MOTD Live: FIFA World Cup 2026
Ecuador v Germany
Ecuador v Germany (Kick-off 9.00pm). Kelly Cates presents coverage of the Group E match at New York/New Jersey Stadium in the USA. This will be the third overall meeting between these nations, and their second as part of a group stage at a World Cup after previously being drawn alongside each other at the 2006 tournament in Germany. Die Mannschaft were 3-0 winners on that occasion courtesy of a brace from Miroslav Klose and one from Lukas Podolski, which was also the final clash of the group stage, and resulted in both teams progressing to the knockout stage with Germany topping the table and La Tricolor finishing second. That remains the one and only time the South Americans have qualified from a World Cup group stage, so they will come into this clash hoping to have gained enough points from their games against Curaçao and Ivory Coast to put them in with a chance of reaching the last-32, knowing the four-time champions will begin as favourites. With analysis from Daniel Sturridge, Joe Hart and Lucas Leiva