It is the hosts versus arguably the best performers of Euro 2024 so far as Germany face Spain in a huge quarter-final match at Arena Stuttgart on Friday.
A wave of belief has swept across the home nation, with low expectations before the tournament now growing higher with every German win.
Spain, meanwhile, have been strong from the outset and look the most complete package of those in the last eight.
In many ways, this is a game that would have been a fitting final, but one of the two heavyweights will see their journey come to an end.
[…] One statistic that will give Germany encouragement is that Spain have a torrid record against host nations at major tournaments.
They have failed to win such matches in the knockout stages of a European Championship or World Cup in nine previous attempts, dating back to 1934.
But they will be encouraged by their record against Germany.
They are unbeaten in their past six meetings with them and their last match at the Euros was the final in 2008, when Spain won 1-0.
At this tournament it is Germany who come out on top of many of the statistics.
As well as scoring the most goals (10 to Spain’s nine), they have had more possession (62% to 58.5%), and also edge things in terms of passing accuracy (92.2% to 91%).
But Spain’s statistics show them to be the better pressing side, winning the ball back more times than Germany (165 to 161) and attempting more tackles (51 to 45).
