Germany begin their “Group of Death” at this year’s World Cup with a tricky opening test against Japan as the four-time champions get their tournament underway at the Khalifa International Stadium.
With Spain and Costa Rica making up the rest of Group E, both sides today know dropping points isn’t an option if they want to stand a decent chance of progressing to the knockout stages.
Luckily for the Germans, they do have Thomas Muller in their ranks and he enters the 2022 World Cup as the record active goalscorer. He has 10 goals so far – the joint-eighth most in history.
Japan will be no easy opponent though, they reached Qatar after winning 15 of their 18 qualification matches (D1, L2) by an aggregate scoreline of 58-6.
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Germany vs. Japan score
| 1H | 2H | Final | |
| Germany | — | — | — |
| Japan | — | — | — |
Goals:
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Projected lineups:
Germany (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Neuer (GK) — 16. Klostermann, 5. Kehrer, 4. Ginter, 3. Raum — 21. Gundogan, 5. Kimmich — 10. Gnabry, 7. Havertz, 19. Sane — 9. Fullkrug.
Japan (4-2-3-1, right to left): 12. Gonda (GK) — 2. Yamane, 4. Itakura, 3. Taniguchi, 26. Ito — 17. Tanaka, 7. Shibasaki — 24. Soma, 10. Takumi, 11. Kubo — 18. Asano.
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Germany vs. Japan live updates, highlights from 2022 World Cup
5 hrs from kickoff: Hello, and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Germany vs. Japan! The four-time world champions will be hoping to start their tournament off with a bang… and not end up like Argentina.
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Germany vs. Japan lineups, team news
Germany will be without two well-known forwards for this World Cup in the form of Marco Reus and Timo Werner, who both picked up injuries at the worst time. Veteran Thomas Muller hurt his hip last month and is unlikely to feature in this opening match.
Germany (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Neuer (GK) — 16. Klostermann, 5. Kehrer, 4. Ginter, 3. Raum — 21. Gundogan, 5. Kimmich — 10. Gnabry, 7. Havertz, 19. Sane — 9. Fullkrug.
Japan had to replace Yuta Nakayama in their final squad due to injury, while Takefusa Kubo managed to shake off an injury in time.
Japan (4-2-3-1, right to left): 12. Gonda (GK) — 2. Yamane, 4. Itakura, 3. Taniguchi, 26. Ito — 17. Tanaka, 7. Shibasaki — 24. Soma, 10. Takumi, 11. Kubo — 18. Asano.
Germany vs. Japan live stream, TV channel
Here’s how you can watch all the action in the major global territories.
| Date | Time | TV Channel | Streaming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Wed, Nov. 23 | 08:00 ET | FS1, Telemundo | fuboTV, Fox Sports site/app, Telemundo Deportes site/app, Peacock |
| Canada | Wed, Nov. 23 | 08:00 EST | TSN, RDS (French) | TSN site/app |
| UK | Wed, Nov. 23 | 13:00 GMT | ITV 1, STV (Scotland) | ITV Hub / ITVX, STV Player (Scotland) |
| Australia | Thu, Nov. 24 | 00:00 AEDT | SBS | SBS On Demand |
| India | Wed, Nov. 23 | 18:30 IST | Sports18 | Voot, JioTV |
| Hong Kong | Wed, Nov. 23 | 21:00 HKT | Now TV (Ch. 616, 618) | Now TV |
| Malaysia | Wed, Nov. 23 | 21:00 MYT | Astro | Astro GO |
| Singapore | Wed, Nov. 23 | 21:00 SGT | StarHub (Ch. 251/252), Singtel TV |
Singtel TV GO, CAST, StarHub TV+, MeWatch |
| New Zealand | Thu, Nov. 24 | 02:00 NZDT | Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports | Sky Go, Sky Sport NOW |
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