Team News: Mesut Ozil not included in Germany starting lineup

Mesut Ozil has been left on the bench for Germany's World Cup warm-up match against Armenia this evening.

Ozil's Arsenal teammate Per Mertesacker starts, as does Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller. Sami Khedira, who has spent much of the season on the sidelines, is also among the starting XI named by Joachim Low.

Weidenfeller will lineup against his Dortmund teammate Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who starts for Armenia in Mainz's Coface Arena.

Germany: Weidenfeller, Boateng, Mertesacker, Hummels, Howedes, Lahm, Khedira, Reus, Kroos, Schürrle, Müller

Armenia: Berezovsky, Haroyan, Mkoyan, Arzumanyan, Hayrapetyan, Yedigaryan, Hovsepyan, Manucharyan, Mkhitaryan, Ghazaryan, Movsisyan

You can follow tonight's friendly with Sports Mole's live minute-by-minute commentary.