…Germany have conceded at least one goal in each their last 12 games at major international tournaments (World Cup, Euros)
…UEFA Euro 2024 is the fourth instance of Germany solely hosting a major international tournament, reaching the final four in the previous three editions
FRI JUNE 14 2024-theGBJournal| Germany, the host nation starts their quest for glory against a Scotland team that would be looking to qualify from the group.
Germany hasn’t had a good tournament participation in a while and would hope the next gen players turn up for them.
Prediction:
Germany to score opener, over 1.5 goals full time, no clean sheet any half, over 2.5 cards and under 2.5 both halves.
Data Analysis:
Germany win with a probability of 42%. A draw has a probability of 29.8% and a win for Scotland has a probability of 28.17%.
The most likely scoreline for a Germany win is 2-1 with a probability of 9.83%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 2-0 (8.92%) and 1-0 (8.16%) while the likeliest drawn scoreline is 1-1 (8.99%), while for a Scotland win it is 1-2 (4.96%).
What’s at stake:
Both teams would hope to start the tournament in a high note.
Players out:
Germany
No major injuries
Scotland
No major injuries to report
Players to watch out for:
Germany
Musiala
He is the future of Germany and his club Bayern, the opener would be played in his club home ground and he would expect to dazzle and deliver what should be player of the tournament performance
Scotland
McTominay
He doesn’t only offer goals he offers assists, Scotland would need him to cause an upset in this game.
Probable line up:
Germany Probable Lineup (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Mittelstadt; Andrich, Kroos; Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz; Havertz
Scotland Probable Lineup (3-4-2-1): Gunn; Hendry, Hanley, Tierney; Ralston, Gilmour, McGregor, Robertson; McTominay, McGinn; Adams
Form:
Germany form (all competitions):
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Scotland form (all competitions):
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Key stats:
Germany have won their last three meetings with Scotland, not losing to the Tartan Army since a 1-0 friendly reverse back in April 1999. Friday’s clash will be the third clash featuring the two teams at a major tournament. Germany won the two previous encounters in the group stage of the 1986 FIFA World Cup (2-1) and UEFA Euro 1992 (2-0).
UEFA Euro 2024 is the fourth instance of Germany solely hosting a major international tournament, reaching the final four in the previous three editions: champions at the 1974 World Cup, semi-finalists at Euro 1988 and third place at the 2006 World Cup.
Germany have conceded at least one goal in each their last 12 games at major international tournaments (World Cup, Euros). The last time they kept a clean sheet was against Slovakia in the round of 16 at Euro 2016.
Scotland’s two wins (out of 9 matches) at the European Championships have come against CIS (in 1992) and Switzerland (in 1996). They have failed to score in six of their nine games.
Thomas Muller has scored ten goals in 19 appearances at the FIFA World Cup (36 shots), while he has never found the back of the net in 15 outings at the European Championships (31 shots).-Contributed by Wavysport
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