France vs Germany Preview & Prediction | UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 | Quarter-Final

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France managed to top the so-called ‘group of death’ Group D, and their reward is an all-star quarter-final clash with record eight-time European champions Germany.
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How to watch on TV & online: UK – ITV platforms / US – Fox Sports & ViX
France team news: Key doubts
The French head into the last eight with a couple of key doubts for this weekend. Key midfielder Sandie Toletti, who scored the other day, has missed training due to injury, alongside goalkeeper Pauline Payraud-Magnin, who has a thigh issue.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Picaud; De Almeida, Samoura, Sombath, Bacha; Francois, Geyoro, Karchaoui; Cascarino, Katoto, Baltimore
Unavailable:
Questionable: Toletti (Injured), Peyraud (Injured)
Germany team news: Wamser suspended
Germany have a couple of availability concerns to deal with ahead of their quarter-final against the French. Giuliana Gwinn is out for the tournament due to injury, whilst Carlotta Wamser is missing through suspension.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Berger; Hendrich, Minge, Knaak, Linder; Nusken, Senss; Brand, Freigang, Buhl; Schueller
Unavailable: Gwinn (Injured), Wamser (Suspended)
Questionable:
Key stats
- Germany won all the previous three Women’s EURO final tournament matches between these teams. Most recently, a 2-1 success in the semi-finals in 2022. The other encounters were in the 2005 and 2009 group stages, where Germany won 3-0 and 5-1 respectively.
- France triumphed in the most recent international match between the sides when they beat Germany 2-1 in Lyon in the semi-finals of the 2024 UEFA Women’s Nations League, Kadidiatou Diani and Sakina Karchaoui – with her first international goal – finding the net for France and Giulia Gwinn for Germany.
- France are participating in their eighth successive Women’s EURO final tournament. They have reached the knockout rounds at a fifth edition in a row.
- France have also reached the knockout rounds in their last four Women’s World Cup participations and in their three appearances in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.
- France progressed to the semi-finals of Women’s EURO for the first time in 2022, courtesy of a 1-0 victory against the Netherlands, they eventually lost out 2-1 against Germany in the last four.
- France are aiming to win four successive Women’s EURO final tournament matches for the first time.
- France have won their last 11 international matches – all in 2025.
- France have only failed to score in one of their last 16 Women’s EURO final tournament matches.
- France’s total of 11 goals at the 2025 finals is their highest tally in a single edition, beating the ten they scored in 2022.
- France have had nine different scorers so far at Women’s EURO 2025.
- Runners-up at the last edition in 2022, Germany have won a record eight Women’s EURO titles (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013).
- Germany have scored a record 107 goals in Women’s EURO final tournaments. They are the only team with more than 100 goals scored.
- This is Germany’s 50th Women’s EURO final tournament match – they are the first team to reach the landmark.
- Germany are aiming to reach a record extending 11th Women’s EURO semi-final.
- Germany have only lost five of their previous 49 Women’s EURO final tournament matches (W38 D6).
- Germany have won three of their four quarter-finals ties since the format changed to group stage followed by quarter-finals in 2009. A 2-1 defeat against Denmark in 2017 is their only defeat in a Women’s EURO quarter-final.
- Germany had won their last seven international matches, prior to their defeat against Sweden.
- Germany have only failed to score in four of their 49 Women’s EURO final tournament matches.
- Germany’s Sjoeke Nüsken plays at Chelsea with France’s Sandy Baltimore and Oriane Jean-François.
- Germany’s Sara Däbritz played in France for Paris Saint-Germain (2019-22) and Lyon (2022-25).
- Däbritz recently joined Real Madrid, where France’s Maëlle Lakrar and Sandie Toletti are team-mates.
- Däbritz is a former team-mate of several players in the France squad: at Paris Saint-Germain with Baltimore, Grace Geyoro, Kadidiatou Diani, Marie-Antoinette Katoto (all 2019-22) and Élisa De Almeida, Sakina Karchaoui, Constance Picaud (all 2021-22); at Lyon with Alice Sombath, Amel Majri, Selma Bacha (all 2022-25), Griedge Mbock Bathy, Delphine Cascarino (both 2022-24), Melvine Malard (2022-23) and Diani (2023-25).
- Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger played for Paris Saint-Germain from 2014-16.
- No member of the France squad has played for a German club.
- Lea Schüller scored the only goal of the game as Germany defeated France 1-0 in a friendly on 28 February 2019 in Laval.
France vs Germany prediction
Under the management of Laurent Bonadei, France came into the tournament with a bit of a resurgence in the last 12 months, and they began their group stage campaign with an impressive 2-1 defeat of defending champions England, before comfortable victories against Wales and then the Netherlands.
They now face a Germany side that are record eight-time champions, but they have since drifted in the last few years’, as shown by a group stage exit at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Germans have improved again, but their 4-1 defeat to Sweden the other day was perhaps a sign that there is a way yet to go.
France will believe they can take the game to Germany and set about them with a bit of urgency and confidence, and Les Bleues would have to be viewed as favourites.
France vs Germany tip: France to win