After the 1-1 draw with Chile, Germany head back to Sochi where they will face Cameroon in their final group match at the Confederations Cup later today (17:00 CEST). We take a look at the facts and stats ahead of Joachim Löw's side's clash with the "Untameable Lions".
RECORD BETWEEN THE SIDES: Germany have played Cameroon three times in their history and are undefeated against them. Two victories were followed by a 2-2 draw in their last encounter on 1st June 2014 in Mönchengladbach. This was the first time that Germany had conceded to Cameroon.
CLASSIC AT THE WORLD CUP: The first and only competitive meeting between the sides came at group stage of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. On 11th June 2002, Rudi Völler's team needed just a draw against the side managed by Winnie Schäfer to progress to the knockout phase. Despite a red card for Carsten Ramelow in the 40th minute, goals from substitute Marco Bode (50') and Miroslav Klose (78') sealed a 2-0 win for Germany and a place in the last 16 as group winners ahead of Ireland.
K&K ON TARGET: The next meeting was on 17th November 2004 in the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Late goals from Kevin Kuranyi (72') and Miroslav Klose (78', 89') ensured Germany ran out comfortable winners.
CHOUPO-MOTING SECURES DRAW: Cameroon scored their first goal against Germany on 1st June 2014 in Mönchengladbach through superstar Samuel Eto’o (62'). However, goals from Thomas Müller (66') and Andre Schürrle (71') turned the game in Germany's favour. Schalke's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting salvaged a draw for the Cameroonians in the 78th minute.
GOALS ONLY COME IN THE SECOND HALF: All nine goals between the sides have been scored in the second half. Eight of those have come in the last 30 minutes.
THE RUN CONTINUES: Germany are unbeaten in twelve matches (nine wins, three draws). The last time they recorded a longer run was between August 2013 and July 2014 (18 matches) which culminated in them winning the World Cup. Germany have only lost one of their last seven matches at the Confederations Cup - the 2005 semi-final against Brzil 3-2. Since then the Germans have had four wins and two draws.
STINDL TOPSCORER: Lars Stindl played well as Germany's loan front man in the last match against Chile. The Gladbach forward not only became the top scorer in the competition with his second goal, but he also had the most shots of any player on the pitch (4).
GOALS AT THE CONFED CUP: Germany have scored at least twice in six of their last seven games at the Confed Cup (the anomaly being the most recent match against Chile which finished 1-1). Germany have scored 19 goals during that period at an average of 2.7 goals per game. The Germans have also conceded at least two goals in six of their last eight Confed Cup game and only kept one clean sheet during that time (3-0 against Tunisia in 2005).
50 CAN WAIT: A loss to Cameroon would be Germany 50th competitive defeat in their history.
ONE MORE WIN FOR 100: Joachim Löw will become the first Germany head coach to win 100 matches in charge if his side beats Cameroon today.
150 MATCHES FOR LÖW: Joachim Löw will take charge of his 150th international match against Cameroon. His record stands at 99 victories, 27 draws and 23 defeats.
250 GOALS?: Should Germany score three goals against Cameroon, these would be goal numbers 248, 249 and 250 under Joachim Löw.
NO SUBS: In the last match against Chile, Germany played an international without making a single substitution for the first time under Jogi Löw. The last time this happened was in September 1995 when Germany beat Georgia 4-1 under Berti Vogts.
STAMINA FROM MUNICH: Joshua Kimmich hasn't missed a single minute of Germany's last 16 internationals.
THE 25TH JUNE – A GOOD DAY: Germany have won six of their seven internationals played on 25th June. Their first match on this day - a 3-1 win over Latvia in 1937 - wasn't a competitive international. Germany have booked their place in a major final on the 25th June on three previous occasions. At the 1986 World Cup against France, at the 2002 World Cup against South Korea and at EURO 2008 against Turkey. Germany's only defeat on 25th June came at the 2005 Confed Cup when they lost 3-2 to Brazil in Nuremberg.
WIN NEEDED: In order to reach the semi-finals, Cameroon need to beat Germany by three goals or more. If they win by two goals, then it will depend on the other match in the group between Chile and Australia.
BROOS THE BOSS: Cameroon's head coach is the Belgian Hugo Broos. He used to play as a defender for RSC Anderlecht and FC Brugge. As a player, Broos won four Belgian league titles, four Belgian cups, two European Cup Winner's Cups and one UEFA Cup. He was also a successful manager at club level in Belgium, winning tow league titles and two cups with Brugge and another league title with Anderlecht. He has coached Cameroon since February 2016 and has also had jobs in Greece, Turkey, the UAE and Algeria.
