Hansi Flick's Germany are set to face Japan in a friendly in the first international break of the season.
The German side is under immense pressure after failing to win any of their previous four games, losing three of those games. The 2014 World Champions have lost to Belgium, Poland and Colombia in their last four games. They have even failed to score a goal in their last two games.
Japan come into this game on the back of two big wins against Peru and El Salvador, scoring 10 goals in the those two games. The 20th ranked side were one of the top 16 sides at the World Cup last year, where they beat Germany in the group stage.
Here GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch, including TV channel, streaming details and more.
Germany vs Japan kick-off time
| Date: | September 9th, 2023 |
| Kick-off time: | 2:45pm EDT |
| Venue: | Volkswagen Arena |
The game will be played at Volkswagen Arena, home of Wolfsburg, on September 9th 2023.
How to watch Germany vs Japan online - TV channels & live streams
The game will be available to watch and stream in the UK on FS2, FOX and ViX+.
Team news & squads
Germany team news
Ilkay Gundogan was named as the new captain of the German side in the latest press release. Brighton's Pascal Gross also received a call up.
Predicted Germany XI: Ter Stegen; Can, Rudiger, Thiaw; Henrichs, Musiala, Goretzka, Gosens; Sane, Gundogan; Havertz
| Position | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers: | Ter Stegen, Baumann, Trapp |
| Defenders: | Schlotterback, Sule, Rudiger, Tah, Thiaw, Henrichs |
| Midfielders: | Kimmich, Can, Gundogan, Nmecha, Gross, Gosens, Wirtz, Havertz, Brandt |
| Forwards: | Sane, Gnabry, Schade, Hofmann, Muller |
Japan team news
Liverpool's new recruit, Wataru Endo, is the captain of the side and is a part of the call up along with Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma and Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu.
Predicted Japan XI: Nakamura; Sugawara, Taniguchi, Itakura, Ito; Morita, Endo, Kamada; Ito, Furuhashi, Mitoma
| Position | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers: | Schmidt, Osako, Nakamura |
| Defenders: | Itakura, Ito, Machida, Taniguchi, Tomiyasu, Sugawara, Hashioka, Maikuma |
| Midfielders: | Endo, Ito, Morita, Tanaka, Morishita, Kamada |
| Forwards: | Mitoma, Nakamura, Maeda, Kubo, Doan, Ito, Asano, Furuhashi, Ueda |
Head-to-Head Record
Germany and Japan met each other last year in the World Cup where Japan came out on top, winning the game 2-1.
| Date | Match | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| November 23rd, 2022 | Germany 1-2 Japan | FIFA World Cup |