Germany vs. England: UEFA Nations League probable teams, match stats and LIVE blog!

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Neuer was on the winning side as Bayern beat Dortmund home and away on their way to winning a 10th straight Bundesliga title in 2021/22. He returned between the Germany posts on Saturday to witness Bayern teammate Joshua Kimmich secure a point away to reigning European champions Italy. Leon Goretzka was another one of six Bayern players in the starting line-up in Bologna, but could make way for Borussia Dortmund old boy Ilkay Gündogan for the trip to London. Hoffenheim's David Raum is also pushing for a recall and could replace RB Leipzig's Benjamin Henrichs at left-back. Former Bayer Leverkusen man Kai Havertz and Bayern youngster Jamal Musiala will vye to unseat the likes of Serge Gnabry, Thomas Müller, Leroy Sane and Timo Werner in attack, after beginning the Italy game on the bench. Dortmund's Marco Reus is also due back from a bout of flu.

Bellingham won his 12th senior cap in England's 1-0 defeat to Hungary - reward for another stellar season in the midfield engine room at Dortmund. Leipzig's Dominik Szoboszlai scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot to end a run of 10 matches without defeat for Gareth Southgate's UEFA Euro 2020 runners-up. The Three Lions knocked out Germany in the last 16 of the competition in Joachim Löw's final match as coach, but Die Mannschaft are a different animal under former Bayern sextuple winner Hansi Flick, who is unbeaten across his first 10 matches at the helm, winning eight. Southgate is expected to make changes at Bayern's 70,000-seated Allianz Arena, with Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish - English Premier League title-winning teammates of Gündogan - chief among the candidates to come in.

Match stats

Bellingham contributed six goals and 14 assists in all competitions for Dortmund in 2021/22.

Müller scored twice as Germany beat England 4-1 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup round of 16. Neuer and Toni Kroos are surviving members of that squad.

Musiala was an England youth international, winning U21 caps as recently as November 2020, before pledging his allegiance to the Germany seniors.

Flick is facing England for the first time as Germany coach. He masterminded wins over English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur (3-1 and 7-2) and Chelsea (7-1 on agg.) en route to winning the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League with Bayern.

England-based Germany internationals Gündogan, Havertz and Werner previously made a combined 492 Bundesliga appearances.

Germany have faced England five times in UEFA competition, winning and losing two

Probable teams

Germany: Neuer (c) - Kehrer, Süle, Rüdiger, Raum - Kimmich, Gündogan - Müller, Havertz, Sane - Werner

Out: -

Doubtful: -

Coach: Hansi Flick

England: Pickford - White, Coady, Maguire - James, Rice, Bellingham, Saka - Sterling, Kane (c), Grealish

Out: -

Doubtful: -

Coach: Gareth Southgate

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