{"id":486068,"date":"2025-10-09T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486068\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:18:13","slug":"germany-vs-luxembourg-lineups-team-news-injuries-how-to-watch-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486068\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany vs. Luxembourg: Lineups, team news, injuries, how to watch and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>PreZero Arena, Sinsheim, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Date: <\/strong>Friday, October 10th, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8:45pm local time (2:45pm EST)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Germany\u2019s World Cup qualifying kicked off with an unprecedented loss to Slovakia. The Germans rebounded with a resounding 3-1 win against Northern Ireland. Marred by injuries, inexperience, and poor chemistry, Julian Nagelsmann will need to push all the right buttons to earn six points and get back Germany back on course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Historically, Germany have dominated the Luxembourgers with four wins in European qualifiers and the Olympics, with a plus-20 goal differential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After losses to the other Group A nations, Luxembourg will need to secure some points this weekend to avoid elimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here is the predicted lineup, courtesy of BFW:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Julian Nagelsmann will have some convoluted scheme that overcomplicates the tactics against a weak opponent. The four attackers will rotate positions freely, keeping the ball and motion moving to create unexpected spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The squad\u2019s biggest weakness is the lack of a right-back. Red Bull Leipzig\u2019s Ridle Baku is the newest contestant. He has a decade of Bundesliga experience and the job is ripe for the taking. Aleksandar Pavlovi\u0107 and Leon Goretzka are also interchangeable next to Joshua Kimmich in the central midfield. Starting goalkeeper Oliver Baumann has been dealing with flu symptoms, giving Alexander N\u00fcbel an opportunity. Nick Woltemade is also battling a minor illness and should be saved for Monday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Luxembourg has settled into a four-man defense but lack experience all over the pitch. The Luxembourgers will likely sit in a low block and only push forward opportunistically, counting on set pieces for goal scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Germany national team is up once again and has two very winnable matches on its slate for the October international break against both Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Julian Nagelsmann will not be operating with a full roster thanks to injuries and illnesses, but this should give him a chance to further make his mind up on several players who are on the bubble for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s get into all of the key discussions. This is what we have on tap for this version of the Bavarian Podcast Works \u2014 Preview Show:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BavarianPodcastWorks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a> and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Location: PreZero Arena, Sinsheim, Germany Date: Friday, October 10th, 2025 Time: 8:45pm local time (2:45pm EST) Germany\u2019s World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,129072,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-486068","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-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","11":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115345116623840600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486068","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=486068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}