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England Men's Senior Team

Stat pack: England v Germany

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Tom Ede

Ahead of our meeting in the last 16 of UEFA EURO 2020, take a look at some of the stats from our previous encounters...

England will face Germany in the UEFA EURO 2020 round of 16 at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Tuesday 30 June (5pm BST).

Ahead of the game, we've compiled some of the key stats from our encounters from down the years...

This is the third meeting between England and Germany at the UEFA EURO – Germany won 6-5 on penalties at Wembley following a 1-1 draw in the 1996 semi-final, before England won 1-0 in the group stages at EURO 2000 in Belgium & the Netherlands.

This will be the 13th meeting between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium. England won four of the first five such games (L1), including the 1966 World Cup Final, but are winless in their last seven against the Germans at the national stadium (D2 L5).

In all major tournaments (EURO and World Cup), England and Germany have met seven times previously. Both sides have won two games each with three draws, though the Germans have progressed via a penalty shootout following two of those draws.

England’s match with Germany will be their 300th international match at Wembley Stadium, with this their 77th match at the new site since it reopened in 2007. The Three Lions have won 187 times at this venue (D73 L39), and remain unbeaten in their 14 EURO or World Cup finals matches at the home of football (W9 D5).

England have never won a EURO knockout match in 90 minutes (D4 L2) – four games have gone to penalties, with England only progressing once via this method, against Spain at Wembley at EURO 96.

Germany have reached at least the semi-final in each of the last three editions of the EUROs. Indeed, since the tournament was expanded in 1996 the Germans have reached at least the last four of the competition each time they’ve reached the knockout stages.

Germany celebrate winning EURO 96 at Wembley
Germany celebrate winning EURO 96 at Wembley

England’s last four victories have all been by a 1-0 score, as many as their previous 26 wins had been. The only previous year they’ve had five 1-0 wins was in 1990, with two of those wins coming at the 1990 World Cup when they reached the semi-final. 

Germany have conceded at least once in each of their last eight matches at major tournaments (EURO and World Cup), since a 3-0 win against Slovakia at this stage of EURO 2016. Only once have had they had a longer run without a major tournament clean sheet, which was in their first nine World Cup matches between 1934 and 1954.

Raheem Sterling has scored 14 goals in his last 19 appearances for England, after scoring just twice in his first 45 appearances for the national team. All 16 of Sterling’s goals for England have come in competitive internationals, with only Steve Bloomer scoring more with every goal coming in competitive games (28 goals, all in Home Nations matches).

Germany’s Ilkay Gundogan has previously scored twice at Wembley Stadium, for Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 Champions League final and for Manchester City in the Premier League. He could become just the second player to score at the ground for a club side and the German national team, after Per Mertesacker.

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