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)
England defender Mason Holgate (L) and goalkeeper Jordan Picford
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
U21 caps (goals): 14 (8)Soccer Accumulator Bonus
Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.
This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.
The maximum bonus that you can receive is €100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.
If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:
Bet Type Bonus
14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus €100,000 or currency equivalent. Soccer Accumulator Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.
If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.
If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
.