Broadcast info
Who's playing: It's David vs Goliath as minnows San Marino welcome reigning World Cup champions Germany for a World Cup qualifier this Friday.
What time: Friday, November 11th at 11:45 PST/14:45 EST/19:45 GMT/20:45 CET
What stadium: This game will be played at San Marino Stadium. Located in Serravalle, it has a max capacity of 6,664.
Which channel:
- In the USA: fuboTV, Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, Fox Soccer Plus, Univision Deportes USA, UniMás, Univision NOW
- In San Marino: SMtv San Marino
- In Germany: RTL Television
- In the UK: SKY GO Extra, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Go UK
- In Canada: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet World Now
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Match facts and other historical stats
- San Marino were humiliated 13-0 by Germany at San Marino Stadium back in September 2006, which to date is their worst ever loss
- San Marino are ranked 201st, whilst Germany are ranked 2nd
- They've only won one match, when they beat Lichenstein 1-0 back in 2004
- In their entire history, they have only avoided defeat on five occasions
A truly lopsided match-up awaits
San Marino
San Marino have only avoided losing on five occasions in the nation's entire history. The most recent positive result was holding Eastern European side Estonia to a well-deserved scoreless draw during a Euro 2016 qualifying match in 2014. Of course, Germany are no Estonia, and the hosts truly will face a monumental battle to keep the score-line as low as possible, especially considering that die Mannschaft are the side who handed them their worst ever defeat ten years ago at this same ground.
Currently captained by Alessandro Della Vale - who scored the country's first goal in five years when he netted against Poland back in 2013 - San Marino's players mainly play in the country, with many working outside of football to support their families. Only a handful ply their trades outside San Marino, and even those that do feature for lower-tier Italian sides.
Germany
The visitors will be missing first-choice shot-stopper and skipper Manuel Neuer, as well as Toni Kroos, Jerome Boateng, and Julian Brandt. In addition, Joachim Low opted not to call up Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil or promising Wolfsburg youngster Julian Draxler. Normally, that would have any side concerned, except in this case, Germany are taking on San Marino - a team who have never qualified for any major tournament.
Even with their reduced squad, die Mannschaft obviously are the heavy favorites to cruise to victory here. This will give reserve goalkeepers Bernd Leno or Marc-Andre Ter Stegen a rare chance to show what they can offer in Neuer's absence. In addition, players who normally don't get much game time could feature here as Low will definitely use this as a training exercise of sorts to experiment with new formations and tactics.
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