📏 Form Guide

Germany

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Germany go into this fixture coming off the back of a 3-3 Nations League draw versus Italy.

In that match, Germany managed 57% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Germany, the scorers were Joshua Kimmich (30'), Jamal Musiala (36') and Tim Kleindienst (45'). Italy got 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Moise Kean (49', 69') and Giacomo Raspadori (95') scored for Italy.

Fixtures with Germany have often been absorbing affairs of late with high scoring expected. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 22 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 16 of those belonging to Germany.

Portugal

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Portugal come into this clash after a 5-2 Nations League win with the eclipse of Denmark in their last outing.

In that match, Portugal had 58% possession and 18 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. For Portugal, goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo (72'), Trincão (86', 91') and Gonçalo Ramos (115'). Denmark got 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Joachim Andersen (38' Own goal), Rasmus Kristensen (56') and Christian Eriksen (76') scored for Denmark. The match went to extra time and was won by Portugal.

The stats tell the story, and Portugal have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals in all. Defensively, Portugal have clearly had some problems. That trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

↔️ Head to head

The last league fixture between these clubs was Euro 2024 match day 2 on 19/06/2021 when it ended Portugal 2-4 Germany.

On that occasion, Portugal had 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo (15'), Rúben Dias (35' Own goal), Raphaël Guerreiro (39' Own goal) and Diogo Jota (67').

For their opponents, Germany had 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. Kai Havertz (51') and Robin Gosens (60') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Germany

The Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all ahead of this match with a fully healthy group available for selection.

It’s our opinion that Die Mannschaft look set to use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one featuring M. ter Stegen, Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Robin Koch, Robin Gosens, Leon Goretzka, Pascal Gross, Serge Gnabry, Florian Wirtz, Leroy Sane and Niclas Fuellkrug.

📰 Team News: Portugal

Owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Portugal manager Roberto Martínez has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this game.

We believe A Selecção will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, giving starts to Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Ruben Dias, Goncalo Inacio, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves, Vitinha, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leao and Cristiano Ronaldo.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Portugal should have enough to put a goal past this Germany outfit, although that may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Germany at the end of the 90 minutes. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Andre Moura, 18:00 04/06/2025