Germany vs Denmark Matchday Stats Preview

This will be the fifth meeting between Germany and Denmark at a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs), with both sides winning two each of the previous four. The only previous knockout stage tie between the two nations was the final of EURO 1992, which Denmark won 2-0.

Three of the last four meetings between Germany and Denmark in all competitions have been drawn (Germany won the other 2-1 at EURO 2012), which is more draws than the first 24 encounters between the two sides beforehand (2).

Denmark have lost all five of their previous UEFA European Championship matches against host nations, including one against Germany in the 1988 group stage. They were eliminated by hosts England at Wembley in the semi-final of the last EUROs (2-1).

Germany have reached the UEFA EURO knockout stages for a fifth consecutive tournament. Their last two knockout matches have both ended in 2-0 defeats, to France in the EURO 2016 semi-final and England in the EURO 2020 round of 16.

Denmark have reached the knockout stages of the UEFA European Championship in consecutive editions for the first time in their history, having reached the semi-final at EURO 2020. The Danes have only won three of their nine knockout matches in the finals (D2 L4), two of which were at EURO 2020.

The two teams hosting a UEFA EURO round of 16 match have both won, with France beating the Republic of Ireland at EURO 2016 in Lyon and England beating Germany at EURO 2020 at Wembley. Excluding penalty shootouts, host nations have only lost two of their last 14 knockout matches (W7 D5), both in the final and both 1-0 defeats – Portugal in 2004 vs Greece and France in 2016 vs Portugal.

Denmark have only won three of their last 15 matches at major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs), drawing seven and losing five. They are winless in their last seven such games (D4 L3), drawing all three of their group games at this year’s European Championship.

In the group stage, Christian Eriksen was directly involved in 55% of Denmark’s 42 shots, attempting 10 and creating the chance for a further 13. He is the first Denmark player to register both 10+ shots and 10+ chances created at a single edition of a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs).

Niclas Füllkrug has scored four goals in six major tournament appearances for Germany, with all games and goals coming as a substitute. Among all European players to play at least 100 minutes at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO combined, only Poland’s Ernst Wilimowski (one every 30 mins) has a better minutes per goal ratio than Füllkrug (one every 35 mins).

Germany midfielder Toni Kroos completed 324 passes in the EURO 2024 group stages, the most ever by a player in a single group stage at the European Championship. Among all players to play 1,000+ minutes in the competition since 1980, Kroos has completed the most passes per 90 minutes of any player (92).