By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

How Germany could line up against Turkey

We take a look at Germany's predicted line-up to face Turkey.
Germany will play their first of three October fixtures when they take on Turkey in a friendly at RheinEnergieStadion in Köln on Wednesday at 20:45 CET.

'Die Mannschaft' will be without Manuel Neuer, Niklas Süle, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg and Toni Kroos, who will be rested for the upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Ukraine and Switzerland.

Speaking on Tuesday, Germany coach Joachim Löw revealed that he's planning to start Bernd Leno, Emre Can, Matthias Ginter, Antonio Rüdiger, Kai Havertz as well as Julian Draxler, who will be captaining the side.

Löw also said there is a "justified hope" that potential debutants Mahmoud Dahoud, Florian Neuhaus and Jonas Hofmann will get a run out.

Here's how Germany's starting eleven could look:

Bernd Leno

Emre Can
Mathias Ginter
Antonio Rüdiger

Benjamin Henrichs
Kai Havertz
Mahmoud Dahoud
Robin Gosens

Julian Draxler
Luca Waldschmidt
Julian Brandt



Turkey's predicted line-up: Günok - Celik, Söyüncü, Kabak, Kaldirim - Tekdemir, Tufan - Yazici, Calhanoglu, Ünder - Yilmaz.

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