Germany’s Mario Gotze is expected to earn a recall against Algeria, with Lukas Podolski sidelined by a thigh injury suffered against the USA.
Bastian Schweinsteiger made his first start of the tournament in that game and could keep his place in midfield at the expense of Sami Khedira.
Full-back Jerome Boateng is expected to overcome a knee problem
Algeria have no reported injury concerns and could be unchanged from the side that drew with Russia bbc reports.
DATE: June 30, 2014
TIME: 21:00 BST
VENUE: Porto Alegre
POSSIBLE LINE UP:
GERMANY: Manuel Neuer, Benedikt Höwedes, Mats Hummels, Per Mertesacker,Jerome Boateng, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger; Mario Götze, Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil
ALGERIA: Raïs M’Bolhi; Djamel Mesbah, Madjid Bougherra,Rafik Halliche, Aïssa Mandi, Carl Medjani, Nabil Bentaleb,Abdelmoumene Djabou, Yacine Brahimi, Sofiane Feghouli, Islam SIimani.
