Euro 2012: Germany v Italy - Factbox

Reuters , Thursday 28 Jun 2012

Facts and figures ahead of the Euro 2012 semi-final between Germany and Italy at the National Stadium on Thursday

* Germany have a poor record against Italy with just seven wins in 30 fixtures, against 14 to the Italians, and no victories in the past 17 years.

* Even worse for Germany, they have met Italy seven times at major tournaments and have never beaten them. Those include some memorable defeats - 4-3 after extra time in the 1970 World Cup semi-final in Mexico City, 3-1 in the 1982 World Cup final in Madrid and, most recently, 2-0 on home turf in Dortmund in the 2006 World Cup semi-finals.

* Much better for Germany - they are on a run of 15 straight victories in competitive matches since losing 1-0 to Spain in the World Cup semi-finals in South Africa two years ago.

* Germany's prolific strikers Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez have netted 19 goals between them in those 15 games - 10 for Klose and nine to Gomez.

* Italy, who needed penalties to beat England following a 0-0 draw after extra time in the quarter-finals, have scored a mere four goals in their last seven games.

* Italy's defence has held firm at Euro 2012, conceding just two goals in four games. Only Spain's Cesc Fabregas and Croatia's Mario Mandzukic have scored against them, both in 1-1 draws in the group stage.

 Previous meetings:

1/01/23 Fr Italy 3 Germany 1 Milan
23/11/24Fr Germany 0 Italy 1 Duisburg
28/04/29 Fr Italy 1 Germany2 Turin
2/03/30 Fr Germany 0 Italy2 Frankfurt
1/01/33 Fr Italy 3 Germany 1 Bologna
15/11/36 Fr Germany 2 Italy 2 Berlin
26/03/39 Fr Italy 3 Germany 2 Florence
26/11/39 Fr Germany 5 Italy 2 Berlin
5/05/40 Fr Italy 3 Germany 2 Milan
30/03/55 Fr West Germany 1 Italy 2 Stuttgart
18/12/55 Fr Italy 2 West Germany 1 Rome
31/05/62 WCF West Germany 0 Italy 0 Santiago
13/03/65 Fr  West Germany 1 Italy 1 Hamburg
17/06/70 WCF Italy 4 West Germany 3 Mexico City (after extra time)
26/02/74 Fr Italy 0 West Germany 0 Rome
8/10/77 Fr west Germany 2 Italy 1 Berlin
14/06/78 WCF West Germany 0 Italy 0 Buenos Aires
11/07/82 WCF Italy 3 West Germany 1 Madrid
22/05/84 Fr west Germany 1 Italy 0 Zurich
5/02/86 Fr Italy 1 West Germany 2 Avellino
18/04/87 Fr West Germany 0 Italy 0 Cologne
10/06/88 ECF west Germany 1 Italy 1 Duesseldorf
25/03/92 Fr Italy 1 Germany 0 Turin
23/03/94 Fr Germany 2 Italy 1 Stuttgart
21/06/95 Fr Germany 2 Italy 0 Zurich
19/06/96 ECF Germany 0 Italy 0 Manchester
20/08/03 Fr Germany 0 Italy 1 Stuttgart
1/03/06 Fr Italy 4 Germany 1 Florence
4/07/06 WCF Germany 0 Italy2 Dortmund
9/02/11 Fr Germany 1 Italy 1 Dortmund

Head to head

Played: 30 Italy   14 wins Germany 7 wins Draws    9

Key: WCF = World Cup finals, ECF = European Championship

Finals, Fr = Friendly

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