EXCLUSIVELY LEGIONARIES: Of the 23 players in the Cameroon squad for the Confed Cup, none of them play in their homeland. Their players play in a total of 15 different countries. Five of them play in France. Jacques Zoua is the only one who plays in Germany (at Kaiserslautern). Georges Mandjeck played in Germany from 2007 to 2010 at Stuttgart and on loan at Kaiserslautern.
THIRD TIME: Cameroon are competing at the Confed Cup for the third time having previously done so in 2001 and 2003. Their best performance at the tournament came in 2003 when they were runners-up to France losing 1-0 in the final thanks to a Golden Goal from Thierry Henry in the 97th minute.
TRAGIC DEATH: The sad passing of Marc-Vivien Foé on 26th June 2003 overshadowed Cameroon's route to the final. The former Lyon player collapsed during Cameroon's 1-0 semi-final victory over Columbia and later died of a sudden heart attack. Cameroon wore shirts with Foé's name and birth and death dates on in the final to commemorate their teammate.
SEVEN TIME WORLC CUP PARTICIPANTS: Cameroon have participated in seven World Cups (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014) - the most of any African nation. However, they've only made it out of the group on one occasion - when they lost 3-2 to England after extra-time in 1990. Cameroon have lost their last seven World Cup matches. This run began with a 2-0 loss to Germany in Shizuoka in 2002.
SNAPPING AT EGYPT'S HEELS: With five Africa Cup of Nations titles, Cameroon is the second most successful nation in the tournament's history behind Egypt (seven titles). After 15 years without winning it, Cameroon won the tournament for a fifth time earlier this year.
OLYMPIC GOLD: Cameroon won gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, beating Spain 5-3 on penalties in the final after a 2-2 draw.
FORMER KÖLN PLAYER IS RECORD APPEARANCE MAKER: Rigobert Song made 137 appearances for Cameroon between 1993 and 2010. He played 16 times in the Bundesliga for FC Köln in the 2001/02 season.
56 GOALS IN 118 GAMES: Cameroon's record goalscorer is Samuel Eto'o, who struck 56 times in 118 games for the Untameable Lions between 1997 and 2014.
FROM SCHNITTGER TO FINKE: There's a long line of German coaches in Cameroon. From 1970 to 1973, Peter Schnittger was in charge. Cameroon were coached by Winnie Schäfer from 2001 to 2004. From 2007 to 2009, Otto Pfister was at the helm and Volker Finke took charge of Cameroon for the last World Cup in 2014 and until the start of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
After the 1-1 draw with Chile, Germany head back to Sochi where they will face Cameroon in their final group match at the Confederations Cup later today (17:00 CEST). We take a look at the facts and stats ahead of Joachim Löw's side's clash with the "Untameable Lions".
RECORD BETWEEN THE SIDES: Germany have played Cameroon three times in their history and are undefeated against them. Two victories were followed by a 2-2 draw in their last encounter on 1st June 2014 in Mönchengladbach. This was the first time that Germany had conceded to Cameroon.
CLASSIC AT THE WORLD CUP: The first and only competitive meeting between the sides came at group stage of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. On 11th June 2002, Rudi Völler's team needed just a draw against the side managed by Winnie Schäfer to progress to the knockout phase. Despite a red card for Carsten Ramelow in the 40th minute, goals from substitute Marco Bode (50') and Miroslav Klose (78') sealed a 2-0 win for Germany and a place in the last 16 as group winners ahead of Ireland.
K&K ON TARGET: The next meeting was on 17th November 2004 in the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Late goals from Kevin Kuranyi (72') and Miroslav Klose (78', 89') ensured Germany ran out comfortable winners.
CHOUPO-MOTING SECURES DRAW: Cameroon scored their first goal against Germany on 1st June 2014 in Mönchengladbach through superstar Samuel Eto’o (62'). However, goals from Thomas Müller (66') and Andre Schürrle (71') turned the game in Germany's favour. Schalke's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting salvaged a draw for the Cameroonians in the 78th minute.
GOALS ONLY COME IN THE SECOND HALF: All nine goals between the sides have been scored in the second half. Eight of those have come in the last 30 minutes.
THE RUN CONTINUES: Germany are unbeaten in twelve matches (nine wins, three draws). The last time they recorded a longer run was between August 2013 and July 2014 (18 matches) which culminated in them winning the World Cup. Germany have only lost one of their last seven matches at the Confederations Cup - the 2005 semi-final against Brzil 3-2. Since then the Germans have had four wins and two draws.
STINDL TOPSCORER: Lars Stindl played well as Germany's loan front man in the last match against Chile. The Gladbach forward not only became the top scorer in the competition with his second goal, but he also had the most shots of any player on the pitch (4).
