Live Commentary: Georgia 0-2 Germany - as it happened

Germany made light work of Georgia by easing to a 2-0 win in their Euro 2016 qualifier in Tbilisi this evening.

The world champions took control from the start and Marco Reus rattled a strike against the bar in the opening five minutes.

Despite their dominance, it took Joachim Loew's side until the 39th minute to break the deadlock, as Reus slotted in from close range after good work from Mario Gotze.

They doubled their lead five minutes later when Thomas Muller rifled a strike into the bottom corner to seal a comfortable victory which moves them level with Group D leaders Poland.

Find out how the action unfolded with Sports Mole's live text coverage below.

6.57pmThat's all we've got time for here. There's plenty more live coverage to come this evening, so make sure you stick with us! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. Goodbye!

6.54pmThe whistle blows for the end of the match and Germany have claimed the three points in Tbilisi. It was relatively straightforward for the world champions, who killed the match with two goals just before half time. They are now joint with Poland and Scotland at the top of Group D on 10 points, although that could all change later when the Poles face Ireland.

90+3 minFULL-TIME: Georgia 0-2 Germany

90 minWe are going to have three minutes of stoppage time.

88 minA third goal is looking unlikely now, with Germany just popping the ball around comfortably between their midfield and defence. It has been a fine display from the world champions, who have shown glimpses of their best, without ever really being stretched by their opponents.

87 minSUBSTITUTION: It's another change for the Germans, with Podolski on to replace Gotze.

86 minSUBSTITUTION: With just four minutes of the match left Germany are going to make their first change, as Schurrle comes on for Muller.

82 minYELLOW CARD! Chanturia is the third Georgian player to be shown a card tonight for a crunching tackle on Hector.

79 minSHOT! Down the other end of the pitch the Germans are back on the attack and Ozil fancies his chances from around 25 yards out. He lines up the strike and fires one towards the bottom corner, but the ball swings a few inches wide of the post.

77 minCHANCE! The hosts have barely threatened, but they very nearly pull a goal back when a corner is whipped in to the front post and Schweinsteiger slices his clearance inches wide of the target.

74 minYELLOW CARDS! In the aftermath of that free kick there was a clash between Schweinsteiger and Kankava inside the box. They both seemed to clash heads, but the referee was quickly over the diffuse the situation and he subsequently books each player.

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Alex Meyers

Live Commentary: Georgia 0-2 Germany - as it happened

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