These are the Northern Ireland vs Germany confirmed lineups for their World Cup Qualifying clash. There is a three-way tie atop Group A with Slovakia joining these two nations on six points. Any kind of positive result for the minnows would see them take a giant step towards qualification. They will take on a very game German side who scored an easy victory in the reverse fixture in September. What difference could a month make? We’ll have to see.
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Northern Ireland vs Germany Confirmed Lineups for World Cup Qualifying Action
Northern Ireland Team News
Bailey Peacock-Farrell is in goal with Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Paddy McNair, Ethan Galbraith, Isaac Price, Justin Devenny, Alistair McCann, Jamie Reid, Shea Charles, and Brodie Spencer.
Notable Changes
One enforced change as Connor Bradley is suspended. The rest of the lineup is the same as the win over Slovakia with the same shape
Germany Team News
Oliver Baumenn is the goalkeeper with a defensive line of Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Nico Schlotterback, and David Raum. Leon Goretzka partners with Aleksander Pavlovic. Karim Adeyemi is up front with Serge Gnabry, Florian Wirtz, and Nick Woltemade.
Notable Changes
No changes from the win over Luxembourg as the manager goes for consistency.
Northern Ireland Squad
- Bailey Peacock-Farrell
- Conor Hazard
- Luke Southwood
- Conor Bradley
- Paddy McNair
- Daniel Ballard
- Ciaron Brown
- Trai Hume
- Terry Devlin
- Brodie Spencer
- Ruari McConville
- Ryan Johnson
- Eoin Toal
- George Saville
- Paul Smyth
- Ethan Galbraith
- Alistair McCann
- Ross McCausland
- Shea Charles
- Justin Devenny
- Jamie Donley
- Jamie McDonnell
- Isaac Price
- Callum Marshall
- Josh Magennis
- Dion Charles
- Jamie Reid
Germany Squad
- Oliver Baumann
- Alexander Nubel
- Finn Dahmen
- Waldermar Anton
- Robin Koch
- Jonathan Tah
- Ridle Baku
- Nico Shlotterbeck
- Nathaniel Brown
- David Raum
- Robert Andrich
- Alekdander Pavlovic
- Joshua Kimmich
- Leon Goretzka
- Nadiem Amiri
- Felix Nmecha
- Karim Adeyemi
- Angelo Stiller
- Florian Wirtz
- Serge Gnabry
- Maximillian Beier
- Nick Woltemade
- Jonathan Burkardt
(squad lists via UEFA website)
These are the Northern Ireland vs Germany confirmed lineups. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who was left out, and what tactical alterations we could see.
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