On Saturday, starting with 19:45, the match Ukraine – Germany will be played, within the 3rd stage of the League of Nations, League A. Germany is undefeated in all 6 direct matches. The team led by Joachim Low won 2-0 the previous duel with Ukraine, played in the group stage of the EURO 2016 final tournament.
Ukraine had a catastrophic evolution in Paris with France, in a friendly match played on Wednesday night. The team led by Andryi Shevchenko was defeated 7-1, after the break, Didier Deschamps’ students led 4-0. “The icing on the cake” was the goal scored in the 9th minute by Camavinga, 17, directly from the “scissors”. Ukraine has been a shadow of the very solid team built by Shevchenko in the last two years, and a duel with Germany could bring a similar outcome.
Germany missed a needle-to-needle victory in Turkey in a friendly on Wednesday night in Cologne. The Germans led 3 times, but Karaman scored in the 90 + 4 minute, setting the final score of the match, 3-3. Germany still has big problems in defense, even if the middle and attack work excellently. Joachim Low is a fan of many changes from one match to another, and the dispute with Ukraine could propose in the first 11 players like Amiri, Dahoud, Gosens or Stark.
Given Germany’s offensive appetite, balanced by Ukraine’s disastrous evolution with France, we believe we will have goals in Kiev as well.
-Germany is undefeated in all 6 direct matches;
-The Germans rank 14th in the FIFA rankings;
-Ukraine is ranked 24th in the FIFA rankings;
