Record winners USA face 2016 Gold medalists Germany in a huge clash for the top spot of Group B in the Olympics 2024 Women’s Football Tournament.
USA-W vs GER-W Match Details
Date: Sunday, 28 July 2024 / Monday, 29 July 2024
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Stade Velodrome, Marseille
USA-W vs GER-W Match Preview
The first competitive game for Emma Hayes as the coach of the USA team was remarkable as her team secured a dominant 3-0 victory against Zambia, eliminating the possibility of an upset. Mallory Swanson netted a quickfire brace within half an hour after Trinity Rodman opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Although her side did not add more to the tally despite the opposition going down to 10 in the first half, Hayes will be happy to start her tenure with a five-game unbeaten run of which four resulted in a victory. The team conceded no goals in that period and scored 11 times, only failing to score in the 0-0 draw to Costa Rica in the last warm-up friendly. However, that record is set to be tested in the second game against another in-form side in Germany in the potential group decider. This is the first competitive meeting between the sides since 2015 and the first Olympic face-off since 2004. On both occasions, the USA ran out winners and a repeat of the same will book them a spot in another knockout stage.
Germany also started their Olympics 2024 adventure in a dominating fashion, defeating Australia 3-0 at Marseille. Marina Hegering gave a first-half lead with a thumping header before Lea Schuller scored her fifth in as many matches in the second half and star of the show, Jule Brand wrapped up the victory. Horst Hrubesch’s side has now won seven of their last eight matches and has kept a clean sheet in the last two matches, after failing to do so in the previous five. This shows Die Natonalelf has improved significantly in defence while scoring three or more goals in six fixtures this year suggesting they are threateningly a well-balanced team. With the record winners to face next, the team will wish to show their mantle to secure an early qualification to the quarterfinals having done so in the previous four appearances. However, winning just once in the last six meetings shows a grim record for the side. Still, Germany will wish to be on the positive side as they return to the same stadium as their opening game on Sunday.
Recent Form (all competitions)
USA-W: WWWDW
GER-W: WWLWW
USA-W vs GER-W Predicted Lineups
USA
Naeher; Fox, Girma, Davidson, Dunn; Horan, Coffey, Lavelle; Rodman, Swanson, Smith
Germany
Berger; Gwinn, Hendrich, Hegering, Linder; Brand, Minge, Nusken, Buhl; Popp, Schuller
USA-W vs GER-W Dream11 Match Prediction
Both teams are in great form and have a perfect balance in the squad. An intense game is expected to be played between the USA and Germany with a point giving both a favour. Therefore, we predict a 1-1 draw.
USA-W vs GER-W Dream11 Team Top picks
Captain Pick: Lea Schuller
Vice-captain Picks: Mallory Swanson, Jule Brand
USA-W vs GER-W Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Naeher (Cr - 8)
DEF: Gwinn (Cr - 9), Hegering (Cr - 7.5), Fox (Cr - 7.5)
MID: Brand (Cr - 8), Horan (Cr - 9), Swanson (Cr - 8.5), Buhl (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Schuller (Cr - 9), Popp (Cr - 9), Smith (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Mallory Swanson
Captain: Lea Schuller
