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LIVE: Germany vs Ukraine

LIVE: Germany vs Ukraine

There could be a few more goals in this game, as Ukraine look dangerous on the counter and Germany look like they could go on a score more, as they have created a lot of opportunities so far.

Germany lead 2-1 at the break, despite going a goal down early on after Yaremchuk fired Ukraine into the lead. However, their lead didn't last long as Sane equalised on 23 minutes after a quick counter started by Goretzka and lethal finish from the winger. It was Goretzka who provided the assist for the second goal as well, finding space in-behind and firing the ball across goal to Werner, who converted from close range.

45' HALF-TIME: GERMANY 2-1 UKRAINE

41' A lot of the Germany attacks have come down the left wing, with Max constantly getting high up the flank and linking up well with Gnabry on that side.

39' There's not long left to play before the end of the first half now, can Ukraine score an equaliser before the half-time whistle? Or, will Germany be able to extend their lead.

37' Werner's goal was his third in his last five international matches for Germany. After finding the back of the net against Spain and Switzerland.

35' Germany are just controlling the game, slowing down the pace slightly now as they have the lead and look to see this out until half-time.

32' Neuer still hasn't had a save to make in goal for Germany and there isn't anything he could've done to stop the opening goal from Ukraine.

30' We're at the half an hour mark here in Leipzig and it remains 1-1 between Germany and Ukraine, but the game is showing all the signs of there being a few more goals.

26' SAVE! Goretzka tries his luck from distance, powering the ball towards the top right-hand corner of the net. However, Pyatovl does well to read it and makes an excellent diving save to push it around the post.

25' Goretzka has been heavily involved for Germany so far, dominating the midfield and linking up play very nicely into the attackers, which is causing Ukraine a few problems.

22' Yaremchuk and Bonfim link up well in the final third, playing a quick one-two, but they are just crowded out in the nick of time and Germany manage to clear the danger before either get a shot away at goal.

20' Germany have never lost a game against Ukraine. They have won four and drawn three of their seven meetings since 1997.

18' Ukraine look very dangerous on the counter-attack, with the front three all having the pace to cause Germany problems at the back and this could become an issue as the hosts push for an equaliser.

16' CLOSE! Werner gets in behind Zabarnyi and then just gets to the ball ahead of Pyatovl who rushed off his line and the striker flicked it towards an empty net, but it just lacked the pace to fly straight into the goal and Zabarnyi slides in to poke it behind for a corner.

14' There is an excellent pace to the game, with Germany looking to try and get level straight away and create some more goal scoring opportunities as they did at the start of the game.

10' This is better from the visitors, they have calmed the game down slightly now and are enjoying some possession of their own. However, the German defence look very comfortable.

8' It's all Germany in these opening moments of the game, they are keeping the ball well in midfield and are already causing plenty of issues in the Ukraine final third of the pitch.

6' Almost an own goal! Max gets to the byline down the left wing and drills a low ball into the six-yard box, which Sobol seems to have covered, but he gets his feet mixed up and end up almost sending it into the back of his net, rather than away from danger.

5' Decent chance! Max whips a good free-kick into the box from the left wing and Koch meets it unmarked and tries to power the ball into the back of the net. However, he doesn't get the contact he wants and it goes well wide of the Ukraine goal.

3' CHANCE! Early opportunity for Germany! Ginter delivers a lovely low cross into the penalty area, that finds Max unmarked at the far post and he opts to pull the ball back to Goretzka rather than shoot at goal himself. However, Goretzka gets too much on it and it flies high over the crossbar. He should've done better there.

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 of the match action!

Ukraine make six changes to their starting line-up, with Lunin replaced in goal by Pyatovl and Kryvtsov, Mykaylichenko, Kovalenko, Makarenko and Yarmolenko all dropping out. They have been replaced by Zabarnyi, Sobol, Stepanenko, Malinovskyi and Bonfim.

Only three players remain in the Germany starting line-up from the side that beat Czech Republic in midweek, with Koch, Max and Gundogan all featuring today. Whilst the likes of Neuer, Sane, Gnabry and Werner all return for the hosts.

UKRAINE SUBS: Valerii Bondar, Yevhen Cheberko, Andriy Lunin, Yuri Pankiv, Bogdan Mykaylichenko, Evgeniy Makarenko, Ihor Kharatin, Moraes, Sergey Krivtsov.

UKRAINE (4-3-3): Andriy Pyatovl; Yukhym Konoplya, Mykola Matvyenko, Illia Zabarnyi, Eduard Sobol; Taras Stepanenko, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Oleksandr Zubkov, Roman Yaremchuk, Marlos Bonfim.

GERMANY SUBS: Nadiem Armiri, Jonathan Tah, Benjamin Henrichs, Kevin Trapp, Julian Brandt, Florian Neuhaus, Gian-Luca Waldschmidt, Niklas Stark, Bernd Leno, Felix Uduokhai, Mahmoud Dahoud.

GERMANY (3-4-2-1): Manuel Neuer; Niklas Sule, Antonio Rudiger, Robin Koch; Matthias Ginter, Ilkay Gundogan, Leon Goretzka Philipp Max; Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry; Timo Werner.

Meanwhile Ukraine have won two and lost two of their Nations League games, beating Spain and Switzerland, to put them level with Germany and just one point behind Spain at the top of the group. The visitors also played a friendly in midweek, but they suffered a 2-0 defeat against Poland.

Germany welcome Ukraine in this tight Nations League group, with both teams on six points as Germany have won just once and drawn three, but that victory came against Ukraine last month, a 2-1 win. The Germans come into the game on the back of a 1-0 success over the Czech Republic in midweek, thanks to a goal from Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Nations League clash between Germany and Ukraine in Leipzig.

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