Germany vs Sweden FIFA World Cup 2018 – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 23 June 2018
In the 1st round of the World Cup, the Germans did not perform to the high standards set by them as current World Cup champions and were beaten by Mexico after an inestimable mistake by Toni Kroos. They will have to give it all in order to keep their chances to qualify for the Round of 16.
Germany Probable Lineups and Stats
The Germany v Sweden group stage match will be the third match of group F. Germany came off a bad start by getting beaten by a solitary goal by Mexico in their first group stage match. The defending champions had a total of 21 shots on goal with 9 on target and 12 off target. With possession of 61% against than Mexico, they incidentally got no goal. They also had 8 corners with 1 offside and 10 fouls. The fouls amounted to 2 yellow cards. Coach Joachim Loew is bound to start with the same line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in a bid to turn results to their favour. Manuel Neuer will keep the captain band in this game. Germany probable lineup will include; Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Marvin Plattenhardt, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Julian Draxler, Timo Werner, and Sami Khedira. Marco Reus maybe in contention to start after coming on as a substitute for Sami Khedira in the match against Mexico.Sweden Probable Lineups and Stats
Sweden came off to a perfect start by beating their fellow group F opponents South Korea by a solitary goal. They Swedish team now face an uphill task of containing the Germany team who lost their first match against the Mexicans. The Swedish team had a total of 8 shots on goal with 4 on target and 4 off target. With possession of 52%, they won 6 corners and had only 1 offside. They committed 21 fouls which resulted in only 1 yellow card.
Coach Janne Andersson is bound to stick with his 4-4-2 formation in a bid to contain the Germans. The Swedish predicted lineup includes; Robin Olsen, Mikael Lustig, Andreas Granqvist, Ludwig Augustinsson, Pontus Jansson, Sebastian Larsson, Albin Ekdal, Emil Forsberg, Viktor Claesson, Marcus Berg, and Ola Toivonen.
Germany v Sweden – Head to Head
Germany and Sweden have met 36 times in their history. Germany have won 15 times, drawn 8 times and lost 13 times. But by looking at their last 22 matches, Germany have won 10 games, drawn 4 games and lost 8 games to Sweden. This means that Germany have won 45.5% of the matches against Sweden and lost to Sweden 36.4%. For all those matches, Sweden has a higher scoring rate with an average of 2.23 goals per game against Germany’s 1.86 goals. Sweden has only kept one clean sheet against the Germans, but the Germans have no clean sheet against Sweden.Expert Tip
The Germans will definitely seek revenge against the Swedes. Sweden has kept a clean sheet in five of the previous six encounters in FIFA World Cup and also there have been under 2.5 goals scored in Sweden’s last four matches in this tournament. Given all facts, we are giving a small advantage to Germany but our pick will be covering the goal markets. This time we will take a note from the previous head-to-head games and we will make our prediction – Both teams to score a goal. Another thing that made us an impression is Toni Kroos and Mesut Ozil. They showed enviable skills and we think one of them will be a goal scorer against the Swedes, and why not both.Interesting Facts and Information
- Sweden have kept a clean sheet in 3 games in a row.
- Germany wins 1st half in 50% of their games, Sweden in 15% of their games.
- In World Cup, Germany has better performance than Sweden.
- During the last 7 meetings, Germany have won 5 times, there have been 2 draws while Sweden have won 0 times. The goal difference is 19-10 in favour of Germany.
- The winner of their last meeting was Germany.
- Germany scores 2.8 goals in a match against Sweden and Sweden scores 1.4 goals against Germany (on average).
- Germany scores 2.56 goals when playing at home and Sweden scores 1.2 goals when playing away (on average).
- The average number of goals in meetings between Germany and Sweden is 4.2.
- When Germany leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their games.
- When Sweden leads 0-1 away, they win in 100% of their games.
- The average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Germany and Sweden is 2.2.
- Germany have conceded a goal in each of their last 6 games.
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