Germany vs Switzerland: Preview and Prediction

Germany vs Switzerland: Preview and Prediction
Germany vs Switzerland

Three rounds of matches are over in the UEFA Nations League and now we are heading to the fourth round of matches in the group stage. The third round saw some exciting matches like the one in which the young England team defeated the world number one ranked Belgium team.

The heavyweights Germany finally registered their first victory in the UEFA Nations League against Ukraine. Switzerland are now at the bottom of the table with just one point from three games. Switzerland will travel to RheinEnergieStadion on Tuesday night where Germany will host them.

Match Preview

Switzerland have played Spain, Ukraine and Germany so far in the league. They will now face Germany for the second time in this edition of UEFA Nations League. Switzerland managed to get a point when these two sides last met and they would hope to get three points this time too as they are in the bottom of the table after losing against Spain and Ukraine.

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Germany began their Nations league campaign with draws against Spain and Switzerland in the month of September. The win against Ukraine in an away game would have boosted their confidence and Germany will now hope to repeat the same against Switzerland.  

Form Guide

Germany has played 51 matches against Switzerland so far and has managed to win 35 times. Switzerland on the other hand managed to win only nine matches out of the 51. The two sides managed to get one point each when they faced each other back in September.

Germany form guide: WWDDDW

Switzerland form guide: WWLDLL

Predicted Lineups

Germany possible XI: Manuel Neuer, Matthias Ginter, Niklas Sule, Antonio Rudiger, Lukas Klostermann Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Marcel Halstenberg, Serge Gnabry, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner

Switzerland possible XI: Yann Sommer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Nico Elvedi, Fabian Schar, Loris Benito, Djibril Sow, Granit Xhaka, Silvan Widmer, Ruben Vargas, Haris Seferovic and Xherdan Shaqiri

Prediction

Germany will be full of confidence after managing to claim their first three points in this campaign against Ukraine. Switzerland managed to draw against Germany last time and they would try to go one step further this time. But we think that Germany would not allow any slip ups this time. We predict the score line to be – Germany 2-0 Switzerland

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