England's friendly at Berlin's Olympic Stadium is the latest in a series of rivalry dating back to 1930.

Here, PA Sport look back on some of the more memorable meetings between England and Germany down the years.

Germany 3 England 6 (Berlin, May 14 1938): A match made infamous by the England players' Nazi salute during the pre-match national anthems. Consequently, the thumping England dished out to their hosts over the 90 minutes that followed is often overlooked. Cliff Bastin, Jackie Robinson (2), Frank Broome, Stanley Matthews and Len Goulden were England`s scorers that day in what was the final meeting between the two countries prior to the outbreak of war 16 months later.

England 4 West Germany 2 (London, July 30 1966): The 1966 World Cup final was the fifth meeting between England and West Germany since 1950. Having won the previous four, Sir Alf Ramsey's men were firm favourites to lift the Jules Rimet trophy and were almost winners inside 90 minutes before Wolfgang Weber took the match to extra-time. A Soviet linesman offered England a helping hand when he ruled Geoff Hurst's header had crossed the line but there was no doubt over the West Ham striker's hat-trick goal, which set the seal on a famous victory.

West Germany 1 England 1 (Turin, July 4 1990): This World Cup semi-final encounter did not look like being a classic when the teams trudged in goalless at half-time. On the hour, Andreas Brehme's free-kick was deflected off Paul Parker and over Peter Shilton for the opener. Gary Lineker equalised after 80 minutes before a goalless period of extra-time resulted in penalties. Lineker, Peter Beardsley and David Platt were all on target for England but misses by Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle booked West Germany's passage to the final.

England 0 Germany 1 (London, October 7 2000): A wet, dreary day for the final match at the old Wembley, and England`s players put on a performance to match the elements in a World Cup qualifier. Dieter Hamann`s low free-kick beyond a sprawling David Seaman secured the points for the Germans and sealed the fate of England manager Kevin Keegan, who announced his resignation after the match.

Germany 1 England 5 (Munich, September 1 2001): The pinnacle of Sven Goran Eriksson`s time in charge. The World Cup qualifier erased the memory of defeat to Germany at Wembley 11 months earlier and was made possible by a superb hat-trick by Michael Owen. The visitors fell behind to a Carsten Jancker strike but Steven Gerrard fired England 2-1 in front on the stoke of the interval and the floodgates opened. Owen completed his treble within 21 minutes of the restart while Emile Heskey also got in on the act to complete the rout 17 minutes from time.

England 1 Germany 2 (London, August 22 2007): The most recent meeting between the two rivals resulted in England`s first defeat at the new Wembley. England took an early lead through Frank Lampard but the Germans bounced back courtesy of an error by Paul Robinson, who flapped at Bernd Schneider`s cross, allowing Kevin Kuranyi to level. Christian Pander marked his international debut with a thunderous winner five minutes before the break.