Spain vs Germany Matchday Stats Preview

This will be the fourth meeting between Spain and Germany at the UEFA European Championship, with Spain winning two (1984 and 2008) to Germany’s one (1988). Their last such meeting was in the 2008 final with Spain winning 1-0 thanks to a Fernando Torres strike.

This is the first meeting between Spain and Germany since the 2022 World Cup, and a 1-1 draw in the group stages. Spain are unbeaten in their last four major tournament matches against Germany (W2 D2), with these games producing a total of just six goals (Spain 4, Germany 2).

Having lost their first meeting with Spain on German soil (2-1 in a 1935 friendly), Germany are unbeaten in their last eight games against La Roja on their own turf (W5 D3).

No host nation has ever been eliminated from the quarter-final stage of the UEFA European Championship, with all four previous host quarter-finalists progressing: England won a penalty shootout against Spain in 1996, Netherlands beat Yugoslavia 6-1 in 2000, Portugal beat England on penalties in 2004, and France defeated Iceland 5-2 in 2016.

This will be Germany’s 19th quarter-final tie across the World Cup (14) and UEFA European Championship (5) – the most of any European nation at the two major tournaments. They have progressed from 15 of their previous 18 (83%), including all four at the EUROs (1996, 2008, 2012, 2016).

Germany have scored 10 goals across their four matches at EURO 2024, which is already their joint-most in a single edition of the UEFA European Championship. Meanwhile, their shot conversion rate of 13.9% is currently their highest in this competition since EURO 2008 (14.5%); an edition in which they were beaten by Spain in the final.

Spain’s Fabián Ruiz has been involved in five goals in his last four games in all competitions (3 goals, 2 assists). He’s both scored and assisted in two of his three games at EURO 2024 so far – no player has ever done so in three different games at a single edition of the UEFA European Championship.

Toni Kroos has completed 95% of his passes for Germany at EURO 2024 (411/431); the highest completion rate by a player to attempt 300+ passes at a UEFA European Championship tournament (since 1980). Indeed, he also leads all players at EURO 2024 for line-breaking passes (125).

16-year-old Lamine Yamal has provided two assists for Spain so far at EURO 2024, just the third teenager on record (since 1980) to provide multiple assists at the competition after Enzo Scifo (1984) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2004). 94% of his passes have been made while under pressure (106/113), the highest rate of any Spain player to play at least 180 minutes so far at EURO 2024.

Jamal Musiala has scored in three of Germany’s four games at EURO 2024 so far (three goals). The only player to score more goals in a single edition of the tournament while aged 21 or younger was Wayne Rooney for England in 2004 (4).