Confirmed lineups: Germany U21 vs. Malta U21

Here are the confirmed starting XIs as Germany U21 welcome Malta to the Sportpark Ronhof in Fürth for their U21 European Championship qualifier (18:00 CET).

There are eight changes for Antonio Di Salvo’s side from October’s win in Belfast as Mio Backhaus, Joshua Quarshie, Nnamdi Collins, Finn Jeltsch, Mert Kömür, Aljoscha Kemlein, Lennart Karl and Ilyas Ansah all come into the starting lineup. 

Malta make three changes from the defeat against Georgia as Karl Sargent, Kean Scicluna and Jake Vassallo get the nod this evening. 

Confirmed lineups

Germany U21 (4-3-3): Backhaus (GK) – Ullrich, Quarshie, Collins, Jeltsch – Kemlein, Kömür, Bischof – Karl, Tresoldi, Ansah

Malta U21 (4-4-2): Sargent (GK) – Vassallo, Micallef, Scicluna, Hili – Borg, J. Azzopardi, Grech, Attard – Ewurum, Tuma