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West Germany 2-3 Sweden - September 20, 1942 / Friendlies 1942

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Friendlies 1942 - Europe

Olympiastadion - Berlin - Germany

September 20, 1942

90 000

West Germany

Germany

2 - 3

Sweden

Karl Decker

12'

August Klingler

39'

Arne Nyberg

44'

Henri Garvis Carlsson

63'

Malte Martensson

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7' - Goal Arne Nyberg

12' - Goal Karl Decker12

39' - Goal August Klingler39

44' - Goal Henri Garvis Carlsson

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63' - Goal Malte Martensson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Germany

2 - 3

Sweden

West Germany Sweden

Team line-ups

West Germany

Jahn

Helmut Jahn

Germany

B.date20/10/1917

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Janes

Paul Janes

Germany

B.date11/03/1912

Age30 years

positionDefender

Miller

Karl Miller

Germany

B.date02/10/1913

Age28 years

positionDefender

Rohde

Hans Rohde

Germany

B.date07/12/1914

Age27 years

positionDefender

Kupfer

Andreas Kupfer

Germany

B.date07/05/1914

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Lehner

Ernst Lehner

Germany

B.date07/11/1912

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Sold

Wilhelm Sold

Germany

B.date19/04/1911

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Decker12

Karl Decker

Austria

B.date05/09/1921

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Sing

Albert Sing

Germany

B.date07/04/1917

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Walter

Fritz Walter

Germany

B.date31/10/1920

Age21 years

positionPlaymaker

Klingler39

August Klingler

Germany

B.date24/02/1918

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Helmut Jahn		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Janes		30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Karl Miller		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hans Rohde		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andreas Kupfer		28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernst Lehner		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilhelm Sold		31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Decker	12	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Sing		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fritz Walter		21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	August Klingler	39	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sweden

Bergqvist

Sven Bergqvist

Sweden

B.date20/08/1914

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Grahn

Karl-Erik Grahn

Sweden

B.date05/11/1914

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Gren

Gunnar Gren

Sweden

B.date31/10/1920

Age21 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Nyberg7

Arne Nyberg

Sweden

B.date20/06/1913

Age29 years

positionForward

Martensson63

Malte Martensson

Sweden

B.date24/09/1916

Age25 years

positionForward

Nordahl

Gunnar Nordahl

Sweden

B.date19/10/1921

Age20 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Carlsson44

Henri Garvis Carlsson

Sweden

B.date27/10/1917

Age24 years

H1m63

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Sven Bergqvist		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl-Erik Grahn		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gunnar Gren		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arne Nyberg	7	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malte Martensson	63	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gunnar Nordahl		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Henri Garvis Carlsson	44	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ernst Lehner

Herbert Burdenski

OUT

Hans Rohde

Ernest Wilimowski

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sepp Herberger

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Herberger vs Sweden

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 1942

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Key figures

It's the first time Karl Decker scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

West Germany keeps its 4 matches with at least 3 goals conceded vs Sweden in Friendlies running (since 25/09/1932). It's a record streak. The first of history

West Germany keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Sweden running (since 25/09/1932). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Germany 7-0 Hungary06/04/1941

VWest Germany 5-1 Croatia15/06/1941

DWest Germany 1-1 Denmark16/11/1941

VWest Germany 4-0 Slovakia07/12/1941

DWest Germany 1-1 Spain12/04/1942

VWest Germany 7-0 Romania16/08/1942

Overall

VCroatia 0-2 West Germany20/01/1942

LSwitzerland 2-1 West Germany01/02/1942

DWest Germany 1-1 Spain12/04/1942

VHungary 3-5 West Germany03/05/1942

VBulgaria 0-3 West Germany19/07/1942

VWest Germany 7-0 Romania16/08/1942

Current form

Away

LNorway 2-1 Sweden04/09/1938

VNorway 2-3 Sweden17/09/1939

VFinland 2-3 Sweden29/08/1940

DDenmark 3-3 Sweden20/10/1940

LDenmark 2-1 Sweden19/10/1941

VDenmark 0-3 Sweden28/06/1942

Overall

DSweden 1-1 Denmark06/10/1940

DDenmark 3-3 Sweden20/10/1940

DSweden 2-2 Denmark14/09/1941

VSweden 4-2 Germany05/10/1941

LDenmark 2-1 Sweden19/10/1941

VDenmark 0-3 Sweden28/06/1942

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	18	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	32	16
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	8	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	1
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
4	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3.17	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Karl Decker	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Gunnar Nordahl
Fritz Walter	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gunnar Nordahl
Fritz Walter	5 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Gunnar Nordahl

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

17 gf

13 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

1 d

5 l

8 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

14 matches

5 v

2 d

7 l

27 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

5 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

8 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

13 gf

17 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

14 matches

7 v

2 d

5 l

28 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 21, 1937
Home	5 - 0	November 21, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 31, 1924
Away	4 - 1	August 31, 1924

Latest head to head

October 05, 1941 - Rencontres amicales 1941

Sweden

4 - 2

West Germany logo West Germany

November 21, 1937 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1938

West Germany

5 - 0

Sweden

June 30, 1935 - Rencontres amicales 1935

Sweden

3 - 1

West Germany logo West Germany

May 31, 1934 - Coupe du Monde 1934

West Germany

2 - 1

Sweden

September 25, 1932 - Rencontres amicales 1932

West Germany

4 - 3

Sweden

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Otto Harder	4 goals	1924 - 1926
Richard Hofmann	3 goals	1929 - 1929
Otto Dumke	3 goals	1911 - 1911
Karl Hohmann	2 goals	1934 - 1934
Helmut Schön	2 goals	1937 - 1937
Oskar Rohr	2 goals	1932 - 1932

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Gösta Dunker

1 goal

1934 - 1934

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Georg Knöpfle	4 matches	1928 - 1932
Ernst Lehner	4 matches	1934 - 1941
Stanislaus Kobierski	3 matches	1932 - 1935
Ludwig Leinberger	3 matches	1929 - 1932
Ludwig Hofmann	3 matches	1926 - 1929
Hans Sobeck	3 matches	1928 - 1931

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/06/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

Ernst Andersson	1 match	1934 - 1934
Ivar Eriksson	1 match	1937 - 1937
Knut Kroon	1 match	1934 - 1934
Karl Johansson	1 match	1937 - 1937
Nils Rosén	1 match	1934 - 1934
Sven Nilsson	1 match	1937 - 1937