On Thursday, November 15th, in a friendly atmosphere, the Germany-Russia game will be played. The match will take place on the “Red Bull Arena” in Leipzig, starting at 19:45. The host team won only one victory in the last five games played.
Joachim Low’s band made a disappointing run from the League of Nations after losing to France, 1-2. Although he opened the score in the 14th minute through Kroos, who turned a penalty, he succumbed to the second part of the game when Griezmann signed a double. With just one point after three games, Germany is in the last place in the group and has little chance of avoiding a fall in Liga B. This is not a surprise at all, if we take into account that the whole of 2018 was disappointing. In the 11 games played so far, he has scored 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Moreover, in just three of these games, the offensive managed to score more than one goal. One thing more than surprising for a team that was not far from last year was a real goal machine.
On the other hand, Russia comes after success in the confrontation with Turkey, score 2-0. At the end of a fairly balanced match, Neustadter and Cheryshev scored in the 34th and 78th respectively. Thus, with seven points accumulated after three games, Cherchesov’s band has great chances to win the group and to climb League A. Impressive is and the fact that in the last 10 games played only one defeat (in the regular time), 0-3 with Uruguay in the World Cup. It was the only match of this period when the offensive received more than one goal.
In the last direct confrontation, disputed in the fall of 2009, Germany was forced to the limit, score 1-0. It was the 4th success achieved in the five direct matches recorded so far. Russia scored only in two of them.
Probable teams:
Germany: Neuer (c) – Ginter, Hummels, Süle – Kehrer, Kimmich, Goretzka, Schulz – Sane, Werner, Reus
Russia: Lunev – Petrov, Neustädter, Dzhikiya, Kudryashov – Gazinski, Zobnin – Ionov, Kuzyaev, Erokhin – Dzyuba (c)
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.68
