Germany

Even if they did not have an extremely difficult group, the hosts impressed in the current qualification campaign, managing a perfect 38 goals scored and only 3 received. The last victory, 3-1 in Northern Ireland, also secured mathematical qualification for the Russian World Cup. It should be remembered that the Irish had an impeccable run on their own field until this confrontation, with four consecutive wins and not even a goal. With 5 successes so far, Thomas Muller is the team’s top scorer and has a chance in Sunday’s game to overcome the poor time he crosses. Bayern striker has scored just one goal in the past few months, both at the club team and at the national team

Azerbaijan

On the other side, under the command of the Croatian Robert Prosinecki, the guests managed to score no less than 10 points. The Azerbaijan have managed to get into the confrontations with San Marino (in two rounds) and Norway, while in the Czech Republic they managed to surprise after they drew, score 0-0. They were close to a new positive result for the Czechs, but the goal scored by A.Izmailov was not enough to avoid defeat. Having scored 3 in these preliminaries, Qarabag’s striker is the scorer of the team. The previous two successes came a month ago in the San Marino victory, score 5-1. Azerbaijan has scored 9 goals in as many games, but only one was successful on foreign pitch