Germany vs Ghana Prediction - Will Germany Extend Their Good Moment Against Ghana?

Next Saturday, Germany and Ghana will measure forces at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza on a match that the African team needs to win if they still want to maintain their chances of proceeding to the next round alive.

Last Monday, Germany gave Portugal a lesson that will certainly take some time to digest. Die Mannschaft controlled the match from the very beginning, particularly thanks to an early goal (from the penalty spot) and because of the red shown to Pepe after his despicable attitude towards Müller. The German tactical master, Joachim Löw, displayed his team in the usual 4-2-3-1 style with Lähm alongside Khedira as the centre midfield duo. The German captain was used in that exact same position at Bayern Munich by Pep Guardiola for great part of the season and Joachim Löw took advantage of that and used him as some sort of deep-lying playmaker instead of Schweinsteiger.

Portugal weren’t able of posing any type of threat to the all-powerful German side and the same thing will certainly happen to Ghana, who, despite being a fairly interesting team, are miles away from the Germans in terms of organization.

For the match against the African team, Joachim Löw is not yet certain if he will be able to count on the contribution of one of his most important players, Borussia Dortmund’s centre back Mats Hummels, who was replaced on 73rd minute against Portugal due to injury.

As for Ghana, the match against the Germans is of paramount importance if they still want to dream with a place at the next stage of the competition. Despite having lost the first match to the USA, the African team managed to put up a fairly decent performance that was stained by several defensive mistakes. In fact, the biggest problem of Ghana is the way they defend. The team lacks composure and the positioning of their defensive quartet is fairly ineffective. The team’s goalkeeper, Kwarasey, is also included in that defensive turmoil as he struggles very often to have a decent approach on corners and on crosses to the box.

For the match against Germany, James Appiah will probably implement slight changes in his team, as he might include another man, as for example Prince Boateng, to strengthen their midfield line, replacing a more attacking prone player such as Jordan Ayew.

Die Mannschaft are firm favourites to win next Saturday’s match against Ghana, as the African team are far from having what it takes to defeat a colossal team such as Germany.

Germany

Stats: W-3 L-0 D-2

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Ghana

Stats: W-1 L-3 D-1

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Possible Line-ups

Germany  (4-2-3-1) - Neuer - Lahm - Mertesacker - Boateng - Howedes - Khedira - Schweinsteiger - Kroos - Özil - Götze - Müller

Ghana (4-3-3) - Kwarasey - Opare - Asamoah - Mensah - Boye - Rabiu - Muntari - Boateng - Ayew - Atsu - Gyan

Prediction: Germany 3 Ghana 1