Germany vs Ivory Coast LIVE
Super-sub Deniz Undav twice off the bench as Germany came from behind to beat the Ivory Coast in their second group stage match of the World Cup. Germany opened their World Cup campaign with an emphatic 7-1 defeat of Curacao, but were made to work much harder for their victory in Toronto. Franck Kessie opened the scoring before the break against the run of play, tapping home after Amad Diallo’s close-range effort was saved, leaving Julian Nagelsmann to make changes at the break.
He made four substitutions before the hour mark and they had a clear effect as Nadiem Amiri assisted Undav’s equaliser. Both sides enjoyed plentiful chances through a frantic final 20 minutes and Ivory Coast keeper Yahia Fofana made several big saves, but Undav finally beat him in the fourth of six added minutes to ensure Germany remained atop Group I.
Germany return to action next week, facing Ecuador, while Ivory Coast will finish out their group stage campaign against the minnows Curacao. Catch up with the action live as it happens below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.
Germany vs Ivory Coast latest news
- GOAL! Undav with the equaliser
- GOAL! Kessie puts Ivory Coast in front
- How to watch: ITV
FULL-TIME! Germany 2-1 Ivory Coast
23:00 , Arthur Ferridge
That does it! Undav wins it for Germany!
GOAL! Germany 2-1 Ivory Coast | Undav 90+4
22:57 , Arthur Ferridge
Undav wins it at the death! Germany take the spoils in injury time!
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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90+1mins: Another huge late save from Fofana! He gets down quickly to deny Amiri in the first of six added minutes.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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89mins: That should have been a winner! Nicolas Pepe shoots down the right flank on the counter and squares to Adingra on the far side, who inexplicably opts to take a touch rather than shoot first time, and he loses the ball. That was cut and dry!
His error allows Germany to counter and Fofana produces a superb save to deny Nathaniel Brown!
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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86mins: Undav has a crack from range, but Fofana is equal to it. A routine block for the Ivory Coast shotstopper, who has been solid today.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
22:48 , Arthur Ferridge
85mikns: One last change for Ivory Coast as Nicolas Pepe replaces Yan Diomande, who has been largely ineffectual today.
Kai Havertz is also hauled off, with Leon Goretzka replacing him.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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83mins: Wilfried Singo is in floods of tears on the bench after being forced off with the aforementioned hamstring injury. Best wishes to him - that is gutting.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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79mins: Havertz’s driving run down the left flank is cut short as he is caught up by Singo, who does well to win the ball but unfortunately appears to have tweaked his hamstring in the process.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
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75mins: Now it is Ivory Coast’s turn to make a triple substitution. Diallo, Sangare, and Bonny are replaced by Guessand, Adingra and Fofana.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
22:36 , Arthur Ferridge
Unideal timing for Germany, but the second-half hydration break has arrived. Let’s see if they can keep their momentum up for the final quarter of this game.
Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
22:33 , Arthur Ferridge
71mins: If we’re talking momentum, it is very much with Germany now. I’d be very surprised if they didn’t find a winner in the not-too-distant future.
GOAL! Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast | Undav '68
22:32 , Arthur Ferridge
Undav equalises for Germany! And you cannot say it hasn’t been coming. Germany have been beating on the door for some time, and they finally get their goal. Substitutes combine as Amiri’s cross from the right flies just out of the reach of Kossounou, and Undav bundles it home.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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67mins: Fofana leaps off his line to punch another Germany corner away, but seems to have injured himself in the process. Seemed an awkward landing there following a colission with Kossounou.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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63mins: Havertz heads behind from a corner. That is a huge let-off for Fofana, who came out to claim the cross and completely missed it.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
22:26 , Arthur Ferridge
63mins: Germany are turning on the gas here. Those are three substitutions with massive attacking intent from Nagelsmann, and Ivory Coast are beginning to crack.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
22:23 , Arthur Ferridge
60mins: Three more changes for Germany! Sane, Musialal and Pavlovic are replaced by Leweling, Undav and Amiri.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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57mins: If you remember Rudiger at Chelsea, you’ll remember those wild long shots he used to attempt about once per game. He notches one of those at Fofana’s net, and it sails well over.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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56mins: A vital touch from Brown takes a cross away from Diallo in the box, who would surely have scored if not for the German’s intervention.
