Czech Republic vs Germany
Competition – World Cup Qualifying
Stadium – Generali Arena
Date: 1st September 2017
Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Live in-play betting –
Germany are very close to sealing qualification for the World Cup in Russia next year and a victory over the Czechs in this match would bring that dream even closer.
The Germans have been terrific in this qualification series having won all 6 of their six matches scoring 37 goals and conceding just one.
They are five points clear at the top and nine points clear of Czech Republic who are third place.
Germany head into this game as strong favorites as their reserve team won the Confederations Cup and their youth side won the European Under 21 championship.
Czech Republic are facing a race against time to catch up with second placed Northern Ireland and their situation is worsened by the fact that the Northern Irish men are playing San Marino this weekend.
The Czechs have however only lost to Germany in this qualifying series but draws away to Norway and Azerbaijan has proved to be very costly for them.
They need a solid performance much like the one that saw them take the Germans to extra time in Euro 96 to be able to get a result in this game.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Czech Republic
LAST FIVE GAMES |
DATE |
COMPETITION |
D |
Norway |
|
1-1 |
|
Czech Republic |
Jun 10, 2017 |
World Cup Qualifying – |
L |
Belgium |
|
2-1 |
|
Czech Republic |
Jun 5, 2017 |
International Friendly |
W |
San Marino |
|
0-6 |
|
Czech Republic |
Mar 26, 2017 |
World Cup Qualifying – |
W |
Czech Republic |
|
3-0 |
|
Lithuania |
Mar 22, 2017 |
International Friendly |
D |
Czech Republic |
|
1-1 |
|
Denmark |
Nov 15, 2016 |
International Friendly |
Germany