San Marino vs Germany Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
San Marino welcome trophy holders Germany in World Cup qualifying Group C this Friday. Read the match predictions to find out why a comfortable away win is the betting tip in Serravalle. San Marino are still without a win after losing 4-1 away to Norway while Germany maintained their 100% record after beating Northern Ireland 2-0 last time out.
San Marino vs Germany Preview
San Marino will be looking at damage limitation and the preference is for a 5 man defence to soak up the anticipated German pressure. Stefanelli could cut a lonely figure up-front on his own and it will be difficult for the midfielders to get up and support him.
Germany have welcomed back all-time leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose who will take on a coaching role. With an average age of just 29, this is a young squad assembled by Joachim Löw. Yannick Gerhardt, Benjamin Henrichs and Serge Gnabry are the three players that could make their international debuts.
Team Predictions San Marino vs Germany
San Marino 5-4-1 formation: Simoncini; Brolli, Vitaioli, D. Simoncini, Della Valle, Rinaldi; Valentini, Tosi, Mazza, Zafferani; Stefanelli
Germany 4-2-3-1 formation: Neuer; Kimmich, Howedes, Hummels, Hector; Kroos, Khedira; Götze, Müller, Draxler; Gomez
San Marino vs Germany Betting Tips
- San Marino have won 0 drawn 0 and lost 10 of their last 10 matches
- Germany have won 7 drawn 3 and lost 0 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, San Marino have scored an average of 0.2 goals and conceded an average of 3.9 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Germany have scored an average of 3.2 goals and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of San Marino’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Germany’s previous 10 matches
San Marino vs Germany Prediction
San Marino are never expected to compete for qualification, so it’s little surprise that nothing has gone their way so far. They did well against Azerbaijan despite going down 0-1 but were subsequently thrashed 4-0 by Northern Ireland. They got their first goal of the campaign against Norway last time out but it’s doubtful they’ll get past the Germans.
Die Mannschaft have done what they tend to do in qualification, blow the opposition away. They began the process with a 3-0 win away to Norway and matched that scoreline at home to Czech Republic. The clean sheet from latest win over Northern Ireland means that they are yet to concede a goal and that’s likely to continue here.
Looking at recent form and the goal averages, it’s not a case of whether Germany will win but how many they can win by. You’d expect the visitors to bang in a few goals which is reflected in the Over/Under prediction and Betway’s odds for the Correct Score tip are a top price.
Match Prediction
GERMANY by 3 or more goals at 1/12 with Betfair
Over/Under Prediction
OVER 4.5 goals at 1/5 with Sportingbet
Correct Score Prediction
GERMANY 5-0 at 7/1 with Betway
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