Prediction, Odds & Betting tips for Spain vs. Germany | Group Stage, World Cup Qatar 2022
Prediction, Odds & Betting tips for Spain vs. Germany | Group Stage, World Cup Qatar 2022
The clash of two powerhouses is the main event on Sunday. Spain was ruthless in the opening game against Costa Rica, while on the other side, Germany suffered a shock, losing to Japan after a lead in the opening half. Once again, Die Mannschaft finds itself in an unpleasant situation at the World Cup, and let’s see how they react this time.
Spain
The Red Fury was one of the dark horses before the start of the tournament, yet following their 7-0 win against Costa Rica, the situation changed. Spain is now the focus of all the media because no teams have had such an impressive start and a flawless performance.
Gavi and Pedri ran the midfield like bosses, while all the other players did their part of the job without the slightest mistake. Luis Enrique’s signature was all over the place this Wednesday, and the former Barca head coach just replicated the tactics from his days at Camp Nou.
In general, the Spaniards attack with five players, who are changing their positions all the time, and without a target man in the box. They’ve perfected such an approach, and that’s why they have seven wins in the past 10 games.
Germany
First of all, we need to say that the German biggest power in football, their mentality, has been this team’s most significant problem in the past few years. We don’t see them playing like Bayern, where the team rolls at the same high pace for 90 minutes. Instead, Die Mannschaft oscillates a lot, and as a result of that, we have outcomes like against Japan, 1-2.
Rudiger’s mocking in front of Asano came back hard at the center-back, who eventually watched the former Partizan and Arsenal striker hitting the game-winner and stunning the world.
We stated long ago that Germany has problems in the back line. Flick’s unit has two clean sheets in the past 10 games, and those were against Israel and Oman.
Spain: Simon; Carvajal, Laporte, P Torres, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi; F Torres, Morata, Fati
Germany: Neuer; Kehrer, Sule, Rudiger, Raum; Kimmich, Gundogan; Sane, Musiala, Gnabry; Muller
These teams met in many big games, the most notable was the EURO 2008 finals, and the semis at the 2010 World Cup. Both events saw the Spanish side winning 1-0.
The most recent events were in the 2020 UEFA Nations League, when Spain won the first event, 1-0, and the second, 6-0, humiliating the Germans.
Spain is a better team. Simply, the Red Fury is much better than the rivals right now, and we expect them to win.
Our verdict: Spain wins