Spain and Germany have met for the umpteenth time in a major tournament, this time the World Cup. Die Mannschaft is still superior in terms of meeting records.
From the results of the 2022 World Cup group phase drawing at The Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), Friday (1/4/2022) night WIB, Spain as the leading team occupies Group E.
Then, there are Germany, Japan, and one of New Zealand or Costa Rica will accompany the 2010 world champion. This group is quite difficult because the average FIFA ranking is around 18.25
People’s attention will be drawn to the Spain vs Germany match on the matchday of the two groups. Because this is a meeting of two world champions with an extraordinary squad quality.
This could be Germany’s revenge for the 0-1 defeat to Spain in the 2010 World Cup semifinals in South Africa. Germany who was seeded at that time could not reply to Carles Puyol’s goal.
However, historically meeting at the World Cup, Germany is still ahead of Spain. Of the four meetings, three of which occurred in the group stage and Germany are unbeaten.
Germany twice beat Spain while still called West Germany in the 1966 and 1982 World Cups, with a score of 2-1. Then the last meeting at the 1994 World Cup, the two drew 1-1.
From Transfermarkt’s records, Spain and Germany have fairly tight records in meetings. Of the 25 duels in all competitions, Germany has 9 wins compared to Spain’s 8 and the rest is a draw,
Spain scored 31 goals, while Germany had 30 goals. The last meeting of the two teams occurred in the UEFA Nations League group stage 17 November 2020 when Spain won 6-0!
For the November meeting, who do you think will win, Spain or Germany?
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