| Score | 3-1 to Germany |
| Referee | Espen Eskås |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Europe group A |
| Venue | RheinEnergie Stadion, Cologne |
| Attendance | 43,169 |
View Germany v Northern Ireland head to head
Manager: Julian Nagelsmann
| Serge Gnabry | 7 |
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| Nadiem Amiri | 69 |
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| Florian Wirtz | 72 |
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| Nadiem Amiri for Nick Woltemade | 61 |
| Maximilian Beier for Serge Gnabry | 61 |
| Leon Goretzka for Pascal Gross | 66 |
| Jonathan Tah for Antonio Rüdiger | 82 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | 26 | Y |
Manager: Michael O'Neill
| Isaac Price | 34 |
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| Dion Charles for Jamie Reid | 70 |
| Callum Marshall for Ethan Galbraith | 76 |
| George Saville for Ali McCann | 76 |
| Ruairi McConville for Eoin Toal | 88 |
| Jamie McDonnell for Isaac Price | 88 |
| Ethan Galbraith | 53 | Y |
| Justin Devenny | 62 | Y |
| Conor Bradley | 63 | Y |
| George Saville | 90 | Y |