Saturday 26 March 2016 20:08, UK
Can England's in-form Harry Kane get the better of Germany's World Cup-winner Mats Hummels? We check the stats...
Kane will be eager to stake his claim to lead England's attack at this summer's European Championship in the high-profile double header against Germany and the Netherlands.
England travel to Berlin for Saturday's fixture with the world champions with Tottenham striker Kane in arguably his best form of the current campaign - something he'll need to maintain if he wants to get the better of Mats Hummels, one of Europe's most sought after centre halves.
Kane has been the focal point of Spurs' assault on the Premier League title so far this season. After a slow start, in relation to his blistering 2014/15, he has scored 20 goals in his last 22 league appearances. Pre-season suggestions he was going to be a 'one-season wonder' have proven to be both premature and misguided.
The Chingford-born striker has all the attributes of a traditional, old-fashioned centre forward whose eye for goal is without question the most potent weapon to his ever-improving game. He now averages exactly one goal every other game for Spurs.
Kane has netted 19 of his 21 Premier League strikes this season from inside the box, although his ability to score more eye-catching goals cannot be dismissed - as his stunning effort in the north London derby showed.
Having scored three times as many Premier League goals as any of his Spurs colleagues, it's hardly surprising to see Kane dominating offensive categories in the division so far this season.
Despite his domestic dominance, Kane has yet to convert that form onto the international stage in his relatively fledgling England career.
The Tottenham ace scored on his international debut against Lithuania at Wembley last March but all three of his strikes for the senior team have come as a substitute, with the most reputable opponent he has put to the sword being Switzerland, currently 12th in the FIFA World Rankings.
From five starts, of which only two have been competitive, he has failed to convert any of his 20 attempts on goal.
If Kane is labelled as having the attributes of a more traditional, old school centre forward, then Hummels is a modern-day centre half.
A product of Bayern Munich's academy, Hummels is into his peak having turned 27 in December and, since joining Dortmund for £4m in 2009, he has established himself as one of Europe's most stylish defenders.
The Dortmund captain, who started six of Germany's seven games at their successful 2014 World Cup, is renowned for his ability with the ball, often more than the actual art of defending.
In the Bundesliga this season he has averaged 2.1 tackles-per-game - 58 players have a better record. He has made only five blocks in his 25 league appearances - a figure exceeded by over 200 players in the Premier League this season. By contrast Swansea's Ashley Williams has made 39 from 31 games.
However, Hummels has won 107 aerial duels in the league in 2015/16 (bettered only by two players), and he has an impressive 85.1 per cent passing accuracy. No centre half has averaged more than his 75.8 passes per game.
In addition, Hummels' Dortmund have conceded just three league goals in 2016, the fewest in the division. In fact, they have conceded just a single goal in the last 752 minutes of Bundesliga football with Hummels on the pitch.
Kane and Hummels have crossed paths previously, but only for a mere 16 minutes during Tottenham's 3-0 Europa League first-leg defeat in Dortmund on March 10.
The England frontman's reputation would be further enhanced should he get the better of the current world champions on Saturday - and his tendency to shoot on sight will test Hummels' defensive capabilities.
