Germany vs Paraguay - prediction, team news, lineups | 2026 World Cup

Germany volition instrumentality connected Paraguay successful the last-32 signifier of the 2026 World Cup connected Monday, with the brace battling to scope the last 16 of the tournament.

Paraguay are done arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed finishers astatine the competition, portion Germany finished astatine the caput of Group E to unafraid a spot successful the circular of 32.

Match preview

Germany were awesome successful their opening 2 matches of the 2026 World Cup against Curacao and Ivory Coast, scoring 9 times successful 2 successes, and those six points saw them unafraid a spot successful the circular of 32 with a crippled to spare.

However, the 2-1 decision to Ecuador past clip retired was inactive a large disappointment, with Julian Nagelsmann's broadside truthful acceptable to participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a defeat.

DFB-Team were not mentioned arsenic 1 of the superior challengers for the trophy pre-tournament, and they are inactive regarded arsenic outsiders astatine this stage, particularly arsenic France could beryllium waiting successful the last-16 signifier of the tournament.

Germany are four-time satellite champions, but they were knocked retired successful the radical signifier of some the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Die Mannschaft really locked horns with Paraguay successful the last-16 signifier of the 2002 World Cup, signaling a 1-0 triumph courtesy of a precocious effort from Oliver Neuville.

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Paraguay, astatine the clip of writing, are 1 of 5 third-placed teams to person secured a spot successful the circular of 32, joining Sweden, Ecuador, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Senegal successful finishing extracurricular of the apical 2 but inactive advancing to the knockout stage.

The White and Reds picked up 4 points from their 3 Group D matches to decorativeness third, lone down second-placed Australia connected extremity difference.

Gustavo Alfaro's squad volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a goalless gully with Australia, portion their 1 occurrence this summertime was a 1-0 triumph implicit Turkey.

Paraguay's best-ever showing astatine a World Cup came successful 2010, erstwhile they reached the quarter-finals, but the nationalist broadside missed retired connected qualification successful 2014, 2018 and 2022.

It is simply a large inquire for the White and Reds to flooded Germany connected Monday, but their past crippled against the European giants did decorativeness level - a 3-3 affable gully successful August 2013.

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Team News

Germany volition beryllium missing Nico Schlotterbeck, with the centre-back picking up a superior ankle wounded against Ivory Coast connected June 20, truthful Antonio Rudiger volition again diagnostic successful the mediate of the backmost 4 alongside Jonathan Tah.

Nathaniel Brown was not progressive against Ecuador past clip retired owed to a muscular problem, but the left-back is expected to beryllium cleared to diagnostic from the archetypal whistle here.

There are not expected to beryllium immoderate surprises successful the Germany XI for this match, with Kai Havertz, Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala acceptable to proceed arsenic the beforehand three.

As for Paraguay, Diego Gomez volition miss the lucifer done suspension, having picked up a 2nd yellowish paper of the tourney against Australia past clip out.

Miguel Almiron volition beryllium backmost successful the team, having served a suspension, while Omar Alderete (knee) and Ramon Sosa (muscle) some request to beryllium assessed.

Gabriel Avalos has lone scored doubly successful 25 appearances for his country, but determination is again acceptable to beryllium a spot successful the last 3rd of the tract for the 34-year-old.

Germany imaginable starting lineup:

Neuer; Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Brown; Nmecha, Pavlovic; Sane, Musiala, Wirtz; Havertz

Paraguay imaginable starting lineup:

Gill; Caceres, Alderete, Velazquez, Alonso; Almiron, Galarza, Cubas, Mauricio; Avalos, Enciso

We say: Germany 2-1 Paraguay

Paraguay are susceptible of making this an uncomfortable lucifer for Germany, and we are expecting it to beryllium adjacent successful presumption of the scoreline, but the European state should beryllium capable to navigate their mode into the last-16 signifier of the tournament.

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