Germany and Japan meet in a game for the Group Stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. This game will take place at Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan on November 23, 2022 at 8:00 AM (ET). The Germans are dangerous, but the Japanese are smarter. Here is all the detailed information about this World Cup game confirmed lineups.
Germany are favorites thanks to their current squad full of top players and most of them play in Germany, although a few 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 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 Germany’s lineup for this game: Neuer; Süle, Rüdiger, Schlotterbeck, Raum; Kimmich, Gündogan; Gnabry, Müller, Musiala; Havertz.
Japan 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.
This is Japan’s lineup for this game: Gonda; Sakai, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo; Endo, Ito; Kamada, Tanaka, Kubo; Maeda.