In a colossal clash between the joint winners of the competition, steam-rolling Spain meets hosts Germany in the first quarter final of Euro 2024. The winners will face France or Portugal in the semifinals for another big tie.
SPN vs GER Match Details
Date: Thursday, 3 July 2024
Time: 18:00 (CET), 21:30 (IST)
Venue: MHP Arena, Stuttgart
SPN vs GER Match Preview
Despite going down inside 18 minutes due to an own goal by Le Normand against Georgia, conceding for the first time in Euro 2024, Spain resisted any notion of an upset through an impressive comeback. Rodri restored parity before half-time to open the way for Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams and substitute Dani Olmo to get on the scoresheet for a 4-1 victory. Being the only team with a perfect record of four wins out of four in this edition, La Roja has cruised to their sixth quarterfinal stage of the Euros and the fourth in the last five appearances. Luis de la Fuente's side also extended their unbeaten run in the competition to 10 matches, excluding shootouts, with dominating wins over Croatia and Italy in the Euro 2024 group stage making them fearless ahead of facing the hosts in the last eight. Their optimism is also resting on the fact that they have not suffered any defeat to Germany in the past six competitive meetings with the previous Euro meeting resulting in a 1-0 win in the 2008 final. However, Spain has never won the fixture in the last eight meetings on German soil or eliminated the host nation in the knockout rounds of any major competition. Still, the team will want to continue their journey in Euro 2024 with the favorites tag on their shoulders.
Germany has been equally impressive but had to battle hard to claim a 2-0 victory against Denmark in the last 16. Second-half goals from Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala, his third strike in the competition, helped Julian Nagelsmann’s side reach their fifth quarter final stage after VAR disallowed Joachim Andersen’s opener for the opposition controversially. With the most goals scored in the tournament with 10, Die Mannschaft are putting money on their lethal frontline again to get them over the line in the last eight facing the first severe test in Euro 2024 against Spain. The hosts are hunting for their first European Championship title since 1996 to be the outright winners of the competition, having shared the record of three titles with La Roja. Hence, the clash will hold much more meaning but the fixture has not been kind to them recently. Germany has not beaten Spain since a 1-0 win in the 2014 friendly with the sole Euros victory coming in 1988. The previous meeting between the pair ended in a 1-1 draw in the 2022 World Cup with Niclas Fullkrug scoring the late equaliser as a substitute, something he has managed in this competition too. Nagelsmann will hope his talented side will outdo their rivals on Friday with no host nation ever eliminated from the quarterfinals in the competition history.
Recent Form (all competitions)
SPN: WWWWW
GER: WWWDW
Recent Form (Euro 2024)
SPN: WWW
GER: WDW
SPN vs GER Predicted Lineups
Spain
Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Pedri, Rodri, Ruiz; Yamal, Morata, Williams
Germany
Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Raum; Kroos, Andrich; Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz; Havertz
SPN vs GER head-to-head (overall)
Played - 26
SPN won - 8
Drawn - 9
GER won - 9
SPN vs GER head-to-head (Euros)
Played - 3
SPN won - 2
Drawn - 0
GER won - 1
SPN vs GER Dream11 Match Prediction
An electrifying battle is expected between two teams who have been dominant so far in the tournament with very little separating them. However, the youthful Spain team might pick up some minor holes in Germany’s defence to claim superiority in the match. We predict a 2-1 win for La Roja possibly after extra-time.
SPN vs GER Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Jamal Musiala
Vice-captain Picks: Fabian Ruiz, Kai Havertz
SPN vs GER Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Simon (Cr - 8)
DEF: Carvajal (9), Kimmich (Cr - 8.5), Cucurella (Cr - 8)
MID: Musiala (9), Ruiz (Cr - 9), Kroos (Cr - 8.5), Yamal (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Havertz (Cr - 8.5), Morata (Cr - 8.5), Williams (Cr - 8)
Vice-captain: Fabian Ruiz
Captain: Jamal Musiala
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