Florian Bohnert (Bastia), Dirk Carlson (St. Polten), Eldin Dzogovic (Magdeburg). Laurent Jans (Beveren), Seid Korac (Venezia), Marvin Martins (Winterthur), Vahid Selimovic (Hermannstadt), Eric Veiga (Flamurtari)
Midfielders: Leandro Barreiro, Tomas Cruz (both Benfica), Aiman Dardari (Augsburg), Christopher Martins (Spartak Moscou), Mirza Mustafic (Bali United), Mathias Olesen (Greuther Furth), Olivier Thill (IMT Belgrade), Sebastien Thill (Stal Rzeszow)
Forwards: Kenan Avdusinovic (Progres Niederkorn), Alessio Curci (Neftchi), Adulai Djabi Embalo (Virtus Entella), Edvin Muratovic (Odra Opole), Danel Sinani (St Pauli)
Germany squad vs Luxembourg, Slovakia
Goalkeepers: Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Alexander Nuebel (Stuttgart)
Defenders: Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck (both Dortmund), Ridle Baku (Leipzig), Nathaniel Brown (Frankfurt), David Raum (Leipzig), Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich), Malick Thiaw (Newcastle)
Midfielders: Nadiem Amiri (Mainz), Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic (all Bayern), Felix Nmecha (Dortmund)
Forwards: Karim Adeyemi (Dortmund), Jonathan Burkardt (Frankfurt), Said El Mala (Koln), Serge Gnabry (Bayern), Jamie Leweling (Stuttgart), Leroy Sane (Galatasaray), Kevin Schade (Brentford), Florian Wirtz (Liverpool), Nick Woltemade (Newcastle)
September 4: Slovakia 2-0 Germany
September 7: Germany 3-1 Northern Ireland
October 10: Germany 4-0 Luxembourg
October 13: Northern Ireland 0-1 Germany
November 14: Luxembourg vs Germany (19:45 GMT)
November 17: Germany vs Slovakia (19:45 GMT)
Germany World Cup 2026 qualifying path
The top team from each of the 12 European Qualifier groups proceeds automatically to the finals, which will be expanded to 48 teams.
The 12 runners-up in each group will join four Nations League teams in the play-offs, which will be drawn from pots based on teams’ records during the campaign. The games will comprise single-leg semi-finals and finals.
The draw for the World Cup finals will take place in December 2025. The tournament runs from June 11 until July 19 2026.