Preview Line Up Formation Germany vs England Predictions

Preview Line Up Formation Germany vs England Predictions

England have only won six of their last 20 meetings with Germany, losing ten and drawing four.All four World Cup games between England and Germany were drawn after 90 minutes.Frank Lampard has hit 33 shots (including blocked) at World Cups without scoring, the joint-most of any player since 1966 along with Jay-Jay Okocha of Nigeria.Germany have only drawn one of their last 15 finals games, keeping nine clean sheets in the process.Neither England nor Germany have ever lost a Round of 16 match at the World Cup finals.All four previous knockout matches between England and Germany in major international tournaments went into extra time.14 of the Three Lions’ last 15 wins at the World Cup finals came when they kept a clean sheet.The last time England won a World Cup game when the opponent opened the scoring was the 1966 World Cup final against Germany.Only one of Germany’s last 15 World Cup goals has come from a set-piece.Jermain Defoe’s goal against Slovenia was one of only two scored by English strikers in the 2006 and 2010 World Cup (so far).Germany have failed to convert just three out of 30 World Cup penalties (including shootouts), with Lukas Podolski’s miss against Serbia the Germans’ first spot-kick failure in 18 attempts.England, on the other hand have missed three of their last four spot-kicks (all shootout) in the World Cup, whilst since 1966, they have netted 12 out of 19 spot-kicks.