Ivory Coast come again and Diomande, soon to be a £100m man, shoots wide from the edge of the D.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
22:14 , Arthur Ferridge
52mins: This is great football from Ivory Coast. Some lovely footwork from Oulai opens up the space for Les Elephants to flow forward and it is another one-two with Diallo which opens the shooting chance, but Oulai lofts his shot over the bar.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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51mins: Kessie makes a marauding run forward and works a shooting chance through a one-two with Diallo, but slips at the vital juncture and miss-hits his strike.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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48mins: Germany make their first attack of the half by way of a tidy little dribble from Musiala, but he is tackled moments before he can get his shot away.
he wins a corner, though, which Kimmich takes short again, but Fofana easily claims the eventual cross.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
22:09 , Arthur Ferridge
47mins: Germany have made changes at the break, by the way. Rudiger is on in place of Schlotterbeck, who received treatment early in the first-half but managed to soldier through to the break.
2ND HALF: Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
22:07 , Arthur Ferridge
We are back underway in Toronto, with Germany chasing the game.
After putting seven past Curacao last time out, it would be something of a shock to see them beaten here, not to mention held goalless.
Let’s see what the second 45 has in store.
HALF-TIME: Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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That does it for the first 45!
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+7mins: Wirtz shimmies into the box but just can’t quite get his feet right to shoot. The best he can do is to poke the ball tamely goalwards, but Fofana is equal to it.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+6mins: Kossounou with a well-timed intervention to deny Nmecha a shooting chance late in the half.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+5mins: Diomande latches onto a loose ball and looks to jink into the area, but a heavy touch confounds his efforts.
You wouldn’t be stunned to see one side or the other score before the break - this has been a frantic close to the first half.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+4mins: Ivory Coast fail to beat the first man with a corner.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+3mins: Musiala goes to ground in the box and is adamant he deserves a spot-kick, but the referee rightly waves his complaints away. The replay shows the Bayern Munich starlet tripping over his own feet en route into the box.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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45+1mins: Agbadou turns Sane’s cross behind for a Germany corner. Wirtz takes it short and finds Kimmich, whose cross proves unproductive. Nmecha tries a piledriver from distance which is blocked before it can reach the byline.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
21:45 , Arthur Ferridge
There will be seven minutes added onto the end of this first half.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
21:42 , Arthur Ferridge
41mins: Germany are banging on the door now, having seen two potential equalisers disallowed. Wirtz is the latest to see a shot batted away by Fofana in the Ivory Coast net.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
21:39 , Arthur Ferridge
39mins: What happened there?! Havertz has the ball in the back of the net but it has been disallowed again!
It seems Kossounou was tripped by Musiala in the lead-up to the goal, and it is chalked off.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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38mins: Neuer is called into action to parry Bonny’s curling effort away. He makes a routine catch.
Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast
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34mins: Well, can’t say I saw that coming. Ivory Coast seem to have taken full control since going ahead! The question now is whether they can double their advantage before the Germans snap out of this funk.
GOAL! Germany 0-1 Ivory Coast | Kessie '30
21:30 , Arthur Ferridge
Kessie opens the scoring! Diallo gets on the ball in the box but trips over his own feet. His eventual shot is blocked but the rebound falls for Kessie to fire home. Ivory Coast lead!
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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29mins: It appears Rudiger is being given instructions by Nagelsmann. He might come on in place of the ailing Schlotterbeck.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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28mins: And the match resumes.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:25 , Arthur Ferridge
Fofana is back to his feet, but little else happens before the first hydration break.
21:22 , Arthur Ferridge
Fofana is down receiving treatment now. It appears Pavlovic elbowed him in the head as he went up for that duel.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:21 , Arthur Ferridge
22mins: No goal! Pavlovic rises highest to meet a Germany corner and heads it into the back of the net, but clatters the goalkeeper Fofana in the process and sees his effort disallowed.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:21 , Arthur Ferridge
21mins: Brown and Germany are finding so much space down the left flank, and the latest foray forward creates a shooting chance for Nmecha. He laces one goalwards from the edge of the D and it dips over the crossbar.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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18mins: Musiala has a go from the edge of the box and he catches his shot nicely, but it bends just wide.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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17mins: Brown gets free down the left flank but his cross leaves something to be desired and is easily cleared by the Ivory Coast.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:15 , Arthur Ferridge
15mins: It seems Schlotterbeck will play through the pain for now!
