July 11 – South America vs Europe, The two dominant confederations have found their regional representatives for the final winner takes all match-up in the Maracana this Sunday.
Germany v Argentina
This will be Germany’s 8th World Cup final (more than any other nation), and they have now reached a World Cup final in each of the last 7 decades (1954; 1966; 1974; 1982 and 1986; 1990; 2002 and 2014).(W3 L4).
This will be Argentina’s 5th World Cup final, (W2 L2).
This will be the 3rd World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. Argentina won 3-2 in 1986, Germany 1-0 in 1990).
This is the 10th time the final has been a Europe v South America clash – the South Americans have won 7 times.
Germany are unbeaten in 17 internationals (W12, D5).
Alejandro Sabella has a 65% win percentage in charge of Argentina (W26 D10 L4) with Argentina’s biggest margin of victory under him being a 4-0 victory against Ecuador.
Head to Head games
08/06/58 West Germany v Argentina 3-1 (World Cup)
16/07/66 Argentina v West Germany 0-0 (World Cup)
14/02/73 West Germany v Argentina 2-3 (International)
05/06/77 Argentina v West Germany 1-3 (International)
12/09/79 West Germany v Argentina 2-1 (International)
01/01/81 Argentina v West Germany 2-1 (Gold Cup)
24/03/82 Argentina v West Germany 1-1 (International)
12/09/84 West Germany v Argentina 1-3 (International)
29/06/86 Argentina v West Germany 3-2 (World Cup final)
16/12/87 Argentina v West Germany 1-0 (International)
02/04/88 West Germany v Argentina 1-0 (Four Nations Tournament, Berlin)
08/07/90 West Germany v Argentina 1-0 (World Cup final)
15/12/93 Argentina v Germany 2-1 (International)
17/04/02 Germany v Argentina 0-1 (International)
09/02/05 Germany v Argentina 2-2 (International)
21/06/05 Germany v Argentina 2-2 (Confederations Cup)
30/06/06 Germany v Argentina 1-1 (4-2) (World Cup)
03/03/10 Germany v Argentina 0-1 (International)
03/07/10 Argentina v Germany 0-4 (World Cup)
15/08/12 Germany v Argentina 1-3 (International)
Germany: W7 – Argentina: W9 – D: 4
FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
Germany: Rank: 2 Points: 1300
Argentina: Rank: 5 Points: 1175
World Cup 2014
Germany
First in Group G with 7 points (P3 W2 D1 GF8 GA2)
Round of 16: Germany 0 -0 (2 – 1 ET) Algeria
Quarter-final: France 0 – 1 Germany
Semi-final: Brazil 1 – 7 Germany
Argentina
First in Group F with 9 points (P3 W3 GF6 GA3)
Round of 16: Argentina 0 – 0 (1 – 0 ET) Switzerland
Quarter-final: Argentina 1 – 0 Belgium
Semi-final: Netherlands 0 – 0 (2 – 4 pens) Argentina
Last 10 Matches
Germany: WDDWWDWWWW
05/03/14 Germany 1 – 0 Chile (International)
13/05/14 Germany 0 – 0 Poland (International)
01/06/14 Germany 2 – 2 Cameroon (International)
06/06/14 Germany 6 – 1 Armenia (International)
16/06/14 Germany 4 – 0 Portugal (World Cup)
21/06/14 Germany 2 – 2 Ghana (World Cup)
26/06/14 USA 0 – 1 Germany (World Cup)
30/06/14 Germany 2 – 1 Algeria (World Cup)
04/07/14 France 0 – 1 Germany (World Cup)
08/07/14 Brazil 1 – 7 Germany (World Cup)
Goals for: 26 Goals against: 7
Argentina: WDWWWWWWWW
19/11/13 Argentina 2 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (International)
05/03/14 Romania 0 – 0 Argentina (International)
04/06/14 Argentina 3 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago (International)
07/06/14 Argentina 2 – 0 Slovenia (International)
15/06/14 Argentina 2 – 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Cup)
21/06/14 Argentina 1 – 0 Iran (World Cup)
25/06/14 Nigeria 2 – 3 Argentina (World Cup)
01/07/14 Argentina 0 – 0 (1 – 0) Switzerland (World Cup)
05/07/14 Argentina 1 – 0 Belgium (World Cup)
09/07/14 Netherlands 0 – 0 (2 – 4 pens) Argentina (World Cup)
Goals for: 15 Goals against: 3