Switzerland vs Germany predictions: Hosts will make another swift start
- Germany are aiming to win the European Championship for a record fourth time
- Switzerland are probable qualifiers after collecting four points from two games
- Recommended Bet: Germany to score in both halves
The Germans are already through to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 and must merely avoid defeat in front of their home fans in Frankfurt to progress as group winners.
Switzerland are unbeaten in their last three games against Germany, but they last met in an international tournament back in 1966, when they lost 5-0.
Team news
With Germany needing some kind of positive result, Julian Nagelsmann will likely resist making wholesale changes to his team, who will play in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
The 36-year-old does have a number of players walking a suspension tightrope, with Jonathan Tah, Antonio Rudiger, Maximillian Mittelstadt and Robert Andrich all having been booked.
Breel Embolo could return to Switzerland’s starting lineup after making two cameo appearances from the bench, while Denis Zakaria may be named as a substitute after a thigh injury.
The stats
In 53 previous games against Switzerland, the Germans have only failed to score once.
These close neighbours were in the same Nations League group back in 2020, drawing 1-1 in Basel and 3-3 in Cologne.
Murat Yakin’s team have only lost one of their 16 games since the 2022 World Cup.
Prediction
This match will decide the winner of Group A, but it would be the shock of the tournament so far, if that victor was not Germany.
Though they entered the tournament in somewhat erratic form, there were signs that Die Mannschaft were flexing their muscles in March, when they won back-to-back games against France and the Netherlands.
They started their Euro 2024 campaign looking like a contender with a 5-1 thrashing of Scotland and they then produced a businesslike 2-0 win over Hungary.
Germany are gradually facing more challenging opposition, with the Swiss unbeaten at the tournament after their opening win over Hungary and draw against Scotland.
That draw with the Scots may have come as a surprise to some, but not to anyone keeping a close enough eye on the recent results of Yakin’s team.
Though Switzerland have only lost once since the World Cup, they have drawn eight of their 16 games, winning seven.
The Swiss would be delighted with another draw under the circumstances, yet even with a loss they should join the Germans in the last-16 as automatic qualifiers.
Nagelsmann’s side will be looking for another win to build momentum and having scored in either half of both of their two games so far, they seem likely to get off to a flying start.
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