Ozil, Draxler, Gomez to miss Germany's friendly with England

Joachim Low is often prone to having a scratch or two, but this time they aren't confined to his person.

Germany will be without Mesut Ozil and Julian Draxler due to hamstring complaints and Mario Gomez because of a groin problem for Wednesday's friendly with England at Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.

Ozil wasn't available for Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday due to his injury, while both Draxler and Gomez featured for their respective clubs. The former scored before being withdrawn by Paris Saint-Germain manager Unai Emery after 54 minutes on Sunday, while the latter also got on the scoresheet and played the full 90 minutes as VfL Wolfsburg topped Darmstadt 1-0 on Saturday.

Low gave no indication of calling in replacements for the sidelined trio, with the midweek match set to feature an emotional farewell to Lukas Podolski in his 130th and final cap for Germany.