World Cup 2022: Spain vs Germany Match Preview
The whole world is waiting for the top sports tournament, the World Cup 2022. During this period, no matter you are a football fan or have no idea how this sport is played. You simply cannot stay away from this excitement.
Top National teams, the best football players, millions of fans worldwide, and only one dream: to become the World Cup Champion!
This is the objective uniting everyone in Qatar, and for 1 month, everyone’s eyes will be on this tremendous event!
What’s best, we don’t need to wait a long to see a great match, as already in the Group of Death, Germany and Spain will face each other, the top match of the Group stage.
So, let’s have a closer look at this match, what to expect from it, who has better chances to win, etc.
World Cup 2022, Group Stage, Group E, Spain vs Germany
27 November, 2022, Al Bayt Stadium
World Cup 2022: Germany National
It’s no surprise to say that Germany want only one thing from this World Cup, the title, that can be the 5th for them.
Germany Journey to the World Cup 2022
Germany played 10 matches in the qualifying round, winning 9 of the matches and losing the match against North Macedonia.
Germany 3-0 Iceland
Romania 0-1 Germany
Germany 1-2 North Macedonia
Liechtenstein 0-2 Germany
Germany 6-0 Armenia
Iceland 0-4 Germany
Germany 2-1 Romania
North Macedonia 0-4 Germany
Germany 9-0 Liechtenstein
Armenia 1-4 Germany
Germany Squad for the World Cup 2022
Coach: Hansi Flick
Captain: Manuel Neuer
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Kevin Trapp
Defenders: Matthias Ginter, Antonio Rudiger, Niklas Sule, Nico Schlotterbeck, Thilo Kehrer, David Raum, Lukas Klostermann, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Christian Gunter
Midfielders: Ilkay Gundogan, Jonas Hofmann, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Muller, Julian Brandt, Mario Gotze
Forwards: Kai Havertz, Youssoufa Moukoko, Niclas Fullkrug, Karim Adeyemi
Germany’s Group E fixtures
23 November: Germany vs Japan
27 November: Spain vs Germany
1 December: Costa Rica vs Germany
Germany’s possible round of 16 opponents
Group winners: vs Group F runners-up (5 Dec)
Group runners-up: vs Group F winners (6 Dec)
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
World Cup 2022: Spain National
Spain National squad is a mix of youth and experience players and the team has the same objective: to become World Champions for the 2nd time in their history.
Spain is in the Group E and will face Germany, Japan and Costa Rica.
Spain Journey to the World Cup 2022
Spain played 8 matches in the qualifying round, winning 6 of the matches, playing a draw against Greece and losing the match against Georgia.
Spain 1-1 Greece
Georgia 1-2 Spain
Spain 3-1 Kosovo
Sweden 2-1 Spain
Spain 4-0 Georgia
Kosovo 0-2 Spain
Greece 0-1 Spain
Spain 1-0 Sweden
Spain Squad for the World Cup 2022
Coach: Luis Enrique
Captain: Sergio Busquets
Goalkeepers: Unai Simon, Robert Sanchez, David Raya
Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta, Dani Carvajal, Eric Garcia, Pau Torres, Jordi Alba, Jose Luis Gaya, Hugo Guillamon, Aymeric Laporte
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Rodri, Gavi, Pedri, Carlos Soler, Koke, Marcos Llorente
Forwards: Pablo Sarabia, Nico Williams, Marco Asensio, Alvaro Morata, Ferran Torres, Yeremy Pino, Danny Olmo
Spain’s Group E fixtures
23 November: Spain vs Costa Rica
27 November: Spain vs Germany
1 December: Japan vs Spain
Spain’s possible round of 16 opponents
Group winners: vs Group F runners-up (5 Dec)
Group runners-up: vs Group F winners (6 Dec)
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
World Cup 2022 Spain vs Germany: Head to Head
Spain and Germany faced each other 25 times so far. Germany won 9 of 25 matches, 8 matches won Spain, and teams played 8 draws.
Head to head matches in the World Cup final tournaments:
20 Jul 1966, Germany 2-1 Spain
02 Jul 1982, Spain 1-2 Germany
21 Jun 1994, Germany 1-1 Spain
07 Jul 2010, Germany 0-1 Spain
Overall, teams played 4 World Cup matches. 2 times won Germany, 1 time it was a draw, and 1 time Spain won Germany.
World Cup 2022 Spain vs Germany: Predictions
Overall, Germany won the World Cup for 4 times and Spain won the title only once.
The last big tournament Germany won was the World Cup 2014, and for Spain it was the EURO 2012, not counting the EURO 2020 semifinals last year, where Spain lost to Italy who won the tournament in the end.
Last World Cup tournaments were disappointing for both sides. So, both sides have the hunger to win!
Spain’s performance in the UEFA Nations League A Group 2: In 6 matches, Spain got 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and with 11 points finished the group on the first place.
02-06-22, Spain 1-1 Portugal
05-06-22, Czech Republic 2-2 Spain
09-06-22, Switzerland 0-1 Spain
12-06-22, Spain 2-0 Czech Republic
24-09-22, Spain 1-2 Switzerland
27-09-22, Portugal 0-1 Spain
Germany’s performance in the UEFA Nations League A Group 3: In 6 matches, Germany got 1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss, and with 7 points finished the group on the third place.
04-06-22, Italy 1-1 Germany
07-06-22, Germany 1-1 England
11-06-22, Hungary 1-1 Germany
14-06-22, Germany 5-2 Italy
23-09-22, Germany 0-1 Hungary
26-09-22, England 3-3 Germany
If we take into account performances in the UEFA Nations League, both sides didn’t show their best.
Spain looked much better, winning the group, however, Germany’s opponents were much stronger.
Both sides are not living their best years, yet, they are ready to fight till the end and win the World Cup title.
What about the head to head matches, in the last 5 matches teams played 2 draws, Germany lost 1 match, and Spain won 2 matches. In the last match, Spain beat Germany 6-0, in 2020 UEFA Nations League match.
With all this said, Spain has a bit more chances to win in this match. However, don’t get surprised if Germany takes and wins the match with ease. In any case, we are expecting an exciting match, full of emotions, making millions happy, and at the same time, sad another millions!
By the way, how will this match end? Let us know in comments!
