The hosts have qualified for the round of 16 which must be a relief to Germany as it would have been an enormous embarrassment if they had exited the competition at the group stage.
After totally destroying Scotland, Germany didn’t have it all their own way against an unlucky Hungary side who must consider themselves unlucky to be sitting on zero points.
Switzerland will be disappointed with the draw against Scotland on Wednesday, we think they underestimated Scotland’s strength of character and the fact that they had something to prove after the Germany match.
The big question with this match is, will Germany take their foot off the gas now they have qualified and will Switzerland be able to grab the draw or even sneak a win which would be enough to see them safely into the round of 16?
Odds and Predictions
The bookies have priced Germany up as the favourites at odds of 1.70, Switzerland are 4.75 and the odds for a draw are 3.75.
We’ve thought about the predictions for this match since the beginning of the tournament, weighing up the different scenarios.
We were close to tipping Switzerland as Germany are already through, but after watching the Germans play Hungary on Wednesday, it was obvious that the young German manager, Julian Nagelsmann will never settle for second best, at 2 – 0 up, he was still berating his players for not pushing forward and creating chances, so we can’t see him priming his team to go all out for the win.
Switzerland will definitely be up for it as well so for the first one of our tips, we are going for the draw at 3.75 and the 1 – 1 scoreline at odds of 7.5.
The last one of our predictions is in the ‘To score at any time’ market, Jamal Musiala at odds of 3.60.
Make sure you tick the ‘void if player does not start’ box just in case the manager decides to rest him for the knockout rounds.
Comparison and Statistics from Past Meetings between the Teams
There is quite a history between these teams, they have faced each other H2H 52 times in their history.
Germany has won 35 of these matches, Switzerland has won 9, and 8 matches have ended in a draw.
The last five head-to-head matches between the two teams are listed below.
| Past Meetings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2020 | germany | 3-3 | switzerland | UEFA Nations League |
| 06 Sep 2020 | switzerland | 1-1 | germany | UEFA Nations League |
| 26 May 2012 | switzerland | 5-3 | germany | Friendly Game |
| 26 Mar 2008 | switzerland | 0-4 | germany | Friendly Game |
| 07 Feb 2007 | germany | 3-1 | switzerland | Friendly Game |
Expected Line Ups
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri continued to impress with a superbly taken goal against Scotland, punishing a mistake by the Scottish defender.
He has been playing in America, but that doesn’t seem to have done him any harm, as he looks as good as he did when playing for Liverpool, even though he does run out of steam as the match goes on.
As for Germany, will Julian Nagelsmann decide to rest a few players now they have already made it to the next stages, we won’t know until around an hour before kick off, but we think he will.
Switzerland (3-5-2): Yann Sommer; Manuel Akanji, Nico Elvedi, Ricardo Rodriguez; Silvan Widmer, Granit Xhaka, Remo Freuler, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ruben Vargas; Haris Seferovic, Breel Embolo.
Germany (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Joshua Kimmich, Antonio Rüdiger, Jonathan Tah, Maximilian Mittelstädt; Robert Andrich, Toni Kroos; Jamal Musiala, Ilkay Gündoğan, Florian Wirtz; Kai Havertz.
How Far Will These Teams Progress in the Tournament?
Germany are through and we can still see them getting to the Semi-final, even the Final, they have impressed so far and the belief is that they are only going to get better.
It’s looking increasingly like Switzerland will also make it to the round of 16 but after carefully watching their last two matches, we now think that is as far as they will get.
