Germany face Paraguay in the round of 32 just over 24 years on from their only previous World Cup meeting.
Die Mannschaft beat Paraguay 1-0 in the last 16 en route to reaching the final in 2002, Oliver Neuville scoring the only goal.
Despite ending their group stage campaign with defeat to Ecuador, Germany will have designs on a more comfortable win against a side that progressed as one of the best third-placed teams.
Paraguay have only once gone through in a knockout game, beating Japan on penalties in 2010 as they reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual champions Spain.
101GreatGoals has the full team news as the South Americans eye revenge for that 2002 elimination.
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Germany team news
Julian Nagelsmann made two changes to the team that lost to Ecuador with Nathaniel Brown replacing David Raum at left back and Denis Undav starting in attack with Kai Havertz dropping slightly deeper in place of Jamal Musiala.
Germany: Neuer; Kimmich, Rüdiger, Tah, Brown; Pavlovic, Nmecha, Wirtz, Sane; Havertz, Undav
Germany substitutes: Baumann, Nubel, Anton, Raum, Thiaw, Goretzka, Leweling, Musiala, Gross, Stiller, Amiri, Ouedraogo, Beier
Paraguay team news
Sunderland defender Omar Aldarete has failed to shrug off a knee problem sustained against Australia and has to make do with a place on the bench.
Paraguay: Gill; Caceres, Alonso, Canale, Gomez; Almiron, Cubas, Bobadilla, Galarza, Encisco, Avalos
Paraguay substitutes: Fernandez, Olveira, Velazquez, Alderete, Balbuena, Maidana, Sosa, Mauricio, Ojeda, Caballero, Sanabria, Romero Gamarra, Arce, Pitta
Where to watch Germany v Paraguay: TV and online streams
The match kicks off at 9.30pm UK time. It will be broadcast live on BBC One and the iPlayer and can be streamed live on the BBC Sport website.
Stats for Germany v Paraguay
- Should he start this game, Manuel Neuer will become Germany’s all-time leading starter in FIFA World Cup matches, with this next his 23rd, surpassing both Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose on 22 each.
- Paraguay are yet to score a goal in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup, playing five matches. It’s the longest run of knockout games without scoring by any side in the tournament’s history.
- This is Germany’s first FIFA World Cup knockout match since they won the 2014 final 1-0 against Argentina. They’ve won eight of their last nine knockout games, losing the other 1-0 to Spain in the 2010 semi-final.
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