GERMANY take on Saudi Arabia knowing a big improvement will be needed if they are not fall at the first hurdle in the Olympic Games.
The Germans were beaten 4-2 by Brazil in their opening game and know it would have been far worse if the scoreline had reflected the play.
Start time: 12.30pm BST
TV/Live stream: Eurosport/Discovery+
Saudi Arabia XI: Al Yami; Abdul Hamid, Al-Amri, Al-Hindi, Al-Shahrani; Al-Hassan, Al-Faraj; Yahya, Al-Najei, Al-Dawsari; Al-Hamdan
Germany XI: Muller, Henrichs, Raum, Uduokhai, Pieper, Ache, Teuchert, Kruse, Amiri, Maier, Löwen
Follow ALL the action with our live blog below…
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SAUDI ARABIA 0-1 GERMANY
20. Hendrichs is causing Saudi Arabia all sorts of problems down the right hand side.
Another low cross into the box is just about smuggled away by Hindi at the front post but the Germans are dominating here.
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SAUDI ARABIA 0-1 GERMANY
11. That’s a really nicely worked goal by the Germans.
Some neat one touch passing on the edge of the Saudi Arabia box sees Henrichs get to the byline.
He pulls the ball back across goal and finds Amiri unmarked at the back post and he rifles his finish hard and low past the helpless Alrubaie.
Lovely goal.
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GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALL!
GERMANY TAKE THE LEAD!
AMIRI SCORES!
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SAUDI ARABIA 0-0 GERMANY
7. GOAL DISALLOWED!
Alhamdan takes the ball down in the box and fires past Muller with his left foot.
The whistle goes though, the referee says Alhamdan used his hand to control the ball.
VAR agrees with the referee so the goal remains disallowed.
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SAUDI ARABIA 0-0 GERMANY
5. Kruse stings the palms of Alrubaie with a powerful effort from the edge of the box.
It’s straight at the keeper though and now Saudi Arabia look to break.
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PEEEEEEEEP!
WE’RE UNDERWAY!
SAUDI ARABIA 0-0 GERMANY
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SAUDI ARABIA STARTING XI
And here’s how Saudi Arabia line-up:
12 Alrubaie, 4 Hindi, 5 Alamri, 2 Abdulhamid, 13 Alsharani, 7 Alfaraj (c), 14 Alhassan, 6 Alnajei, 10 Aldossary, 17 Alkulaif, 9 Alhamdan
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GERMANY STARTING XI
Here’s how the Germans line-up for today’s clash:
1 Muller, 2 Hendrichs, 3 Raum, 4 Uduokhai, 5 Pieper, 6 Ache, 9 Teuchert, 10 Kruse (c), 11 Amiri, 13 Maier, 18 Lion
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GOOD AFTERNOON
Welcome to our live blog of the Olympic football clash between Germany and Saudi Arabia.
Germany are looking to bounce back from the 4-2 defeat to Brazil on Thursday in their opener, a game which included a Richarlison hat-trick.
Saudi Arabia meanwhile were beaten 2-1 by the Ivory Coast and know that anything other than a win today will effectively end their bid to reach the quarter-finals.
The top two teams from each group qualify for the next round which begins in five days time.