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Germany and Japan square off in a Group Stage match for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. This game will take place on November 23, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. at Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan (ET). Germans are dangerous, but Japanese are wiser. Here is all of the specific information about the potential lineups for this World Cup game.
Germany are favourites due to their current squad of top players, the majority of whom play in Germany, though a few also play in England and Spain.
Japan lost a recent game against Canada that exposed some holes in the defensive line, but a recent win against United States 2-0 during the Kirin Challenge Cup was another of Japan’s strong results in 2022 against ‘big teams’.
Germany probable lineup
Germany aren’t playing as strong as before, during 2022 they drew five games and won just three, including a 0-1 loss against Hungary.
Thomas Müller is the key player to score the goals, he has 118 caps and 44 goals, but Serge Gnabry will be at Muller’s side to prevent all the responsibility from falling on Muller’s shoulders.
This is the likely Germany’s lineup for this game: Manuel Neuer, Antonio Rüdiger, Matthias Ginter, Niklas Süle, Lukas Klostermann, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Mario Götze, İlkay Gündoğan, Thomas Müller, Serge Gnabry.
Japan probable lineup
Japan didn’t have to make a big effort during the Asians qualifiers, but they used the Kirin Challenge Cup to play some friendly games against big teams and the results were good, the only losses were against Brazil and Tunisia. They won against Ghana, United States, Paraguay.
Gaku Shibasaki will be the playmaker in the midfield, he has 60 caps and 3 goals playing for Japan. Takuma Asano is the top Japanese forward with 37 caps and 7 goals.
This is the likely Japan’s lineup for this game: Eiji Kawashima, Yuto Nagatomo, Maya Yoshida, Hiroki Sakai, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Wataru Endo, Gaku Shibasaki, Takumi Minamino, Hidemasa Morita, Takuma Asano, Ayase Ueda. Making their 20th World Cup appearance, Germany have won the title four times. After a surprise 1954 victory over favourites Hungary, they lifted the trophy as West Germany in 1974 and again in 1990 before their triumph at Brazil 2014.
Japan did not play at a World Cup finals until 1998 but have qualified for all six editions since then, reaching the round of 16 three times.
Germany crashed out in the opening stage as defending champions at the last World Cup, finishing bottom of their group after losses to Mexico and South Korea.
Japan lost 3-2 to Belgium in the last 16 in Russia four years ago, giving up a two-goal lead and going out of the tournament to an injury time winner.
Previous meetings: Germany and Japan have met twice in friendly internationals. Germany won the first 3-0 in Yokohama in 2004, while the second, a warm-up for the 2006 World Cup in Leverkusen, ended in a 2-2 draw.
