June 30 – The might of Africa takes on the old world Europeans with Nigeria facing France, and Algeria breaking new ground for North Africa in the last 16 of a World Cup against Germany.
Germany v Algeria
Head to Head games
01/01/64 Algeria v West Germany 2-0 (International)
16/06/82 Algeria v West Germany 2-1 (World Cup)
FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
Germany: Rank: 2 Points: 1300
Algeria: Rank: 22 Points: 858
World Cup 2014 Qualifying
Germany
First in UEFA Group C with 28 points (P10 W9 D1 L0 GF36 GA10)
Algeria
First in CAF Group H with 15 points (P6 W5 D0 L1 GF13 GA4)
Play-off v Burkina Faso (First in CAF Group E): Burkina Faso 3 – 2 Algeria, Algeria 1 – 0 Burkina Faso
Last 10 Matches
Germany: WDWWDDWWDW
15/10/13 Sweden 3 – 5 Germany (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 Italy 1 – 1 Germany (International)
19/11/13 England 0 – 1 Germany (International)
05/03/14Germany 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)
Goals for: 23 Goals against: 9
Algeria: DWLWWWWLWD
14/08/13 Algeria 2 – 2 Guinea (International)
10/09/13 Algeria 1 – 0 Mali (World Cup Qualification CAF)
12/10/13 Burkina Faso 3 – 2 Algeria (World Cup Qualification CAF)
19/11/13 Algeria 1 – 0 Burkina Faso (World Cup Qualification CAF)
05/03/14 Algeria 2 – 0 Slovenia (International)
31/05/14 Algeria 3 – 1 Armenia (International)
04/06/14 Algeria 2 – 1 Romania (International)
17/06/14 Belgium 2 – 1 Algeria (World Cup)
22/06/14 Korea Republic 2 – 4 Algeria (World Cup)
26/06/14 Algeria 1 – 1 Russia (World Cup)
Goals for: 19 Goals against: 12
Germany v Algeria stats
The Algeria 2-1 victory over West Germany in 1982 is their only victory over a European opponent at the World Cup to date (W1 D3 L4).
Algeria’s 6 goals in this tournament have been scored by 5 different players.
Thomas Müller has scored 9 goals in 9 World Cup appearances, including 4 in 3 in this edition.
Miroslav Klose is currently joint-top World Cup scorer with Ronaldo on 15 goals
Germany have won 8 of their last 9 matches in the World Cup.
France v Nigeria
Head to Head games
02/06/09 France v Nigeria 0-1 (International)
FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
France: Rank: 17 Points: 913
Nigeria: Rank: 44 Points: 640
World Cup 2014 Qualifying
France
Second in UEFA Group I with 17 points (P8 W5 D2 L1 GF15 GA6)
Play-off v Ukraine: Ukraine 2-0 France, France 3-0 Ukraine
Nigeria
First in CAF Group F with 12 points (P6 W3 D3 L0 GF7 GA3)
Play-off v Ethiopia (First in CAF Group B): Ethiopia 1 – 2 Nigeria, Nigeria 2 – 0 Ethiopia
Last 10 Matches
France: WLWWWDWWWD
15/10/13 France 3 – 0 Finland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 Ukraine 2 – 0 France (World Cup Qualification Europe)
19/11/13 France 3 – 0 Ukraine (World Cup Qualification Europe)
05/03/14 France 2 – 0 Netherlands (International)
27/05/14 France 4 – 0 Norway (International)
01/06/14 France 1 – 1 Paraguay (International)
08/06/14 France 8 – 0 Jamaica (International)
15/06/14 France 3 – 0 Honduras (World Cup)
20/06/14 Switzerland 2 – 5 France (World Cup)
25/06/14 Ecuador 0 – 0 France (World Cup)
Goals for: 29 Goals against: 5
Nigeria: WLWDDDLDWL
25/01/14 Nigeria 4 – 3 Morocco (African Nations Championship)
29/01/14 Nigeria 0 – 0 Ghana (African Nations Championship)
01/02/14 Zimbabwe 0 – 1 Nigeria (African Nations Championship)
06/03/14 Mexico 0 – 0 Nigeria (International)
28/05/14 Nigeria 2 – 2 Scotland (International)
04/06/14 Greece 0 – 0 Nigeria (International)
07/06/14 United States 2 – 1 Nigeria (International)
16/06/14 Iran 0 – 0 Nigeria (World Cup)
21/06/14 Nigeria 1 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Cup)
25/06/14 Nigeria 2 – 3 Argentina (World Cup)
Goals for: 11 Goals against: 10
France v Nigeria stats
If they win, Nigeria will become the fourth African nation to reach the quarter finals, following in the footsteps of Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010).
Nigeria have only won one of their last 11 World Cup matches.
Nigeria were defeated in both their previous Round of 16 matches (1-2 v Italy in 1994 and 1-4 v Denmark in 1998.)
France have won their 3 previous Round of 16 matches (2-0 v Italy in 1986, 1-0 v Paraguay in 1998 and 3-1 v Spain in 2006).
Karim Benzema has scored 9 goals in his last 9 appearances for France, including 3 in 3 at this World Cup.
If Joseph Yobo plays he will beat Jay Jay Okocha’s record of 9 World Cup matches for Nigeria.