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

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Germany will believe they have an excellent chance of going deep into this tournament, as they take on a Poland side that endured an underwhelming qualifying campaign.

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Germany team news: No Oberdorf

Germany have no fresh injury issues from their 23-player squad. However, they are without defender Lena Oberforf, who suffered an ACL and MCL injury before last summer's Olympics and hasn't returned to full fitness in time for this tournament.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Berger; Linder, Knaak, Minge, Gwinn; Nusken, Senss; Buhl, Dallmann, Brand; Schuller

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Poland team news: A change in the squad

Having named their 23-player squad a few weeks ago, Nina Patalon has had to make a change to their squad with Martyna Brodzik has withdrawn due to illness, and so Malgorzata Mesjasz has been called up.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Szemik; Zieniewicz, Wos, Dudek, Wiankowska; Achcinska, Pawollek, Kamczyk; Tomasiak, Padilla, Pajor

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Germany have won all the six international matches between these teams.
Their only previous Women’s EURO qualifying or final tournament encounters were in the qualifiers for the 2025 finals. Germany recovered from conceding the first goal to win both games (4-1 in Germany, 3-1 in Poland).
Germany have won their last five international matches.
Poland have won ten and drawn one of their last 11 international matches.
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).
This is Germany’s 12th successive Women’s EURO final tournament participation.
Germany have scored a record 102 goals in Women’s EURO final tournaments. They are the only team with more than 100 goals scored.
Germany have only lost four of their previous 46 Women’s EURO final tournament matches (W36 D6).
Germany have lost only one of their previous 21 Women’s EURO final tournament group stage matches (W16 D4). That was a 1-0 defeat against Norway at Women’s EURO 2013.
Germany have kept 16 clean sheets in their previous 21 Women’s EURO final tournament group stage matches. They have never conceded more than one goal in a group match at the finals.
Germany’s record in their opening group match in Women’s EURO final tournaments is W4 D3.
Germany have only failed to score in four of their previous 46 Women’s EURO final tournament matches.
This is Poland’s Women’s EURO final tournament and their first major final tournament participation.
Although, yet to participate in a major senior final tournament, Poland have tasted success on the international stage in women’s football as winners of Women’s U17 EURO in 2013.
Poland secured their spot at Switzerland 2025 via the qualifying play-offs where they defeated Romania 6-2 on aggregate (W2-1a, W4-1h) and Austria 2-0 on aggregate (W1-0h, W1-0a).
Six members of Poland’s squad ply their trade in Germany, three with Köln (Martyna Wiankowska, Sylwia Matysik, Adriana Achcińska), and one each with Bayern München (Weronika Zawistowska), Eintracht Frankfurt (Tanja Pawollek) and Hoffenheim (Dominika Grabowska).
Poland’s Weronika Zawistowska is a team-mate at Bayern of seven Germany squad members – Giulia Gwinn, Sydney Lohmann, Lea Schüller, Linda Dallmann, Franziska Kett, Klara Bühl and Ena Mahmutovic.
Tanja Pawollek plays at Frankfurt with five members of Germany’s squad – Carlotta Wamser, Laura Freigang, Stina Johannes, Elisa Senss and Sophia Kleinherne.
Dominika Grabowska plays at Hoffenheim alongside Selina Cerci.
Poland striker Ewa Pajor spent nine seasons at Wolfsburg, where she was a club colleague of Kathrin Hendrich (2020-24) and Jule Brand (2022-24).
Germany’s Sara Däbritz played alongside Poland’s Paulina Dudek at Paris Saint-Germain from 2019-22.
Lea Schüller scored three times in Germany’s two UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 qualifiers against Poland – once in a 4-1 win in Rostock, twice in a 3-1 victory in Gdynia, where Bühl and Grabowska also found the net. Gwinn was also on target in the first of those matches, with Natalia Padilla scoring Poland’s consolation.
Ten of Germany’s squad for this tournament have made at least one appearance in a Women’s EURO final tournament. Leading the way is Sara Däbritz with 12 appearances.
20 of Germany’s squad have made at least one UEFA Women’s Champions League appearance (all rounds including qualifying).
17 of Poland’s squad have made at least one UEFA Women’s Champions League appearance (all rounds including qualifying).

Germany vs Poland prediction

These two sides faced off against each other in their UEFA Women’s European Championship qualifying group, with Germany winning that group and automatically qualifying for the tournament, finishing just above Iceland. They have steadied themselves to number three in the world after a disappointing few years.

Poland were very underwhelming in that group, sitting rock-bottom with six defeats from six in those qualifiers through the autumn. They have qualified via the playoffs for this tournament with victories against Romania, rather unconvincingly, and then with another shaky victory against Austria.

Poland will be viewed as quite fortunate to have made it to Switzerland this summer, and a comfortable German victory is to be expected for this Group C opener.

Germany vs Poland tip: Germany to win -1 handicap

Germany vs Poland Preview & Prediction | UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 | Group Stage