England v Germany: Starting XIs compared before European U21 Championship semi-final
Germany’s players have made more top-flight appearances and scored more goals than their England counterparts before their European U21 Championship semi-final clash.
The two sides face each other live on Sky Sports 1 in Poland on Tuesday for a place in the final of the competition.
England may have topped their group while Germany had to settle for second in Group B, but it’s the latter who have the edge in terms of experience.
Germany’s starting XI from their final group game against Italy have won 693 top-flight appearances between them, compared to England’s 537, while the Germans also have more top-flight goals (83 to 45).
Germany also narrowly edge the battle in terms of senior caps won, with eight to England’s five, and senior goals, four to none.
One area where the Young Lions do come out on top, though, is caps at U21 level, with 194 to Germany’s 148, and they also edge them in terms of goals (30 to 28).
Here’s a full comparison of the two sides:
England U21s
England totals
Top-flight apps (goals): 537 (45)
Senior caps (goals): 5 (0)
U21 caps (goals): 194 (30)
Jordan Pickford – Everton
Top-flight apps (goals): 31 (0)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps: 13
Mason Holgate – Everton
Top-flight apps (goals): 18 (0)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 5 (0)
Alfie Mawson – Swansea
Top-flight apps (goals): 27 (4)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 5 (1)
Calum Chambers – Arsenal
Top-flight apps (goals): 82 (3)
Senior caps (goals): 3 (0)
U21 caps (goals): 21 (0)
Ben Chilwell – Leicester
Top-flight apps: 12 (1)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 6 (0)
James Ward-Prowse – Southampton
Top-flight apps (goals): 137 (7)
Senior caps (goals): 1 (0)
U21 caps (goals): 30 (6)
Nathaniel Chalobah – Chelsea
Top-flight apps (goals): 19 (0)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 39 (1)
Lewis Baker – Chelsea
Top-flight apps (goals): 64 (15)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 16 (8)
Nathan Redmond – Southampton
Top-flight apps (goals): 106 (14)
Senior caps (goals): 1 (0)
U21 caps: 37 (10)
John Swift – Reading
Top-flight apps: 0
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 12 (1)
Demarai Gray – Leicester
Top-flight apps (goals): 41 (1)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 10 (3)
Germany U21s
Germany totals:
Top-flight appearances (goals): 693 (83)
Senior caps (goals): 8 (4)
U21 caps (goals): 148 (28)
Julian Pollersbeck – Hamburg
Top-flight apps: 0
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 5 (0)
Jeremy Toljan – Hoffenheim
Top-flight apps (goals): 54 (2)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 16 (1)
Niklas Stark – Hertha Berlin
Top-flight apps (goals): 72 (3)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 17 (2)
Marc-Oliver Kempf – Freiburg
Top-flight apps (goals) – 31 (2)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 5 (1)
Yannick Gerhardt – Wolfsburg
Top-flight apps (goals) – 72 (3)
Senior caps (goals): 1 (0)
U21 caps (goals): 15 (0)
Maximilian Arnold – Wolfsburg
Top-flight apps (goals): 126 (19)
Senior caps (goals): 1 (0)
U21 caps (goals): 21 (5)
Mahmoud Dahoud – Borussia Dortmund
Top-flight apps (goals): 61 (7)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 9 (0)
Mitchell Weiser – Hertha Berlin
Top-flight apps (goals): 63 (5)
Senior caps: 0
U21 caps (goals): 11 (0)
Max Meyer – Schalke
Top-flight apps (goals): 122 (17)
Senior caps (goals): 4 (1)
U21 caps (goals): 22 (7)
Serge Gnabry – Bayern Munich
Top-flight apps (goals): 38 (12)
Senior caps (goals): 2 (3)
U21 caps (goals): 13 (4)
Davie Selke – RB Leipzig
Top-flight apps (goals): 54 (13)
Senior caps: 0
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