IND vs GER Dream11 Team Prediction India vs Germany Olympics Men Live Score August 5

IND vs GER Dream11: India will be taking on Germany for the bronze medal match in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Team India did put up a fighting display in the semi finals but eventually faltered and lost 2-5 after the end of four quarters. As for Germany, they were on the receiving end of a 3-1 defeat to Australia, and will be keen on redeeming themselves in their final game of the campaign. Both India and Germany still have good opportunity of going back home with a medal and will be giving their absolute all. We can expect the game to be an intriguing affair.

Date: August 5
Time: 7:00 am (ist)
Venue: Oi Hockey Stadium, North Pitch

Where to Watch India vs Belgium Live: The match will be broadcasted on the Sony Sports Network. It can be streamed live on Sony Liv as well.

Head to Head

In the 100 previous meetings between the two sides, Germany have has the upper hand with 53 wins. India have won 20, while, 27 games have ended on level terms.

FIH Rankings

India: 3
Germany: 4

India News

Injury Report and Unavailability: No injury concerns

India Squad

India: Manpreet Singh (captain), PR Sreejesh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Birendra Lakra, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Sumit, Gurjant Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Varun Kumar, Mandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh.

India Possible Playing 11 (Likely)

Sreejesh, Surender, Varun, Rohidas, Harmanpreet, Rupinder, Manpreet, Hardik, Sumit, Nilakanta, Vivek, Samsher, Simranjeet, Gurjant, Mandeep and Dilpreet

Germany News

Injury Report and Unavailability: No injury concerns

Germany Squad

Alexander Stadler [GK], Mats Grambusch, Lukas Windfeder, Linus Muller, Martin Haner, Kaufmann Paul-Philipp, Niklas Wellen, Johannes Grobe, Constantin Staib, Timm Herzbruch, Tobias Hauke [C], Christopher Ruhr, Justus Weigand, Martin Zwicker, Florian Fuchs, Benedikt Furk, Niklas Bosserhoff, Timur Oruz

Germany Possible Playing 11 (Likely)

Alexander Stadler [GK], Tobias Hauke, Lukas Windfeder, Linus Muller, Martin Haner, Kaufmann Paul-Philipp, Justus Weigand, Martin Zwicker, Florian, Timur Oruz

Captain Options

Rupiner Pal Singh has 16 goals from the last 29 appearances for his side. 12 of those have been through penalty corners.

Lukas Windfeder has bagged 22 goals from 27 appearances, and can pose a threat through his drag flicks.

Simranjeet Singh has 14 goals from 47 caps and is expected to start for India.

Florian Fuchs has 24 goals from 69 appearances for Germany and should be starting here.

GER vs IND Dream 11 Teams

GK: S Parattu
DEF: Varun K, L Windfeder, L Muller, R Pal Singh
MID: Nikanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, M Grambusch, P Kaufman
FOR: Mandeep Singh, F Fuchs

Who will win?

We can expect a more conservative approach from both ends. The intensity could go high as the minutes go by and it could turn out to be a closely contested affair. However, The IND vs GER Today Match Prediction odds are in favor of India nicking a win here.