Spain and Germany will meet on Wednesday in Seville in a winner take all, matchday 6 UEFA Nations League group match.
Joachim Low’s Germany lead Group 4 with nine points from 15 possible. The Germans are coming off of a come from behind 3-1 win on Saturday night against Ukraine to take over top spot in Group 4 from Spain.
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Luis Enrique’s team are in trouble having not won any of their last two UEFA Nations League games. After a shock loss away to Ukraine on matchday 4, Spain limped to a 1-1 draw versus Switzerland on Saturday.
Sergio Ramos missed two penalties for Spain versus the Swiss. Their blushes were saved by Gerard Moreno, who scored in the 89th minute. Spain are sputtering at the wrong time of the group stage.
Spain and Germany have played 24 times in their histories. Germany lead the all-time fixtures in wins with nine. The two football powers have drawn eight games while Spain have won seven times versus Germany in their histories.
Germany are unbeaten in three straight games versus Spain with one game ending in a win and two as draws. Centre-back Niklas Sule has met back up with the squad following his recovery from COVID-19.
Low is likely to start Timo Werner, Serge Gnabry, and Leroy Sane in attack as he did versus Ukraine. Sane and Werner both found the back of the net in the game – Werner scored twice.
Germany are without Joshua Kimmich after he underwent surgery following a serious leg injury suffered in Bayern Munich’s win over Borussia Dortmund. Kimmich will be out of action until January at the earliest.
Enrique will be without Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets for the game on Tuesday. Busquets suffered a MCL sprain to his left knee and will miss time for Barcelona.
Spain have not been good in the final third during the Nations League. They have scored seven times in five games, but other than scoring 4.0 goals versus Ukraine at home, have not scored more than 1.0 goals in their other matches.
Germany saw all five of their group stage games finish with both teams scoring goals. Three of those five games ended with over 2.5 goals scored. Will this game be high scoring?
Spain must win on Tuesday night to go through. Germany merely need a draw to earn progression to the playoffs. Which of the two super powers of football will win the group and move onto the next round?