Germany: The hosts have the oldest average age at the tournament but a mixture of experience and youthful talent could pay off at Euro 2024. Words: Nick Ames.
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Germany v Hungary: Euro 2024 – live
Key events
Early team news
To a man, Germany’s players emerged unscathed from their opener against Scotland, with their skipper Ilkay Gundogan lucky to avoid injury on the back of awful studs-up challenge he suffered at the hands of Ryan Porteous.
Hungary right-back Loic Nego sat out his nation’s opening match against Switzerland and remains sidelined for this evening’s game. The Barnsley midfielder Callum Styles was also absent for his adopted nation’s opening game but is available for selection tonight. Hungary coach Marco Rossi will, however, have to plan for this game without Botond Balogh after the Parma centre-back sustained an ankle injury in training.
The Stuttgart Arena is the venue for today’s match between Germany and Hungary. The hosts got off to a winning start in a game Scotland fans will be eager to forget, making short work of Steve Clarke’s side in an extremely one-sided tournament-opener in Munich.
Hungary got off to a far less auspicious start, going down 3-1 to Switzerland in Cologne. More dappled grey of Desert Orchid than dark horses in defeat at the hands of the Swiss, Hungary will need to seriously up their game if they are to take anything from the in-form Germans, having been second best in practically all departments in their opening game. Lose tonight and they’ll almost certainly be playing for nothing more than pride in their final game.
Kick-off in Stuttgart is at 5pm (BST) but we’ll have team news and build-up in the morning.