Michael Ballack will lead Germany out tomorrow for the Euro 2008 Final against Spain in Vienna.

This will be Germany's sixth final, a record in the competition, and they will be aiming to lift the Henri Delaunay trophy after winning the competition in 1972, 1980 and 1996.

As for Spain, this will be the third time the country has reached the final, but they have not won the competition since 1964 when they beat the reigning champions USSR 2-1 in Madrid.

But the last time Spain faced Germany they came away triumphant with a 3-1 win in 2003.

However, Ballack is the only German left in the side which last beat Spain when he took part in a 4-1 victory in Hannover back in 2000.

Germany have won three of the last five meetings between the two countries in major final tournaments, and a total of eight matches won to Spain's five, with six draws between the two rivals, giving Germany the better head-to-head record.

Joachim Löw is expected to select a German starting XI largely unchanged from that which beat Turkey on Wednesday night. But this will be the first time Löw has faced Spanish opposition both as a player and coach in his career.

While Luis Aragonés, who is no stranger to German opposition, may be without top-scorer David Villa after the striker injured his leg in Spain's 3-0 win over Russia on Thursday.

Which means Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas could start for his nation after coming on as a substitute in Thursday's victory before setting up Daniel Güiza and David Silva for his country's second and third goals.

It was Fabregas who secured Spain's progression in the competition by scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out against Italy that saw the Spanish seal a 4-2 victory.

But Germany will not be fazed with the prospect of a shoot-out in tomorrow's game. They have been involved in six shout-outs over the years and, having won the last five, there will be no worries in that area of their game.