Germany have announced that captain Joshua Kimmich will miss their World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg on Thursday due to an ankle injury.

Julian Nagelsmann’s side are currently top of Group A, level with Slovakia on nine points after four games, while Northern Ireland are on six points in third.

Luxembourg are yet to pick up any points in the group, scoring just once across their four matches and losing 4-0 to Germany in October.

Germany released a statement that said: “Our captain picked up a capsule injury in his right ankle during yesterday’s training session and will indeed travel with the team to Luxembourg tomorrow, but he won’t be playing.”

Kimmich has played every minute in Germany’s four qualifying matches so far, starting in the back four rather than in midfield.