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Antonio Rudiger tore his anterior cruciate ligament on Tuesday and has been replaced by Jonathan Tah.
Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko is unlikely to spring many surprises with his team selection.
He has to decide who to use in a central attacking midfield role, with Denys Garmash, Serhiy Sydorchuk and Viktor Kovalenko in contention.
When Mario Gotze's brilliant goal gave Germany their fourth World Cup victory two years ago, many predicted that Joachim's Low's team were going to conquer all before them and create a dynasty akin to Spain's. While their gifted squad may still do so, their build-up to this tournament has been decidedly 'un-German'.
They have lost seven times since their win over Argentina in the Maracana two years ago, were unimpressive during qualifying, losing to Poland and Republic of Ireland, and were uncharacteristically shaky in friendlies - particularly in defeats to England and Slovakia.
To compound matters, injuries have severely depleted Joachim Low's squad.
Ukraine assistant coach Andriy Shevchenko says "compactness and speed will be our strengths against Germany" and with Low's side looking unsettled at the back, Ukraine may well fancy their chances of causing a huge upset, especially with wingers Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka so devastating on the counter-attack.
