{"id":396541,"date":"2025-09-04T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/396541\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:24:14","slug":"germany-xi-vs-slovakia-predicted-lineup-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/396541\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany XI vs Slovakia \u2013 Predicted lineup and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slovakia begin their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign with a daunting challenge against Germany at the Teheln\u00e9 pole in Bratislava on Thursday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Falcons host the four-time world champions on home soil in their opening Group A fixture, with the visitors heavily favoured to secure top spot in a group also featuring Northern Ireland and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p>There could be international debuts for several players in Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s squad, while Slovakia will be hoping to build on their impressive Euro 2024 campaign under Francesco Calzona\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany predicted lineup and team news vs Slovakia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Germany Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finn Dahmen receives his first senior call-up, with the Augsburg goalkeeper set to provide cover after Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen\u2019s long-term injury. Oliver Baumann has been confirmed as Germany\u2019s number one for the qualifiers by Julian Nagelsmann.<\/p>\n<p>Nnamdi Collins and Paul Nebel are also handed debut call-ups, with both players impressing during Germany\u2019s U21 European Championship final run this summer. The Eintracht Frankfurt defender and Mainz midfielder add fresh options to Nagelsmann\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Woltemade could make his first competitive start for Germany after his \u20ac75 million move to Newcastle. The 23-year-old striker has impressed at youth level and represents a potential long-term solution to Germany\u2019s centre-forward position.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio R\u00fcdiger returns to the squad after missing recent fixtures, providing experience alongside Jonathan Tah in central defence. Leroy San\u00e9 has been omitted following his move to Turkish side Galatasaray, with Nagelsmann demanding higher standards from players outside Europe\u2019s top leagues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013 <a title=\"The most expensive Bundesliga summer transfers of 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/most-expensive-bundesliga-summer-transfers-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The most expensive Bundesliga summer transfers of 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany Predicted Lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Possible Germany starting XI:<\/strong> Baumann; Raum, Tah, R\u00fcdiger, Kimmich; Pascal Gross , Stiller; Gnabry, Wirtz, Adeyemi; Woltemade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When does the match kick off?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match kicks off at 7:45pm BST on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to watch <\/strong><strong>Slovakia vs Germany <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view in the UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/premier-league-transfers-confirmed-after-deadline-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The late Premier League transfers confirmed after Deadline Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/every-premier-league-team-to-break-their-transfer-record-this-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Premier League team to break their transfer record this summer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow The Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfuldotcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefootballfaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">TikTok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slovakia begin their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign with a daunting challenge against Germany at the Teheln\u00e9 pole&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,522,9991,2558,1514,93214,21742],"class_list":{"0":"post-396541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-match-previews","13":"tag-slovakia","14":"tag-world-cup","15":"tag-world-cup-2026","16":"tag-world-cup-qualifying"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115144600087493265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}