Nations League: Italy vs Germany – probable line-ups and where to watch on TV

epa11726596 Italy’s forward Moise Kean (R) and France’s defender Ibrahima Konate struggle for the ball during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and France at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 17 November 2024. EPA-EFE/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO

Moise Kean will lead the Italy attack in the Nations League quarter-final first leg against Germany at San Siro, while Nicolò Rovella is expected to start in central midfield.

It kicks off at 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) at the Stadio Meazza in San Siro.

Serie A leading scorer Mateo Retegui was forced to pull out of the team on Wednesday due to a minor muscle injury, which means Fiorentina star Kean will get the nod up front this evening.

Italian media, including Sky Sport, claim that Kean, Serie A’s second-top goal scorer, will partner with Giacomo Raspadori up front.

Lazio midfielder Rovella is favourite over Samuele Ricci in the middle of the park, where he will join Nicolò Barella and Sandro Tonali.

Alessandro Bastoni, Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Riccardo Calafiori are expected to start in central defence, protecting captain Gigio Donnarumma.

Federico Dimarco, a regular Azzurri starter, is injured, so Destiny Udogie will play on the left wing, with Matteo Politano on the opposite flank.

Andrea Cambiaso and Mattia Zaccagni didn’t train with the rest of the team on Wednesday and it remains to be seen whether they’ll be available at least for the bench.

Germany are without the injured Kai Havertz and Florian Wirtz, while Oliver Baumann is favourite over Alexander Nübel to replace Marc-André ter Stegen in goal

Italy vs Germany – where to watch on TV

The match will be available on Amazon Prime Video pay-per-view in the UK and can be streamed on ViX in the USA.

Italy vs Germany – probable line-ups

Italy (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori; Politano, Barella, Rovella, Tonali, Udogie; Raspadori; Kean.

Germany (4-2-3-1): Baumann; Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Raum; Stiller, Goretzka; Leweling, Musiala, Sané; Kleindienst.