Broadcast info
Who's playing: Germany are seeking to make it two wins in two World Cup qualifying games as they prepare to take on the Czech Republic this Saturday.
What time: Saturday, October 8th at 11:45 PST/14:45 EST/18:45 UTC/19:45 BST/20:45 CET
What stadium: This game will be played at the Volksparkstadion. Located in Hamburg, it can hold up to 51,500 fans (for international fixtures) and whilst Bundesliga side Hamburg is in residence, the seating capacity increases to 57,000.
Which channel:
- In the USA: Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, fuboTV, Fox Sports 2 USA, UniMás, Univision Deportes USA
- In Germany: RTL Television
- In the Czech Republic: ČT Sport
- In the UK: Sky Sports Mix, SKY GO Extra, Sky Go UK
- In Canada: Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet World Now
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Match facts and other historical stats
- Thomas Muller's brace against Norway in September marked the first international goals for the Bayern ace since November 2015
- Since becoming an independent nation, the Czech Republic have only qualified for one World Cup (the 2006 edition in Germany)
- Germany have picked up seven clean sheets in their past nine games
- Die Mannschaft have lost just five out of their last 24 meetings with the Czech Republic (14 wins, 5 draws)
- Curiously enough, both the mens' and womens' Czech national teams are currently ranked 33rd (whilst Germany's mens' side are second and the womens' are ranked third)
Team news
Germany
Germany's Euro tournament was not as many had predicted. Although they made it through the group stages without losing, they did not dominate as expected, but started to pick up steam once they entered the knock-out rounds. However, despite finally getting over their Italian hoodoo, Joachim Low's men were unable to find a way past hosts France, who knocked them out at the semi-finals stage.
However, they have started their World Cup qualifying campaign off quite well, with a relatively straightforward win against Norway which saw Thomas Muller finally end his goalscoring drought for die Mannschaft. Germany are aiming to become the first team since Brazil did so in 1958 and 1962 to successfully defend their World Cup title when the 2018 edition takes place in Russia, but they will naturally face stiff competition to achieve this goal.
For this game, Mario Gotze is out injured, but Joachim Low can count on one of the strongest midfields in the business to come up with the goals. Alongside Muller, there's Mesut Ozil , Toni Kroos, and Julian Draxler, and all will represent some major threats to the Czech Republic's defense.
Czech Republic
Two notable absences for the Czech Republic will be Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky. Both the star shot-stopper and the veteran midfielder have opted to hang up their boots after long spells with the national side. The visitors also did not fare well at this summer's Euro tournament, as they failed to win any of their group stage ties whilst picking up just one point in a 2-2 draw with Croatia.
Karel Jarolim's side have won just one out of their past five games. In addition, they were quite disappointing in their World Cup qualifying opener against Northern Ireland, which finished as a very boring scoreless draw. Despite arguably being the stronger of the two sides, the Czechs were frustratingly wasteful in front of goal and missed countless opportunities to put the match to bed.
And given that they struggled against a team they should have been able to pick up a win against, they truly will face a tough task to get anything out of this tie with Germany - especially if die Mannschaft, who have won their past three meetings, are in top form.
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