Germany will host the UEFA Euro 2024 and thus did not play in the qualifiers in the ongoing international break. They played a friendly against Japan at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday, suffering a 4-1 defeat.
The shock defeat led to the termination of Hansi Flick as the manager of the national team. Rudi Voller has been named the interim manager for the time being and will lead the team against France in this friendly.
The visitors maintained their perfect record in the European qualifiers with a 2-0 home win over Ireland on Friday. Aurélien Tchouaméni scored in the 19th minute and Marcus Thuram added the second goal in the 48th minute.
- The two teams have a long-standing rivalry and have squared off 32 times in all competitions since 1931. The visitors have the upper hand in the head-to-head record with 15 wins. The hosts have 10 wins to their name and seven games have ended in draws.
- The visitors are unbeaten in their last six meetings against the hosts, recording four wins. They have kept four clean sheets in that period while also scoring two goals apiece in four games.
- They last met in the UEFA Euro 2020 campaign opener in 2021, with the visitors recording a 1-0 win thanks to Mats Hummels' own goal.
- The hosts have suffered four defeats in their last five friendlies, failing to score twice in that period and conceding at least two goals in four games.
- Since their defeat to Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final in December, the visitors have won five games in a row while also keeping clean sheets in these wins.
