When Italy take on Germany it will be the 31st time these two famous nations have met. The Italians have the upper hand winning 14 of those meetings, whilst the Germans have come away with 7 victories leaving 9 games between the two nations being drawn.
Italy have a great record against Germany in competitive matches against Italy having never lost in a competitive matches.
The Italians will be confident after coming into this match unbeaten in five matches against Germany. Italy also will be confident in the knowledge that they have only lost 2 of their last 10 semi-final appearances compared to Germany who have won 11 of their 17 appearances in semis.
Germany are the form side of Euro 2012 having won all four of their games in Ukraine and Poland and that has meant that they have now won 15 of their competitive games in row.
Germany also have the best attack in the competition finding the net 9 times so far compared to Italy who have only scored 4 goals. But the Italians do boost the stingiest defence only conceded two goals one against Spain and one against Croatia.
It’s surprising to note that the Italians have in fact had the most chances on goal at Euro 2012 with 59 chances in total.
Germany have found goals from all over their team with their last 7 goals being scored by a different player demonstrating their goals scoring across the team. Germany will be able to call on their star players after they were rested in their quarter final against Greece, with Gomez and Mueller and Podolski expected to return to the side.
The bookmakers have Germany as big favourites coming into this match and are in fact now the favourites to win Euro 2012. The Italians can be found at a good looking 4/1 which is a great price for a team with such a good record against the Germans.
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