Liechtenstein v Germany Live Commentary & Result, 02/09/2021, WC Qualification Europe

The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!

Liechtenstein line up in a 5-3-2 formation, with Wolfinger and Goppel the full-backs, who will try and push forward when they can, but you’d expect them to do a lot of defending today. Meanwhile Noah and Yanik Frick both feature in attack for the hosts. 

Germany are without Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller due to injuries, so Leno starts in goal and Werner up top for the visitors. Meanwhile Kimmich takes the captains armband, and he sits alongside Gundogan in midfield.

LIECHTENSTEIN SUBS: Martin Buchel, Seyhan Yildiz, Ridvan Kardesoglu, Sandro Wolfinger, Lorenzo Lo Russo, Nicola Kollmann, Pascal Koller, Roman Spirig, Rafael Grunenfelder, Philipp Ospelt, Thomas Hobi.

LIECHTENSTEIN (5-3-2): Benjamin Buchel; Fabio Wolfinger, Jens Hofer, Andreas Malin, Daniel Kaufmann, Maximilian Goppel; Nicolas Hasler, Noah Frommelt, Noah Frick; Yanik Frick, Aron Sele.

GERMANY SUBS: Kevin Trapp, Florian Wirtz, Karim Adeyemi, Antonio Rudiger, Marco Reus, David Raum, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Mahmoud Dahoud, Jonas Hofmann, Nico Schlotterbeck.

GERMANY (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Ridle Baku, Thilo Kehrer, Niklas Sule, Robin Gosens; Joshua Kimmich, Ilkay Gundogan; Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Leroy Sane; Timo Werner.

Liechtenstein have never qualified for a major tournament and are currently bottom of Group J, having lost all three of their opening games against Armenia, North Macedonia and Iceland.

Hansi Flick gets his reign as Germany boss under way and his side are third, having beaten Iceland and Romania, but then suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat against North Macedonia. The four-time World Champions played in Euro 2020 over the summer but were knocked out at the Round of 16 stage by England.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Group J World Cup qualifying clash between Liechtenstein and Germany.