* Germany will be without skipper Philipp Lahm and Real Madrid duo Mesut Oezil and Sami Khedira after the trio were released early.
* Coach Joachim Loew has designated the Australia friendly as a match in which to experiment, with Arne Friedrich and Mats Hummels expected to start in central defence.
* Miroslav Klose has 61 international goals, seven behind Gerd Mueller's record. Should he appear, the Bayern man will equal Juergen Klinsmann's 108 international caps.
* Die Mannschaft have a perfect record in Euro 2012 qualifying, having won all five of their matches.
* Joachim Loew's 68.8 per cent winning record is the best a Germany coach has ever had.
* Australia finished runners up in January's Asian Cup after losing to Japan in extra time.
* The match will be a homecoming for coach Holger Osieck, a Homberg native who replaced caretaker coach Han Berger last fall.
* Australia have won six and lost just one of their ten matches under Osieck.
* Mark Schwarzer is the most capped player in Australia history, having made his record 88th appearance in the recent Asian Cup final.
* The "Socceroos" are currently ranked 21st in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings.
LAST MEETING
June 13, 2010: Germany 4-0 Australia
Germany began their World Cup group stage campaign with an emphatic win against Australia. Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose scored within the opening 26 minutes, and Thomas Mueller and Cacau netted midway through the second half as die Mannschaft hammered the AFC's top team.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Germany: Neuer; Traesch, Friedrich, Hummels, Schmelzer; Schweinsteiger, Kroos; Mueller, Schuerrle; Gomez, Klose
Australia: Schwarzer; Wilkshire, Neill, Ognenovski, Carney; Holman, Valeri, Jedinak, McKay; Kewell, Kruse
Prediction
Germany 3-1 Australia 
