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Germany vs USA
Germany vs. USA: Match Preview & Prediction
Mauricio Pochettino meets Julian Nagelsmann on Saturday as 2026 World Cup co-hosts USA lock horns with four-time world champions Germany in a friendly at Soldier Field in Chicago.
The two nations do battle for the first time since October 2023 when Die Mannschaft came from behind to win a friendly 3-1 in Connecticut.
Expectations are soaring for the USA as World Cup co-hosts alongside Canada and Mexico, yet replicating their historic 1930 semi-final run in this newly expanded 48-team tournament remains a towering challenge.
The Stars and Stripes are no strangers to football’s global event, having participated in eight of the last nine editions – their only absence during this period coming in 2018. Yet, former Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino will experience his first tournament as an international head coach this summer.
Bypassing the rigours of CONCACAF World Cup qualification as co-hosts, USA have had mixed success across nine friendly fixtures since suffering a 2-1 defeat to Mexico in the Gold Cup final in July last year.
Five wins, one draw and three defeats have been posted by the world’s 16th highest-ranked nation, with victories over Japan (2-0) and Uruguay (5-1) towards the end of 2025 standing out. Back-to-back defeats to Belgium (5-2) and Portugal (2-0) were suffered a few months ago, but they prevailed by a 3-2 scoreline in their most most recent friendly against Senegal in Charlotte last Sunday.
Team Form
USA form (all competitions):
Germany form (all competitions):
Team News
USA defender Chris Richards missed the win over Senegal with an ankle injury and remains a doubt having only taken part in individual training sessions this week.
As for Germany, forward Deniz Undav has allayed fears of sustaining a serious injury after coming off early in the four-goal win over Finland last weekend in which he registered two goals and registered an assist.
Predicted Lineups
USA possible starting lineup:
Turner; Freeman, Ream, McKenzie; Dest, McKennie, Adams, Robinson; Reyna, Pepi, Pulisic
Germany possible starting lineup:
Baumann; Kimmich, Tah, Schotterbeck, Brown; Goretzka, Pavlovic; Karl, Wirtz, Leweling; Woltemade
Prediction
Predicted score: Germany 1:2 USA.
An end-to-end, high-intensity contest could be in store between these two in-form nations, though Germany enter the weekend as distinct favourites.
USA have the tools to breach Germany’s backline, but Nagelsmann’s men possess greater overall strength and we are backing them to prevail in this World Cup dress rehearsal.
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
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| 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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