Germany v Mexico Betting Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Having ran out easy winners over El Tri without some of their stars last time out, Al Hain-Cole expects Low's men to ease to victory in Moscow

World champions Germany will begin the defence of their title when they take on Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.

The holders made it to Russia in good shape, winning all 10 of their qualification matches and lifting the Confederations Cup last summer.

Latest Odds

Having overcome this opposition 4-1 in the semi-finals of that competition, they are 4/9 (1.44) favourites with dabblebet to get off to a winning start with another victory in Moscow.

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El Tri have only won once in 11 previous encounters between these teams, but are available at 6/1 (7.00) to cause an upset in this one, or 7/2 (4.50) to earn a creditable draw.

Team News

Mesut Ozil has returned to full training following a knee injury, while Manuel Neuer is expected to start despite missing almost the full season with Bayern Munich.

Having failed to make the starting line-up in either of Mexico's last two friendly matches, Javier Hernandez may have to settle for a place on the bench once again.

Germany too strong

Although their form in recent friendly matches has not been particularly convincing, Joachim Low's team can usually be relied upon to hit top gear when it really counts.

Indeed, they were the only European team to qualify with an 100 per cent record, registering a goal difference of +39 - the best of any side.

As if this wasn't ominous enough for Juan Carlos Osorio's outfit, the fact that last summer's 4-1 Confederations Cup defeat was against effectively a B team should be cause for concern.

With the likes of Jerome Boateng, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus set to return to the fold, it is hard to see a Mexico team that has scored just once in their last four matches proving too much competition.