Germany will be looking to put behind them the disappointment of a surprise 2-0 loss to Slovakia last time out here, while saw off Luxembourg 3-1 in their fixture last week.

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• Northern Ireland are unbeaten in five competitive internationals, their best unbeaten run since 2016-2017.

• Germany's defeat to Slovakia was only their fourth EVER World Cup qualifying defeat in history.

• Germany sit 62 places above Northern Ireland in the FIFA rankings, #9 vs #71.

⚪ A Match That Germany Simply Have to Win

Germany don't miss World Cups. Since being banned from entering in 1950, they have been involved in the finals in every single tournament, winning the trophy on four occasions.

The shocking defeat to Slovakia in the week means that they have already put themselves under pressure in such a small four team group. Obviously, there is still time to recover, but given Northern Ireland's convincing 3-1 win in Luxembourg, if Germany fail to beat them here they are digging themselves a hole that might not be easy to get out of.

Moreover, given that Germany have failed to progress beyond the group stage at the last two World Cups, there is genuine concern that this might not necessarily be a good German group of players. A big display here could help with that perception.

🟢 The Kids Are Alright For Northern Ireland

All of a sudden there looks to be a real crop of youngsters in their early twenties who look as though they might be ready to give Northern Ireland another era where they could be qualifying for major tournaments.

The midfield axis of Ethan Galbraith and Shea Charles has the potential to be real international class. Supplement them with the variety of young attacking midfielders and the likes of Conor Bradley and Trai Hume in defence, then there are quality players everywhere you look.

This match is clearly an acid test for this group, but one feels that, whatever the result, it will be an experience that strengthens the young players as a whole, and they will all benefit long term.

There is no doubt in my mind that they will believe that they can cause Germany problems here.

📊 Germany v Northern Ireland H2H

Unsurprisingly, Germany dominate the historical head-to-head. Germany have won the last nine meetings in a row, with Northern Ireland's last win coming in 1983, in Hamburg.

The last meeting was back in 2019, where Germany dished out a convincing 6-1 beating to Northern Ireland.

The history certainly doesn't give much confidence in anything other than a German win, but circumstances do feel slightly different than many of those historic meetings.

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