UEFA Nations League

Germany vs Switzerland, 2020-21 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Germany
  • 28': Timo Werner
  • 55': Kai Havertz
  • 60': Serge Gnabry
FT
3 - 3
Switzerland
  • 5': Mario Gavranovic
  • 26': Remo Freuler
  • 56': Mario Gavranovic
  • Red Card 90'+3': Fabian Schär

Germany come back twice in topsy-turvy 3-3 draw with Swiss

Germany twice had to come from behind to earn a rollercoaster 3-3 draw against visitors Switzerland in an exciting Nations League group game.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
  • 2': Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
  • 2': Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Leon Goretzka (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  • 4': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
  • 4': Leon Goretzka (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Remo Freuler.
  • 5': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
  • 5': Goal! Germany 0, Switzerland 1. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Remo Freuler with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Remo Freuler.
  • 7': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Lukas Klostermann.
  • 9': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 9': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  • 14': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
  • 14': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Mario Gavranovic.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 16': Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland).
  • 16': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Hand ball by Kai Havertz (Germany).
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Timo Werner.
  • 21': Foul by Silvan Widmer (Switzerland).
  • 21': Robin Gosens (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leon Goretzka.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 24': Foul by Fabian Schär (Switzerland).
  • 24': Leon Goretzka (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a through ball.
  • 26': Goal! Germany 0, Switzerland 2. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Haris Seferovic following a fast break.
  • 28': Goal! Germany 1, Switzerland 2. Timo Werner (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  • 29': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  • 31': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
  • 33': Foul by Lukas Klostermann (Germany).
  • 33': Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 34': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Robin Gosens (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Timo Werner.
  • 35': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Yann Sommer.
  • 36': Foul by Robin Gosens (Germany).
  • 36': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Robin Gosens (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Foul by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
  • 37': Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).
  • 40': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 44': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
  • 45': Offside, Switzerland. Haris Seferovic tries a through ball, but Xherdan Shaqiri is caught offside.
  • 45': First Half ends, Germany 1, Switzerland 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Germany 1, Switzerland 2.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Kai Havertz (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Goretzka.
  • 49': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
  • 50': Foul by Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland).
  • 50': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 50': Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Hand ball by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
  • 51': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 52': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Haris Seferovic.
  • 55': Goal! Germany 2, Switzerland 2. Kai Havertz (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Gavranovic.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 56': Goal! Germany 2, Switzerland 3. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  • 57': Substitution, Germany. Marcel Halstenberg replaces Robin Gosens.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
  • 60': Goal! Germany 3, Switzerland 3. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
  • 62': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 62': Timo Werner (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 64': Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
  • 64': Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
  • 65': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Toni Kroos (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Steven Zuber.
  • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Djibril Sow replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  • 69': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
  • 69': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kai Havertz with a headed pass.
  • 74': Hand ball by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
  • 75': Substitution, Switzerland. Admir Mehmedi replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kai Havertz.
  • 77': Substitution, Germany. Emre Can replaces Matthias Ginter.
  • 77': Substitution, Germany. Julian Draxler replaces Kai Havertz.
  • 78': Offside, Germany. Emre Can tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside.
  • 79': Hand ball by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
  • 81': Julian Draxler (Germany) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  • 83': Foul by Lukas Klostermann (Germany).
  • 83': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Foul by Emre Can (Germany).
  • 84': Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Silvan Widmer.
  • 85': Substitution, Switzerland. Cedric Itten replaces Haris Seferovic.
  • 85': Substitution, Switzerland. Loris Benito replaces Remo Freuler.
  • 88': Foul by Cedric Itten (Switzerland).
  • 88': Marcel Halstenberg (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Admir Mehmedi (Switzerland) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Fabian Schär (Switzerland).
  • 90'+3': Julian Draxler (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Fabian Schär (Switzerland) for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).
  • 90'+5': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Germany 3, Switzerland 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Germany 3, Switzerland 3.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 5
37.5 Possession 62.5
13 SHOTS 18
8 ON GOAL 7
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
316 Accurate Passes 566
397 Passes 660
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 18
0.1 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 47
27 Accurate Long Balls 29
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 5
15 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.3
16 Interceptions 14
31 Effective Clearances 8
31 Clearances 8

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: RheinEnergieStadion
Location: Cologne, Germany

UEFA Nations League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Spain 6 +9 16
2 Denmark 6 +2 8
3 Serbia 6 -3 6
4 Switzerland 6 -8 2
Full Table

Line-Ups

GER Germany (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
16 Antonio Rüdiger Yellow Card
4 Matthias Ginter
19 Robin Gosens Yellow Card
13 Lukas Klostermann
18 Leon Goretzka
8 Toni Kroos Yellow Card
6 Joshua Kimmich
9 Timo Werner
20 Serge Gnabry
21 Kai Havertz
Germany Substitutes:
Robin Koch, Jonathan Tah, Marcel Halstenberg, Emre Can, Florian Neuhaus, Bernd Leno, Kevin Trapp, Niklas Süle, Jonas Hofmann, Julian Draxler, Julian Brandt, Luca Waldschmidt.

SUI Switzerland (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Yann Sommer (GK)
22 Fabian Schär Yellow Card
4 Nico Elvedi
13 Ricardo Rodríguez
3 Silvan Widmer
10 Granit Xhaka Yellow Card
8 Remo Freuler
23 Xherdan Shaqiri
14 Steven Zuber
9 Haris Seferovic
19 Mario Gavranovic
Switzerland Substitutes:
Loris Benito, Yvon Mvogo, Edimilson Fernandes, Cedric Itten, Christian Fassnacht, Jordan Lotomba, Admir Mehmedi, Eray Cömert, Becir Omeragic, Rubén Vargas, Jonas Omlin, Djibril Sow.

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