Welcome to the coverage of Germany v Canada in group A of the women's world cup 2011

Behringer swings in the resulting free-kick from the right flank and Krahn finds herself unmarked eight yards out. She attempts a difficult first time volley and her effort flies over the bar.

Nault the latest to give away a free-kick as she jumps unfairly with Garafrekes

Laudehr unhappy with a challenge from Filigno who is putting in some heavy challenges early in the match

Canada trying to get a foothold but they look shaken by the goal as Germany dominate possession

Prinz played a delightful diagonal ball which saw Garfrekes in on the right side of the penalty box but her cut-back was wayward and easily cleared

GOAL FOR GERMANY!! Mcleod makes a great save from a Garefrekes volley, but then ruins her good work by misjudging a Kulig cross which floated over her head and then was met by Garefrekes at the backpost who headed home. 1-0.

Schmidt the epitomy of Canada's efforts to break up the German play, making tackles all over the pitch

Canada look very combative in the middle of midfield and are trying to get in the faces of the Germans and disrupt the rhythm they are trying to create

An incredible chance for Sinclair of Canada as the German defence opened like the Red Sea and she found herself through on goal after a perfectly weighted through ball. She seemed to panic though as her left footed effort blazed over the bar. They might not get a better chance.

Dangerous looking cross from the left by Okoyino da Mbabi, but it's brilliantly held by Mcleod in the Canadian goal

Filigno goes in strongly on Laudehr and it's undoubtedly a free-kick given away by the Canadian

First shot on goal and it's from a long way out from Behringer, but it goes a long way wide of the target

Garafrekes meets the corner at the back post and flashes the ball back across goal, but it is bundled away

An early cross from Peter breaking forward from full-back results in a corner for the Germans

Canada kick off and immediately play a long ball down to the left flank

The officials are Australian for this afternoon's contest, Jacqui Melksham taking charge in the Olimpic Stadium in Berlin.

The two teams have met nine times and the Germans have prevailed on every occasion so far, scoring 34 goals andconceding just 10.

This is Canada's fourth world cup with their best performance coming eight years ago in the USA when they finished fourth. They have won four of theur fifteen previous matches in the competition.

Germany are a vastly experienced team with their starting eleven having been capped 844 times between them, and that's without Ariane Hingst who has made 173 appearances for Die Nationalelf and is on the bench this afternoon

Birgit Prinz will lead Germany onto the field in Berlin as captain, record appearance holder and record scorer. The Frankfurt forward has scored 128 goals in 212 appearances for her country.

Hosts and holders Germany look to continue their undefeated run in world cups that stretches all the way back to 1999 when they lost in the quarter-finals to the USA