• Julian Nagelsmann's Germany are aiming to end their three-match losing streak on Sunday

• Northern Ireland's last appearance at a World Cup finals was in 1986

• Recommended bet: Germany to win and both teams to score at 41/20 with LiveScore Bet

Northern Ireland made a strong start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, winning 3-1 in Luxembourg on Thursday, but they are massive outsiders to follow up with victory in Germany.

History is certainly on Germany's side in this fixture as they are chasing a 10th straight win over Northern Ireland but Die Mannschaft come into the game under significant pressure.

They lost to Portugal and France in June's Nations League Finals before suffering a shock 2-0 defeat in Slovakia in their opening match in qualifying Group A.

Team news

Germany are missing goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and key forwards Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala due to injury.

Joshua Kimmich is expected to continue in midfield rather than at right-back and new Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade should lead the line.

Northern Ireland could name an unchanged team after their impressive win in Luxembourg.

Bailey Peacock-Farrell will start in goal as Conor Hazard and Pierce Charles are injured.

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The stats

• Germany have won only one of their last six internationals

• Die Mannschaft have conceded at least twice in each of their last four games

• Germany have won their last nine meetings with Northern Ireland

• Both teams have scored in Northern Ireland's last four away games

• Northern Ireland have opened the scoring in seven of their last eight internationals

• Isaac Price has scored seven goals in his last eight appearances

Prediction

Germany were expected to make light work of Group A in Europe's World Cup qualifying competition but Thursday's 2-0 defeat in Slovakia has changed the complexion of the section.

Die Mannschaft remain hot favourites to defeat Northern Ireland in Cologne and they produced some eye-catching displays on their way to the Nations League Finals in June.

Julian Nagelsmann's men won all three of their home fixtures in the group stage, thrashing Hungary 5-0 and Bosnia 7-0 either side of a 1-0 victory against a classy Netherlands side.

But Germany's defensive vulnerabilities have been exposed in recent games and they have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last six internationals.

That run includes a 3-3 draw with Italy in the Nations League quarter-final second leg, when the Azzurri battled back after trailing 3-0 at half-time in Dortmund.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill knows the scale of the task facing his players but the visitors should be confident of troubling Germany's defence.

Last week's 3-1 win in Luxembourg was the perfect start to the qualifying campaign and O'Neill's side have scored at least once in each of their last eight games.

That sequence began with a 5-0 Nations League rout of Bulgaria, in which the inspirational Isaac Price scored a hat-trick, and also includes this year's friendly defeats to Sweden and Denmark.

Germany won 6-1 when these teams last met, in a European Championship qualifier in November 2019.

Die Mannschaft look weaker and Northern Ireland stronger this time around, but backing Germany to win and both teams score is still an attractive option.

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