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:14 , Arthur Ferridge
14mins: Diomande races onto a ball over the top but can’t quite bring it under control before it runs out of play.
An injury worry for Germany here, though, as Schlotterbeck has gone down injured. Rudiger has been sent to warm up.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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12mins: Singo rushes onto a loose ball in the box and hits a volley goalwards, but Brown gets in the way.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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10mins: SAVE! Kimmich bends a smart cross into the box for Havertz, who draws a smart save from Fofana.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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8mins: Musiala plays a through-ball up for Sane, but the forward loses sight of it and Kossounou intercepts.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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6mins: It is end-to-end stuff in the opening exchanges. Both sides are just feeling each other out, and neither has found a way through as yet.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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3mins: Diomande gets his first touches on the ball and dances into the box, but sees his cross cut out.
Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
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1min: An early chance for Germany! There’s not even 20 seconds on the clock as Havertz gets his first shot off of the day, but it loops over the bar.
KICK-OFF! Germany 0-0 Ivory Coast
21:00 , Arthur Ferridge
We are UNDERWAY in Toronto!
Here we go...
20:50 , Arthur Ferridge
The flags are unfurled, and the two squads are making their way to the centre of the pitch.
Strike up the band! It’s time for the national anthems.
Team news reminder
20:45 , Arthur Ferridge
With 15 minutes to kick-off, a reminder of today’s starting lineups!
Germany XI: Neuer; Tah, Kimmich, Schlotterbeck, Brown, Pavlovic, Musiala, Wirtz, Sane, Nmecha, Havertz
Ivory Coast XI: Y. Fofana, Konan, Singo, Kossounou, Agbadou, Kessie, Sangare, Oulai, Bonny, Y. Diomande, Diallo
Wahi situation
20:38 , Arthur Ferridge
Elye Wahi has been named to the bench for Ivory Coast ahead of tonight’s World Cup showdown with Germany in Toronto.
The striker started and played just under an hour in last weekend’s 1-0 opening win over Ecuador in Group E, hitting the woodwork early in the second half.
However, Wahi is subject to an investigation into alleged spot-fixing following a Ligue 1 match for Nice against Metz on May 17, for which the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) said an “unusual amount of bets” were placed on him receiving a yellow card.
The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) initially said that Wahi would not be able to enter Canada, though later released a statement on Thursday to confirm that the “necessary authorisations had been obtained”.
The FIF added that Wahi would “continue his participation in the competition alongside his team-mates as normal”, offering their full support and confidence as they insisted that he “remains an important member” of the team.
Warm ups
20:36 , Arthur Ferridge
Nagelsmann previews the tie
20:28 , Arthur Ferridge
“(Ivory Coast) have great defence. They have, on all three front positions, a lot of speed. During the last game with (Nicolas) Pépé, he was really not reachable. He was everywhere."
“We took some measures and prepared accordingly so we can take away as much strength as possible. We will not always be successful because they are just too good, but we will play our own match.”
Arrivals!
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Diallo in from the off
20:08 , Arthur Ferridge
Amad Diallo played a surprise super-sub role last time out as he took a place on the bench against Ecuador.
The Manchester United man is reinstated here, though, and will hope to net a second goal in as many appearances at this World Cup.
Ivory Coast team news
19:57 , Arthur Ferridge
A handful of changes for the Ivory Coast!
Nicolas Pepe drops to the bench, as does Eyle Wahi, with a front two of Yan Diomande and Amad Diallo seemingly getting the nod.
Oulai also comes in to start, while full-back Guela Doue is dropped.
Germany team news
19:47 , Arthur Ferridge
As expected, Nagelsmann has gone strong. It is the exact same starting XI which he named against Curacao last week.
Kai Havertz hit a brace in that match and Jamal Musiala also impressed. Let’s see if they can do it again here against stiffer opposition.
