The Germany U20 National Team are set to play their third group game of the U20 World Cup in South Korea on Friday 10:00 CEST against Vanuatu. After the 2-0 loss to Venezuela and the 0-0 draw with Mexico, Guido Streichsbier need a clear victory to qualify fort he next round. DFB.de has all the important match facts and stats ahead of the U20s‘ meeting with the World Cup debutants.
Head-to-head: Germany and Vanuatu have never previously met in a U20 fixture. The two nations have also never faced off at U21 or senior men’s or women’s international level.
Encouraging signs: Germany’s U20s came across an opposition from Oceania in the last U20 World Cup two years ago. On that occasion they triumphed 8-1 against Fiji.
Still goalless: With their first two group matches being a 2-0 defeat against Venezuela and the 0-0 draw with Mexico, the U20s are still yet to score in the World Cup thus far. They were dominant in the shots department against Mexico, with seven to their three, and in duels (55%) and possession (57%) but were unable to turn it into a goal.
Defenders strong in duels: Germany’s defenders were very strong in their duels against Mexico, with Benedikt Gimber winning 86% of his, Phil Nuemann 87% and Jordan Torunarigha 91%.
Bad start: It is not the first time the Germany U20 side have gone through two consecutive games of the U20 World Cup without scoring. In 2005’s competition in the Netherlands they drew 0-0 with the USA in their second game, which they followed with a 1-0 loss to Argentina. However the team, then managed by Michael Skibbe, still made it tot he quarter finals, where they lost 2-1 to Brazil after extra time. Back in 1995 they stood in a similar position to now with just one point from the first two group games after drawing 1-1 with Cameroon and losing 2-1 to Cameroon. However, in their third game they drew 1-1 with Australia, which confirmed their elimination from the competition.
The opposition: The island state of Vanuatu is located in the South Pacific. It has a population of 260,000, similar in size to Mönchengladbach or Gelsenkirchen, and over 110 languages are spoken on the island. The primary language is Bislama, and although English and French are listed as official languages, they are not widely spoken. Vanuatu and Vietnam are the only two debutants at the tournament. This is also their first qualification for a FIFA tournament.
The head coach: Vanuatu’s head coach is Canadian Dejan Gluscevic. Alongside Argentine Marcelo Herrera at Costa Rica and Englishman Darren Bazeley in charge of New Zealand, he is one of few coaches not managing their origin nation. Gluscevic took the Vanuatu job in February 2017. They qualified for the tournament with Etienne Mermer at the helm, who has remained as an assistant.
The Germany U20 National Team are set to play their third group game of the U20 World Cup in South Korea on Friday 10:00 CEST against Vanuatu. After the 2-0 loss to Venezuela and the 0-0 draw with Mexico, Guido Streichsbier need a clear victory to qualify fort he next round. DFB.de has all the important match facts and stats ahead of the U20s‘ meeting with the World Cup debutants.
Head-to-head: Germany and Vanuatu have never previously met in a U20 fixture. The two nations have also never faced off at U21 or senior men’s or women’s international level.
Encouraging signs: Germany’s U20s came across an opposition from Oceania in the last U20 World Cup two years ago. On that occasion they triumphed 8-1 against Fiji.
Still goalless: With their first two group matches being a 2-0 defeat against Venezuela and the 0-0 draw with Mexico, the U20s are still yet to score in the World Cup thus far. They were dominant in the shots department against Mexico, with seven to their three, and in duels (55%) and possession (57%) but were unable to turn it into a goal.
Defenders strong in duels: Germany’s defenders were very strong in their duels against Mexico, with Benedikt Gimber winning 86% of his, Phil Nuemann 87% and Jordan Torunarigha 91%.
Bad start: It is not the first time the Germany U20 side have gone through two consecutive games of the U20 World Cup without scoring. In 2005’s competition in the Netherlands they drew 0-0 with the USA in their second game, which they followed with a 1-0 loss to Argentina. However the team, then managed by Michael Skibbe, still made it tot he quarter finals, where they lost 2-1 to Brazil after extra time. Back in 1995 they stood in a similar position to now with just one point from the first two group games after drawing 1-1 with Cameroon and losing 2-1 to Cameroon. However, in their third game they drew 1-1 with Australia, which confirmed their elimination from the competition.
The opposition: The island state of Vanuatu is located in the South Pacific. It has a population of 260,000, similar in size to Mönchengladbach or Gelsenkirchen, and over 110 languages are spoken on the island. The primary language is Bislama, and although English and French are listed as official languages, they are not widely spoken. Vanuatu and Vietnam are the only two debutants at the tournament. This is also their first qualification for a FIFA tournament.
The head coach: Vanuatu’s head coach is Canadian Dejan Gluscevic. Alongside Argentine Marcelo Herrera at Costa Rica and Englishman Darren Bazeley in charge of New Zealand, he is one of few coaches not managing their origin nation. Gluscevic took the Vanuatu job in February 2017. They qualified for the tournament with Etienne Mermer at the helm, who has remained as an assistant.
Vanuatu beaten already: Vanuatu currently sit on no points from the first two games after losing 3-2 to Mexico and 7-0 to Venezuela, meaning they are already out of the tournament.
Déjà vu: In both of their matches up to now, Vanuatu have gone into the half time break 2-0 behind. Against Mexico they managed to turn it around before being sunk by a late goal to lose 3-2, while against Venezuela they went on to concede a further five.
The venue: The third group game will be played in Jeju at the Jeju World Cup Stadium. The ground holds 35,657 spectators, and as the name suggests, it was constructed for the men’s World Cup in 2002. Since 2006 it has been the home stadium of top division side Jeju United.
Good memories: The ground holds is one Germany can remember fondly as the venue in which they won their World Cup 2002 round of 16 match against Paraguay thanks to an 88th minute Oliver Neuville goal.
Suspensions: Phil Neumann is suspended for the game after receiving a yellow card in both of the first two group matches.
