Netherlands v Germany: Preview and possible lineups

Netherlands: Last time out the Dutch fell to a 2-1 defeat to the World Champions France, and will hope to boos their chances of progressing in the Nations League by grabbing a win over one of their most bitter rivals over the years.

There are no injury concerns for the home side, meaning that Ronald Koeman will have lots of choice in his young squad as to who will be put to the test against the Germans.

Germany: The German national team had an awful World Cup, and have been embroiled in controversies such as the Mesut Ozil racism claims since. They did manage a 0-0 draw against the World champions France in their first Nations League game, meaning a win here would put them in a strong position in the group.

The likes of Antonio Rudiger, Marco reus, Ilkay Gundogan and Kai Havertz have all had to drop out of the squad in the last week, meaning that Leroy Sane looks in line for some minutes despite initially being omitted from the squad.

Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman on the rivalry between the two nations:

"We had some good games and the results against Germans but we also lost several games against them. That is the past, what is most important is what happens this time. We are ready for the game. We have good preparations this week,

"We did a lot of work to prepare ourselves in the best way what is possible to reach the good result tomorrow."

Germany coach Joachim Low on the Netherlands' resurgence in recent months:

“Holland versus Germany always has a touch of healthy rivalry,

“The Dutch have dragged themselves through their problems and have been getting good results of late. I think they are on a similar level [to us].”

Did you know?

The Netherlands have failed to win any of their last five encounters against 'Die Mannschaft'.

Germany have kept just one clean sheet in their past nine matches across all competitions.

Germany's biggest win over the Dutch was a 7-0 triumph in 1959; their biggest defeat was 3-1 in 2002.

Prediction: 1-2

Form:

Possible lineups: 

Netherlands: Cillessen; Tete, De Ligt, Van Dijk, Blind; De Jong, Wijnaldum, Propper; Promes, Depay, Babel.

Germany: Ter Stegen; Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Hector; Kroos, Rudy; Muller, Draxler, Sane; Werner.