Germany – Russia SOCCER PICKS
Germany and Russia meet at Red Bull Arena, in a friendly match. This is the 6th friendly match of the year for Germany, after friendlies against Peru, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Brazil and Spain. In the case of Russia, this is their 6th friendly of the year, after previous friendlies against the Czech Republic, Turkey, Austria, France and Brazil. There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 10-10-2009 and ended with the score: Russia (0-1) Germany.
Germany:
This is the 6th friendly match of the year for the home team, after previous friendlies in which they registered the following results: Germany (2-1) Peru, Germany (2-1) Saudi Arabia, Austria (2-1) Germany, Germany (0-1) Brazil and Germany (1-1) Spain. In the last match they played for the UEFA Nations League, they lost with France out by (2-1). In the last 4 home matches for the Friendlies, Germany have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in the last 5 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. In 15 games, he only had 2 comebacks in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 15 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (31′-45 ‘).
The German team enters this unmotivated match, after a 2-1 defeat against France, adding the second rebuff followed, both for the League of Nations: the only goal of the team was marked by Kroos. The Germany team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, privileging fast transitions. In this tactical design, the player with more influence in the game of his team is Real Madrid midfielder, Toni Kroos. The striker Timo Werner is responsible for throwing the panic in the opponent’s defensive: it should be noted that this player presents some difficulties in the finalization, however, it makes up for with his speed. For this game the coach did not call Boateng, but he has the return of Marco Reus.
Russia:
The visiting team disputes its 6th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies he registered the following scorecards: Russia (5-1) Czech Republic, Russia (1-1) Turkey, Austria (1-0) Russia, Russia (1-3) France and Russia (0-3) Brazil. In their last match, for the UEFA Nations League, they got a home win against Turkey by (2-0). In the last 6 away matches Russia has 3 wins and 3 losses. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered at least one goal in each of the last 5 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Russian team enters this motivated match, after a 2-0 win at the reception in Turkey: the goals of the team were scored by Neustadter and Cheryshev. In the last friendly match, the Russians beat the Czech Republic 5-1. The spearhead Dzyuba, player of Zenit St. Petersburg, is the most offensive reference of the Russian national team, his best weapon being the finalization. The two responsible for supporting the most advanced piece in the field are Kuzyaev and Dzagoev, being the last, player of CSKA Moscow, very competent in the offensive organization. Apparently, the usual players are available.
