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World champions Germany to move one-step closer to Russia 2018

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04/09/17
World champions Germany to move one-step closer to Russia 2018
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World champions Germany have enjoyed a strong qualification campaign for World Cup 2018. Joachim Low’s side have a hundred per cent record in qualifying. On Monday night, Die Mannschaft will hope to make it eight wins out of eight when they host Norway in Stuttgart.

Last time out, Germany recorded a rather unconvincing 2-1 win in the Czech Republic to stretch their winning run in World Cup qualifiers to 13 games. Low’s side produced an unconvincing display, but a late winner from Bayern Munich centre-back Mats Hummels was enough to seal maximum points.

The win kept the home side five points clear of second place Northern Ireland, with just three qualifiers remaining. The world champions have an incredible record in World Cup qualifying, as their last defeat in qualifying was back in 2001, which was that now infamous 5-1 home defeat against England.

Since then, Die Mannschaft have been unstoppable in qualifying. The fact that Germany have won 16 of their last 17 World Cup qualifiers just illustrates their strength in qualifying for the big event.

Germany also have a strong record against Norway. The home side have beaten the Scandinavian visitors in eight of the last nine games in all competitions. The visitors have beaten Germany just once in the last 12 competitive meetings.

Norway have once again struggled in World Cup qualifying, picking up just seven points from as many games in Group C. Their only wins in the group have come against minnows San Marino and Azerbaijan.

The win against Azerbaijan came in their last outing, as Lars Lagerback’s team recorded a 2-0 win on home soil. Germany are quite simply in a different league and it hard to see the visitors getting any joy from this game.

Unsurprisingly, Forebet predicts that the world champions will come out on top and move another step closer to defending their title in Russia.

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WC Qualification UEFA Group A
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Serbia 20 8 6 2 0 9
2
 Portugal 17 8 5 2 1 11
3
 Ireland 9 8 2 3 3 3
4
 Luxembourg 9 8 3 0 5 -10
5
 Azerbaijan 1 8 0 1 7 -13
WC Qualification UEFA Group B
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Spain 19 8 6 1 1 10
2
 Sweden 15 8 5 0 3 6
3
 Greece 10 8 2 4 2 0
4
 Georgia 7 8 2 1 5 -6
5
 Kosovo 5 8 1 2 5 -10
WC Qualification UEFA Group C
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Switzerland 18 8 5 3 0 13
2
 Italy 16 8 4 4 0 11
3
 N. Ireland 9 8 2 3 3 -1
4
 Bulgaria 8 8 2 2 4 -8
5
 Lithuania 3 8 1 0 7 -15
WC Qualification UEFA Group D
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 France 18 8 5 3 0 15
2
 Ukraine 12 8 2 6 0 3
3
 Finland 11 8 3 2 3 0
4
 Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 8 1 4 3 -3
5
 Kazakhstan 3 8 0 3 5 -15
WC Qualification UEFA Group E
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Belgium 20 8 6 2 0 19
2
 Wales 15 8 4 3 1 5
3
 Czech Republic 14 8 4 2 2 5
4
 Estonia 4 8 1 1 6 -12
5
 Belarus 3 8 1 0 7 -17
WC Qualification UEFA Group F
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Denmark 27 10 9 0 1 27
2
 Scotland 23 10 7 2 1 10
3
 Israel 16 10 5 1 4 2
4
 Austria 16 10 5 1 4 2
5
 Faroe Islands 4 10 1 1 8 -16
6
 Moldova 1 10 0 1 9 -25
WC Qualification UEFA Group G
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Netherlands 23 10 7 2 1 25
2
 Türkiye 21 10 6 3 1 11
3
 Norway 18 10 5 3 2 7
4
 Montenegro 12 10 3 3 4 -1
5
 Latvia 9 10 2 3 5 -3
6
 Gibraltar 0 10 0 0 10 -39
WC Qualification UEFA Group H
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Croatia 23 10 7 2 1 17
2
 Russia 22 10 7 1 2 13
3
 Slovakia 14 10 3 5 2 7
4
 Slovenia 14 10 4 2 4 1
5
 Cyprus 5 10 1 2 7 -17
6
 Malta 5 10 1 2 7 -21
WC Qualification UEFA Group I
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 England 26 10 8 2 0 36
2
 Poland 20 10 6 2 2 19
3
 Albania 18 10 6 0 4 0
4
 Hungary 17 10 5 2 3 6
5
 Andorra 6 10 2 0 8 -16
6
 San Marino 0 10 0 0 10 -45
WC Qualification UEFA Group J
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
 Germany 27 10 9 0 1 32
2
 North Macedonia 18 10 5 3 2 12
3
 Romania 17 10 5 2 3 5
4
 Armenia 12 10 3 3 4 -11
5
 Iceland 9 10 2 3 5 -6
6
 Liechtenstein 1 10 0 1 9 -32

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