World Cup Germany Preview, Predictions, Players and Stats
Germany are defending champions and they are in good shape to defend their title after going unbeaten in all games in 2017. They are highly motivated to lift the trophy second time in a row and all players will do their best in Russia this summer. The World Cup holders have already collected a trophy in Russia on Confederations Cup last summer. Here’s everything you need to know about the team:
Germany play in fine fettle and all expect from them to fight for the World Cup finals this summer. They are one of the main pretenders to reach World Cup Finals and anything short of the final will be seen as a failure for this talented team. Their biggest strength is the collective and well-organised playing. They are looking to become the first country to defend their title since Brazil after 50 years.
FIFA Ranking: 1
Germany Coach
JOACHIM LOW – Germany coach since 2006
Germany Players
It is provisional squad and will be reduced to 23 players for the World Cup.
GOALKEPERS:
Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain)
DEFENDERS:
Jérôme Boateng (Bayern München), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Jonas Hector (1.FC Köln), Mats Hummels (Bayern), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), Niklas Süle (Bayern), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
MIDFIELDERS:
Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04), Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Özil (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern), Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
FORWARDS:
Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas Müller (Bayern), Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
Germany Stats
Stats are based on the last 10 games (including friendly matches)
| Germany | |
|---|---|
| FORM(WON-DRAW-LOSS) | 5-3-2 |
| GOALS SCORED | 20 |
| SHOTS ON TARGET | 54 |
| SHOTS OFF TARGET | 61 |
| GOALS CONCEDED | 11 |
| TOTAL GOALS | 31 |
| OVER 1.5 GOALS | 8 |
| OVER 2.5 GOALS | 7 |
| OVER 3.5 GOALS | 4 |
| UNDER 1.5 GOALS | 2 |
| UNDER 2.5 GOALS | 3 |
| BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE | 7 |
| CLEAN SHEETS | 2 |
| CORNERS | 55 |
| FOULS | 99 |
| YELLOWS | 6 |
| REDS | 0 |
| OFFSIDES | 30 |
Germany World Cup History
World Cup appearances: 18
Semifinals: 13
Best finish: Champions on four World Cups
Last World Cup: 2014
Germany World Cup 2018 Matches
June 17 – Germany vs. Mexico
June 23 – Germany vs. Sweden
June 27 – Germany vs. South Korea
Germany Prediction and Expectations on World Cup 2018
Germany are top favourites to win the first place in Group F and all expect an easy job in group phase for Germany. But players don’t think so and they will play very cautious. Their key battle for the top spot in group is match against Mexico in Matchday 1 and all players are highly motivated to pick up all three points here. They have played very well in qualification games, with 10 wins from 10 games and goal record of 43:4. So we expect from them to hammer South Korea and Sweden.
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