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

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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

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