Our prediction for this Euro 2020 match:
Northern Ireland
Match Time & Date:
09/09/2019
02:45 PM
Prediction: 0-2
Germany
Windsor Park will host Monday’s football game between Northern Ireland and Germany. The Germans aim to overtake the Green and White Army in the standings and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Michael O’Neill’s troops. Germany experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-2 home loss to Netherlands, meaning that they are determined to pick up all three points from the Windsor Park showdown.
One of the men to watch in the away team will be Bayern Munchen winger Serge Gnabry, who found the net in the defeat to the Oranje. Northern Ireland, on the other hand, aim to keep their 100% record intact in the Euro 2020 qualifiers, but they will have a big fish to fry in the match against the star-studded German outfit. You should know that the Germans are after their eighth consecutive win over Northern Ireland.
Highlighted Player (Will Grigg):
Wighan Athletic striker Will Grigg became a viral sensation during the European Championship in France but the chances are any avid football fan will have been well aware of his goalscoring exploits even before 2016. The 27-year-old forward began his career at Stratford Town but it was in Walsall that the world took notice of his presence after 27 goals in 99 performances for the club.
He first came to prominence during the 2012/13 season when he was voted the club’s Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season, but a loan spell at Milton Keynes Dons during his rather unfortunate two-year spell over at Brentford proved crucial for his career.
The total of 20 goals in 44 appearances at Stadium MK was where Wigan Athletic noticed the Northern Ireland man and moved in to sign him on a three year contract for a £1 million fee in 2015. ‘Will Grigg’s on Fire’ was the hit song of the Euro 2016 even though the Northern Ireland striker ended up not getting a chance to make a bow in the tournament.
Highlighted Team (Germany):
Competing for major honours since 1900, Germany are now one of the leading national teams in the history of football, boasting no fewer than seven titles in their trophy cabinet. Oddly enough, die Mannschaft have won the four World Cups in regular intervals, having finished as champions in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014, while lifting European Championship trophies in 1972, 1980 and 1996.
And having also lost seven major finals, it is fair to say that Germany have challenged for the trophy at almost every single major tournament since 1954. There have been too many world-class players to count that have represented Germany so far, but it is Lothar Matthaus who holds the record for most caps, having featured in 150 matches, whereas Miroslav Klose is the top goalscorer with 71 goals in 137 outings.
Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Rudi Voller, Jurgen Klinsmann and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge have all had important roles to play in the past, whereas the new generation has seen Philipp Lahm, Manuel Neuer, Mesut Ozil and Thomas Muller strut their stuff on international stage.
Betis
Atletico Madrid