IVORY COAST CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
19:37 , Arthur Ferridge
Ivory Coast XI: Y. Fofana, Konan, Singo, Kossounou, Agbadou, Kessie, Sangare, Oulai, Bonny, Y. Diomande, Diallo
Subs: Kone, Lafont, O. Diomande, Operi, Doue, Ndicka, Seri, S, Fofana, Guiagon, Adingra, Wahi, Diakite, Pepe, Guessand, Toure
GERMANY CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS
19:35 , Arthur Ferridge
Germany XI: Neuer; Tah, Kimmich, Schlotterbeck, Brown, Pavlovic, Musiala, Wirtz, Sane, Nmecha, Havertz
Subs: Baumann, Nuebel, Rudiger, Anton, Raum, Thiaw, Goretzka, Leweling, Gross, Stiller, Amiri, Ouedraogo, Woltemade, Beier, Undav
Predicted XIs
19:25 , Arthur Ferridge
Predicted Germany XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Schlotterbeck, Brown; Nmecha, Pavlovic; Sane, Musiala, Wirtz; Havertz
Predicted Ivory Coast XI: Y Fofana; Doue, Singo, Agbadou, Konan; Y Diomande, Kessie, S Fofana, Amad; Pepe, Wahi
Germany vs Ivory Coast head to head
19:15 , Arthur Ferridge
An international friendly in 2009 finished 2-2, after a Lukas Podolski brace and goals from Emmanuel Eboue and Seydou Doumbia at the Allianz Arena.
Germany wins: 0
Ivory Coast wins: 0
Draws: 1
Standard Sport prediction
19:05 , Arthur Ferridge
Musiala is a technical master who can unlock packed defences. Sane offers pace on the left-wing, while Die Mannschaft’s defence is rock-solid. Jonathan Tah and Nico Schlotterbeck provide a reliable Bayern-Dortmund axis.
Germany should, then, have too much quality.
But Ivory Coast have Diomande and Diallo, who can decide games in an instant - as the latter did against Ecuador.
Expect a tight game, just shaded by Germany.
Germany to win, 2-1.
Ivory Coast early team news
18:55 , Arthur Ferridge
Nicolas Pepe, despite his omission from Ivory Coast’s 2026 AFCON squad, was recalled by Fae, who instead left out former Palace forward Wilfried Zaha.
Pepe, 30, contributed eight goals and eight assists to aid Villarreal securing Champions League football next season.
Amad started on the bench against Ecuador, but his match-winning cameo could see him start.
Ivory Coast squad: Yahia Fofana, Mohamed Koné, Alban Lafont, Emmanuel Agbadou, Clément Akpa, Ousmane Diomande, Guela Doué, Ghislain Konan, Odilon Kossounou, Evan Ndicka, Wilfried Singo, Seko Fofana, Parfait Guiagon, Christ Inao Oulaï, Franck Kessié, Ibrahim Sangaré, Jean-Michaël Seri, Simon Adingra, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Amad Diallo, Oumar Diakité, Yan Diomande, Evann Guessand, Nicolas Pépé, Bazoumana Touré, Elye Wahi
Germany early team news
18:45 , Arthur Ferridge
Germany have no injury concerns ahead of the game. They lost Bayern’s Lennart Karl to a pre-tournament injury - he was replaced by RB Leipzig's Assan Ouedraogo.
They are likely to go ahead with the same lineup: Musiala, Leroy Sane, Wirtz, and Havertz make up a potent quartet.
Wirtz, coming off a difficult season with Liverpool, looked sharp against Curacao.
Germany squad: Manuel Neuer, Oliver Baumann, Alexander Nubel, Joshua Kimmich, Nico Schlotterbeck, David Raum, Jonathan Tah, Waldemar Anton, Antonio Rudiger, Nathaniel Brown, Malick Thiaw, Jamal Musiala, Florian Wirtz, Lennart Karl, Angelo Stiller, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Leon Goretzka, Leroy Sane, Felix Nmecha, Nadiem Amiri, Pascal Gross, Kai Havertz, Deniz Undav, Jamie Leweling, Nick Woltemade, Maximilian Beier
How to watch Germany vs Ivory Coast
18:35 , Arthur Ferridge
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on ITV1, with coverage starting at 8pm BST.
Live stream: UK viewers can also catch the contest live online via ITVX app or the channel’s website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog. That’s this one!
Free highlights: World Cup highlights are available on FIFA’s official YouTube channel, along with ITVX app and their websites.
Good evening
18:27 , Arthur Ferridge
Hello, and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Germany vs Ivory Coast at the World Cup!
This is a table-topping clash in Group E, but who will have the bragging rights come full-time here?
All will be revealed! This affair will get underway at 9pm BST. Stick with us for all the latest from Toronto!
