"I hope our tradition of positive results continues on Wednesday," said the former German kicker at a pre-match press conference here on Tuesday.

Since the first meeting in 1933, Germany have declined to lose any of their 14 encounters with Poland, winning ten and drawing four.

Among Poland's defeats, the most painful one came at the 1974 World Cup when West Germany won 1-0 in Frankfurt to stop Poland from reaching the final and then went on to win the competition.

The hosts now need just one more victory to ensure their advancing to the last 16 after beating another Group A rivals Costa Rica 4-2 on Friday, while Poland's hope has been badly hit as they suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat to Ecuador in their first game.

"Poland have their backs to the wall," commented Klinsmann. "They need to get three points from this game or realistically they are out."

"Polish players know their public are not happy and realise it is all or nothing. They will be fired up to do everything they canto stay in this tournament. It will be a heated encounter."

"But we want three points as well," he added.

"We watched how Ecuador beat them but we will play differently. We have our own strengths and will start at a high tempo."

Germany's shaky defence had been widely blamed after the Costa Rica match and the three-time winners have been analysing videos to work out what improvements can be made.

"We watched video clips of the Costa Rica game and we are discussing the mistakes from that match, " said Klinsmann. "We want to minimise them against Poland and in the rest of this tournament.

"But I think the defensive discussion is a bit exaggerated. You have to remember that one of the goals against Costa Rica was actually offside."