FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, September 4, 2025
Germany DWDLL 0
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Slovakia WDLLL 2
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SVK112
Národny Futbalovy Stadión · 20,013 att.

Match Report

Slovakia stun Germany in opening World Cup qualifier

Germany suffered a first-ever away defeat in a World Cup qualifier after they were stunned 2-0 by Slovakia to kick start Group A in Bratislava.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
69.7
Possession
30.3
14
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
547
Accurate Passes
213
616
Passes
263
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
50
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
5
13
Effective Clearances
40
13
Clearances
40

Head to Head

GER leads series 3-2

Lineups

SVK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 14Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 5Lubomir SatkaCD-R
  4. 16Dávid HanckoLB
  5. 6Norbert GyömbérRB
  6. 22Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 8Ondrej DudaLM
  8. 21Matús BeroRM
  9. 15David StrelecF
  10. 7Leo SauerLF
  11. 20Dávid DurisRF

GER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Oliver BaumannG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 18Maximilian MittelstädtLB
  5. 13Nnamdi CollinsRB
  6. 8Leon GoretzkaAM
  7. 16Angelo StillerLM
  8. 6Joshua KimmichRM
  9. 11Nick WoltemadeF
  10. 17Florian WirtzAM-L
  11. 20Serge GnabryAM-R

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Slovakia 1, Germany 0. Dávid Hancko (Slovakia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Strelec following a fast break.
  2. 45' Substitution, Germany. David Raum replaces Nnamdi Collins.
  3. 55' Goal! Slovakia 2, Germany 0. David Strelec (Slovakia) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Norbert Gyömbér with a headed pass.
  4. 60' Substitution, Germany. Nadiem Amiri replaces Angelo Stiller.
  5. 61' Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, Germany. Karim Adeyemi replaces Serge Gnabry.
  7. 66' Substitution, Slovakia. Tomás Rigo replaces Dávid Duris.
  8. 83' Substitution, Slovakia. Róbert Bozeník replaces David Strelec.
  9. 83' Substitution, Slovakia. Lubomír Tupta replaces Leo Sauer.
  10. 89' Karim Adeyemi (Germany) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90' Substitution, Slovakia. László Bénes replaces Ondrej Duda.
  12. 90'+3' László Bénes (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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