GOALS AT THE CONFED CUP: Germany have scored at least twice in six of their last seven games at the Confed Cup (the anomaly being the most recent match against Chile which finished 1-1). Germany have scored 19 goals during that period at an average of 2.7 goals per game. The Germans have also conceded at least two goals in six of their last eight Confed Cup game and only kept one clean sheet during that time (3-0 against Tunisia in 2005).
50 CAN WAIT: A loss to Cameroon would be Germany 50th competitive defeat in their history.
ONE MORE WIN FOR 100: Joachim Löw will become the first Germany head coach to win 100 matches in charge if his side beats Cameroon today.
150 MATCHES FOR LÖW: Joachim Löw will take charge of his 150th international match against Cameroon. His record stands at 99 victories, 27 draws and 23 defeats.
250 GOALS?: Should Germany score three goals against Cameroon, these would be goal numbers 248, 249 and 250 under Joachim Löw.
NO SUBS: In the last match against Chile, Germany played an international without making a single substitution for the first time under Jogi Löw. The last time this happened was in September 1995 when Germany beat Georgia 4-1 under Berti Vogts.
STAMINA FROM MUNICH: Joshua Kimmich hasn't missed a single minute of Germany's last 16 internationals.
THE 25TH JUNE – A GOOD DAY: Germany have won six of their seven internationals played on 25th June. Their first match on this day - a 3-1 win over Latvia in 1937 - wasn't a competitive international. Germany have booked their place in a major final on the 25th June on three previous occasions. At the 1986 World Cup against France, at the 2002 World Cup against South Korea and at EURO 2008 against Turkey. Germany's only defeat on 25th June came at the 2005 Confed Cup when they lost 3-2 to Brazil in Nuremberg.
WIN NEEDED: In order to reach the semi-finals, Cameroon need to beat Germany by three goals or more. If they win by two goals, then it will depend on the other match in the group between Chile and Australia.
BROOS THE BOSS: Cameroon's head coach is the Belgian Hugo Broos. He used to play as a defender for RSC Anderlecht and FC Brugge. As a player, Broos won four Belgian league titles, four Belgian cups, two European Cup Winner's Cups and one UEFA Cup. He was also a successful manager at club level in Belgium, winning tow league titles and two cups with Brugge and another league title with Anderlecht. He has coached Cameroon since February 2016 and has also had jobs in Greece, Turkey, the UAE and Algeria.
EXCLUSIVELY LEGIONARIES: Of the 23 players in the Cameroon squad for the Confed Cup, none of them play in their homeland. Their players play in a total of 15 different countries. Five of them play in France. Jacques Zoua is the only one who plays in Germany (at Kaiserslautern). Georges Mandjeck played in Germany from 2007 to 2010 at Stuttgart and on loan at Kaiserslautern.
THIRD TIME: Cameroon are competing at the Confed Cup for the third time having previously done so in 2001 and 2003. Their best performance at the tournament came in 2003 when they were runners-up to France losing 1-0 in the final thanks to a Golden Goal from Thierry Henry in the 97th minute.
TRAGIC DEATH: The sad passing of Marc-Vivien Foé on 26th June 2003 overshadowed Cameroon's route to the final. The former Lyon player collapsed during Cameroon's 1-0 semi-final victory over Columbia and later died of a sudden heart attack. Cameroon wore shirts with Foé's name and birth and death dates on in the final to commemorate their teammate.
SEVEN TIME WORLC CUP PARTICIPANTS: Cameroon have participated in seven World Cups (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014) - the most of any African nation. However, they've only made it out of the group on one occasion - when they lost 3-2 to England after extra-time in 1990. Cameroon have lost their last seven World Cup matches. This run began with a 2-0 loss to Germany in Shizuoka in 2002.
SNAPPING AT EGYPT'S HEELS: With five Africa Cup of Nations titles, Cameroon is the second most successful nation in the tournament's history behind Egypt (seven titles). After 15 years without winning it, Cameroon won the tournament for a fifth time earlier this year.
OLYMPIC GOLD: Cameroon won gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, beating Spain 5-3 on penalties in the final after a 2-2 draw.
FORMER KÖLN PLAYER IS RECORD APPEARANCE MAKER: Rigobert Song made 137 appearances for Cameroon between 1993 and 2010. He played 16 times in the Bundesliga for FC Köln in the 2001/02 season.
56 GOALS IN 118 GAMES: Cameroon's record goalscorer is Samuel Eto'o, who struck 56 times in 118 games for the Untameable Lions between 1997 and 2014.
FROM SCHNITTGER TO FINKE: There's a long line of German coaches in Cameroon. From 1970 to 1973, Peter Schnittger was in charge. Cameroon were coached by Winnie Schäfer from 2001 to 2004. From 2007 to 2009, Otto Pfister was at the helm and Volker Finke took charge of Cameroon for the last World Cup in 2014 and until the start of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
