Germany vs Mexico – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 17 June 2018

Germany Probable Lineups and Stats

As the reigning World Cup Champions, Germany will be relying on most of their relatively young team that delivered success in Brazil to do the same on Russian soil. They ended their qualification campaign with resounding success. Out of the 10 games they played, they won all of them, scoring 43 goals and conceding just 4. Their manager Joachim Low will be having sleepless nights trying to choose from the huge pool of talented stars available for him.

If Manuel Neuer can recover in time from the metatarsal injury that has been bothering him, then he is most likely to start as the goalkeeper. However, Germany have other alternatives such as Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen or Bernd Leno to call to.

The defensive unit of Germany was very solid during the last World Cup. Barring any injuries, the centre-back pairing of Mats Hummels and Boateng should be an automatic start. Jonas Hector, Joshua Kimmich, Niklas Sule, Shkodran Mustafi, Benedikt Howedes and Antonio Rudiger should complete the defensive unit.

Midfield will be vital and with players such as Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira, Sebastian Rudy, IIkay Gundogan, Leon Goretzka, Mesut Ozil, Marcos Reus, Julian Draxler, Mario Gotze and Leroy Sane all looking to make the starting line-up.

Thomas Muller was an integral part of the winning side in Brazil and was also the joint top scorer in their qualifying campaign. Together with Tomo Werner and Sandro Wagner, Germany can have players to look for when it comes to getting the goals.

Germany v Mexico – Head to Head

In total, Germany and Mexico have previously faced each other 11 times, with Germany winning 5, drawing 5 and losing just once. The last meeting between these two sides was the recent Confederation Cup semi-final played in Russia on 29 June 2017. Germany emerged 4-1 winners with two goals from Goretzka and one a piece from Werner and Younes. Fabian scored the consolation goal for Mexico. Germany were playing with an understrength side, with most of its regular players left at home. Mexico had 26 shots on target while Germany had 12. They also had more shots on target, eight, compared to Germany’s seven. Mexico had a bulk of the possession at more than 60%. If Mexico had been more clinical on goal, then the match may have ended differently. However, the Germans were more efficient and dismantled Mexico in the first 15 minutes to ensure they took control of the game.

Interesting Facts and Information

• Mexico haven’t won any of their last 3 games against Germany.
• Germany wins 1st half in 53% of their games, Mexico in 41% of their games.
• Mexico’s recent performance is better than Germany’s.
• In World Cup, Germany has better performance than Mexico.
• On their last meeting, Germany won by 3 goals.
• Germany scores 3.33 goals in a match against Mexico and Mexico scores 1.67 goals against Germany (in average).
• Germany scores 2.67 goals when playing at home and Mexico scores 1.44 goals when playing away (in average).
• The average number of goals in meetings between Germany and Mexico is 5.
• When Germany leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their games.
• When Mexico leads 0-1 away, they win in 40% of their games.
• When Germany is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their games.
• When Mexico is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their games.
• The average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Germany and Mexico is 1.67.
• Germany have conceded a goal in each of their last 5 games.