Germany and Curacao meet at 20:00 (GMT+3) on Sunday at NRG Stadium in this World Cup fixture.
Germany carry a nine-match winning run and can keep that sequence going against World Cup newcomers Curacao.
Below is the full match preview, predictions and betting analysis.
Germany vs Curacao Tips
- Germany vs Curacao: Germany Over 3.5 Team Goals @ with N/A
- Germany vs Curacao: Florian Wirtz To Score Anytime @ with N/A
*Odds correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
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*Odds correct at the time of publication and subject to change.
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Germany vs Curacao Predictions
Germany’s scoring run sets a high bar
Germany have scored 28 goals across their last nine matches, all of them wins. That is the key number before this opener at the NRG Stadium, where Die Mannschaft are looking for a statement win after group-stage exits at the last two World Cups.
Their 2-1 win over USA on Saturday made it nine victories in a row in their final warm-up game. Across that spell, they put at least four past Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Luxembourg, so the scoring level has not been built on one isolated result.
Curacao are 40/1 underdogs and are playing at their first-ever World Cup after beating off Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago in qualifying. They did lift morale with a dominant win over Aruba last time out, but the wider run is less kind. The Blue Wave lost 4-1 to Scotland at the end of May, 5-1 to Australia in March and 2-0 to China in the same month.
Even so, this is less about the match result and more about Germany’s goal ceiling. Curacao now face Germany, Ecuador and Ivory Coast in the group, and recent defeats to Scotland and Australia leave little room for comfort against a side with four-goal wins already banked in this run.
Germany have scored exactly four goals in three of their last nine matches, with two of those finishing 4-0. Backing Germany Over 3.5 Team Goals appeals at 1.62.
Tip: Germany Over 3.5 Team Goals @ with N/A
Wirtz remains sharp in Germany colours
Florian Wirtz is the player angle here, and his Germany numbers carry the pick. He has scored three goals in four national-team appearances this year.
The Liverpool man may have struggled in his first Premier League season, but that has not followed him into Germany duty. His strike against Finland in the warm-up friendlies was another clean marker of his recent international output, and three goals from four appearances keeps his anytime price in a clear range.
Germany’s wider scoring form matters only as a frame for the price. Die Mannschaft have hit 28 goals in nine wins, while Curacao have recently conceded four to Scotland and five to Australia. That gives Wirtz a strong team scoring backdrop without needing to turn this into a full match-result argument.
Still, the appeal starts with the player rather than the team. Wirtz has kept showing up for Germany, and a bet on Florian Wirtz To Score Anytime appeals at 1.72.
Tip: Florian Wirtz To Score Anytime @ with N/A
Germany vs Curacao Projected Starting Lineups
Germany
Neuer, Brown, Schlotterbeck, Tah, Kimmich, Nmecha, Pavlovic, Wirtz, Musiala, Sane, Havertz.
Curacao
Room, Floranus, Obispo, Bazoer, Van Eijma, Sambo, Gorre, L. Bacuna, J. Bacuna, Hansen, Chong.
