By Goal.com News on Sunday, 05 September 2021
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LIVE: Germany vs Armenia

10' Germany struggled to break Liechtenstein down on Thursday and only managed a 2-0 victory, but they already look much more dangerous here and are showing more intent to score a few more.

8' Decent chance! Goretzka finds time and space on the edge of the box and powers an effort towards goal, but he gets too much on it and the ball flies high over the crossbar.

5' OFF THE BAR! Kehrer rises highest at a corner that is whipped into the penalty area by Kimmich and the centre-back powers a header towards the top left corner of the net. However, he gets slightly too much on it and the ball skims the crossbar and flies over.

4' Germany are enjoying the early possession now, keeping it nicely in the middle of the pitch and looking to break into the final third to create a goalscoring opportunity.

2' Decent start here by Armenia, they break forward quickly on the counter and the ball is pulled back to Mkhitaryan on the edge of the box, who fires a shot towards goal. However, he gets it all wrong and it flies high over the crossbar.

1' We're under way!

The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!

Meanwhile Armenia have made four changes to their team, with Calisir, Bichakhchyan, Udo and Erik Vardanyan all dropping out of the team and they have been replaced by Haroyan, Angulo, Barseghyan and Bayramyan.

Hansi Flick makes six changes to his starting XI, with Neuer returning in goal, replacing Leno. Meanwhile Baku, Gosens, Gundogan, Musiala and Havertz also miss out and they have been replaced by Hofmann, Rudiger, Goretzka, Gnabry and Reus.

ARMENIA SUBS: Hrayr Mkoyan, Solomon Udo, Ishkhan Geloyan, Arsen Beglaryan, Erik Vardanyan, Vahan Bichakhchyan, Artem Avanesyan, Stanislav Buchnev, Arman Hovhannisyan, Eduard Spertsyan, David Terteryan, Aleksandre Karapetian.

ARMENIA (4-2-3-1): David Yurchenko; Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Taron Voskanyan, Varazdat Haroyan, Kamo Hovhannisyan; Wbeymar Angulo, Artak Grigoryan; Tigran Barseghyan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Khoren Bayramyan, Sargis Adamyan.

GERMANY SUBS: Ridle Baku, Lukas Klostermann, Florian Neuhaus, Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Karim Adeyemi, Ilkay Gundogan, David Raum, Bernd Leno, Kevin Trapp, Nico Schlotterbeck, Mahmoud Dahoud.

GERMANY (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Jonas Hofmann, Niklas Sule, Antonio Rudiger, Thilo Kehrer; Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka; Serge Gnabry, Marco Reus, Leroy Sane; Timo Werner.

Meanwhile Armenia played out a goalless draw with North Macedonia in midweek to maintain their unbeaten status in the group.

The top two teams go head-to-head in Group J today, with Armenia currently top on 10 points and Germany are just one point behind them in second. Germany beat Liechtenstein 2-0 on Thursday, but they should have scored a few more and were frustrated by their opponents.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the World Cup qualifying clash between Germany and Armenia.

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