Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany Predictions

• Germany will field an uncapped goalkeeper in Zenica.
• Bosnia have scored in four of their last seven games.
• Both teams have scored in five of Bosnia’s last eight games.

Depleted Germany head to Bosnia

Germany head to Bosnia as the clear favourites in Friday’s Nations League A fixture but boss Julian Nagelsmann is without a host of regulars.

Kai Havertz, Niclas Füllkrug, Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala are just a few names on a long list of absentees, while Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller are among a host of star names who called time on their international careers post Euro 2024 – with Toni Kroos hanging up his boots altogether.

Die Mannschaft should still have enough to beat a Bosnia side who have seven defeats and no wins in their last eight games but at the current prices they offer little appeal. Instead, both teams to score looks an interesting play here at around evens.

Germany will have an uncapped keeper on Friday, probably Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann, as all three of the selected stoppers are yet to feature at senior level. Defence perhaps is the strongest area of this particular German squad but Bosnia were able to score twice in defeat in the Netherlands in the last batch of NL games and they’ve scored in eight of their last 10 home games, while both teams have scored in five of Germany’s last eight.

Germany have enough quality to edge it even with wholesale changes and a 2-1 away win is the correct score pick, as the visitors have only scored more than twice in two of their last 14 games.

In-form Mainz forward Jonathan Burkardt may be handed a chance on Friday, and if he is involved he can make the most of the opportunity with an anytime goal after starting the season with five goals in six league games.