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England men · FIFA World Cup · Round of 16

Germany
v England⁠

4–1

Full time

Germany v England finished 4–1.

England
Upson 37'
Germany
Klose 20', Podolski 32', Müller 67', Müller 70'
Date
Sunday 27 June 2010 · England in 2010
Kick-off
15:00 UK
Venue
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-4-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Germany Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Manuel Neuer GK
  • No. 16, Philipp Lahm RB
  • No. 3, Arne Friedrich CB
  • No. 17, Per Mertesacker CB
  • No. 20, Jérôme Boateng LB
  • No. 6, Sami Khedira RM
  • No. 7, Bastian Schweinsteiger LM
  • No. 13, Thomas Müller RW Off in the 72'
  • No. 8, Mesut Özil AM Off in the 83'
  • No. 10, Lukas Podolski LW
  • No. 11, Miroslav Klose FW Off in the 72'

Substitutes

  • No. 15, Piotr Trochowski On in the 72'
  • No. 23, Mario Gómez On in the 72'
  • No. 9, Stefan Kiessling On in the 83'
  • No. 2, Marcell Jansen (not used)
  • No. 4, Dennis Aogo (not used)
  • No. 5, Serdar Tasci (not used)
  • No. 12, Tim Wiese (not used)
  • No. 14, Holger Badstuber (not used)
  • No. 18, Toni Kroos (not used)
  • No. 19, Cacau (not used)
  • No. 21, Marko Marin (not used)
  • No. 22, Hans-Jörg Butt (not used)

Referee: Jorge Larrionda.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2008

03 1 Sep 2001
FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 9 Olympiastadion, Munich

Germany 1–5 England England won

England: Owen 12', Gerrard 45+4', Owen 48', Owen 65', Heskey 73'

Germany: Jancker 6'

Match page: Germany v England, 1 September 2001

Official meetings since 1930

England v Germany stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings19In our results database
England wins7England perspective
Draws5Level at full time
Germany wins7Germany victories

England have scored 33 goals to Germany's 27 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Kane

4 goals against Germany in matches we hold scorer data for.

Germany · Fixture leader

4

Hofmann

Germany's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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