England will play their last match before the Qatar World Cup tonight as they host old foes Germany live on talkSPORT.
The Three Lions were relegated from their UEFA Nations League group after a 1-0 loss to Italy on Friday and need to bounce back.
Gareth Southgate’s men have scored just one goal in their last five games, and that was a Harry Kane penalty.
England have not scored in open play since beating Ivory Coast 3-0 in March at Wembley.
They’re not heading into the World Cup in good shape and need a win over a German side who just lost 1-0 to Hungary to lift their spirits.
They are two giants of international football, but both are desperate for a win to instill some positivity before they travel to Qatar in November.
England v Germany: talkSPORT coverage
This UEFA Nations League clash will take place on Monday, September 26.
Kick-off at Wembley is scheduled for 7:45 p.m.
talkSPORT coverage will begin at 7 p.m. with Adrian Durham.
Commentary will be provided by Jim Proudfoot and former England defender Stuart Pearce.
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England v Germany: Team News
Ivan Toney has made the England squad to face Germany and is set to make his debut tonight.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been left out of the 23-man squad along with Fikayo Tomori, Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse.
Man City ace Jack Grealish is suspended.
Meanwhile, the visitors have had a Covid outbreak, with Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka pulling out of the squad after testing positive.
Julian Brandt has also left camp after contracting an illness, while Antonio Rudiger is suspended for collecting too many yellow cards.
Lukas Nmecha was also ruled out with a knee injury.
England team
- Goalkeepers: Nick Pope (Newcastle United), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), Dean Henderson (Nottingham Forest)
- Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
- Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Declan Rice (West Ham United)
- Forwards: Tammy Abraham (AS Roma), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Ivan Toney (Brentford)
Germany team
- Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt), Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona)
- Defenders: Thilo Kehrer (West Ham), Niklas Sule (Borussia Dortmund), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Robin Gosens (International), Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton)
- Midfielders: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Monchengladbach), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg)
- Forwards: Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Serge Gnabry, (Bayern Munich)
England vs Germany: what was said?
Gareth Southgate: “We play and have played with top teams and we will be better for that. And the young players, in particular, who have participated in these games will have learned a lot.
“In the past we’ve had a series of friendlies or whatever and then we’ve been in tournaments and this is the first time we’ve come up against top-level opposition and it hits us in the face quite often. .
“Now we know the level, now we know what we need to improve and we’ll be better placed for that having had the quality of the games we’ve had.”
German coach Hansi Flick: “It’s (the loss to Hungary) a personal motivation for everyone to give their all against England and to work over the next six weeks to add those few percentage points that we must add. The defeat opened our eyes.
England v Germany: Match facts
- Two of England’s last three encounters with Germany have been drawn, as many as in the previous 16 encounters, with the only other result at this time a 2-0 win for the Three Lions in the last 16 of the Premier League. UEFA Europe in June 2021.
- England have won three of their last six competitive encounters with Germany (D1 L2), having won only one of the first seven such encounters (D4 L2).
- England went five games without a win (D2 L3) for the first time since June 2014 (also five), without scoring in three consecutive internationals for the first time since November 2000 (also three). The Three Lions last endured a longer winless streak between April and June 1993 (six), when only once in their history did they fail to score in four successive games (April-May 1981 ).
- Against Hungary last time out, Germany suffered their first defeat under Hans-Dieter Flick and the first since a 2-0 loss to England at Euro 2020, ending their 13-game unbeaten streak in all competitions (W9 D4) – they last lost – back-to-back matches in October 2018 (against the Netherlands and France, both in the UEFA Nations League).
- England’s 4-0 loss to Hungary in their last home game was their first defeat since October 2020 against Denmark (1-0); since November 2013, they have not lost consecutive home games in all competitions, losing 0-2 and 0-1 to Chile and Germany respectively.
- Germany are unbeaten in each of their last eight away games in all competitions (W5 D3), they last had such a longer streak in November 2011 (streak of 26). Indeed, each of Germany’s last three away matches have ended in a draw; they’ve never drawn four in a row on the road before.
- England are one of only two nations yet to score a single goal without a penalty in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League; the other nation is San Marino.
- Harry Kane has scored in all three of England’s appearances against Germany (3 goals in total) and is the Three Lions’ joint top scorer against the Germans (alongside Geoff Hurst and Michael Owen). Only three players have faced a specific opponent on multiple occasions, with England scoring in every game; Tinsley Lindley v Ireland, Jimmy Greaves v Northern Ireland and Wayne Rooney v San Marino (all 4/4).
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