Germany 7–1 Curaçao — World Cup 2026

Matchday 4 · Group E · 2026-06-14

Germany

xG 6.51

HT 3–17 – 1

Curaçao

xG 1.00

Germany Felix Nmecha 6′, Nico Schlotterbeck 38′, Kai Havertz 45+5′ (pen.), Kai Havertz 88′, Jamal Musiala 47′, Nathaniel Brown 68′, Deniz Undav 78′ · Curaçao Livano Comenencia 21′

NRG Stadium · 68,021 attendance

The story

Germany made a statement — a 7–1 dismantling of Curaçao. The decisive moment came late, in the 88th minute.

Expected goals race

Germany Curaçao ● goal

Cumulative expected goals, minute by minute. ESPN's free feed has no xG, so each shot's xG is estimated with a naive distance-and-angle logistic model fitted on shot coordinates from the play-by-play.

Shot map

Germany (attacking →) Curaçao (attacking ←) size = xG · star = goal

Germany · match stats · Curaçao

64.7 Possession 35.3

26 Shots 8

12 On Target 2

8 Corners 1

18 Fouls 11

0 Offsides 1

1 Saves 4

0 Yellows 0

0 Reds 0

What the model expected

Pre-match Elo: Germany 1960, Curaçao 1640. The model priced this Germany 80% / draw 13% / Curaçao 7%, most likely score 2–0. The model called it. The result moves 14 Elo points from Curaçao to Germany — that flows straight into the next round of tournament simulations.

Timeline

6' GOALGoal! Germany 1, Curaçao 0. Felix Nmecha (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.

21' GOALGoal! Germany 1, Curaçao 1. Livano Comenencia (Curaçao) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

38' GOALGoal! Germany 2, Curaçao 1. Nico Schlotterbeck (Germany) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Brown with a cross following a corner.

45'+5' PEN GOALGoal! Germany 3, Curaçao 1. Kai Havertz (Germany) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.

45' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Jeremy Antonisse replaces Sontje Hansen.

47' GOALGoal! Germany 4, Curaçao 1. Jamal Musiala (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a through ball.

64' SUBSubstitution, Germany. Deniz Undav replaces Jamal Musiala.

65' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Jearl Margaritha replaces Jürgen Locadia.

68' GOALGoal! Germany 5, Curaçao 1. Nathaniel Brown (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Deniz Undav.

73' SUBSubstitution, Germany. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Jonathan Tah.

73' SUBSubstitution, Germany. Leon Goretzka replaces Felix Nmecha.

73' SUBSubstitution, Germany. David Raum replaces Nathaniel Brown.

78' GOALGoal! Germany 6, Curaçao 1. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.

83' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Gervane Kastaneer replaces Tahith Chong.

83' SUBSubstitution, Germany. Waldemar Anton replaces Joshua Kimmich.

88' GOALGoal! Germany 7, Curaçao 1. Kai Havertz (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Deniz Undav following a fast break.

Lineups

Germany

4-2-3-1

1Manuel Neuer G
15Nico Schlotterbeck CD-L
4Jonathan Tah CD-R
18Nathaniel Brown LB
6Joshua Kimmich RB
10Jamal Musiala AM
5Aleksandar Pavlovic LM
23Felix Nmecha RM
7Kai Havertz F
17Florian Wirtz AM-L
19Leroy Sané AM-R

Subs: Deniz Undav, Antonio Rüdiger, Leon Goretzka, David Raum, Waldemar Anton

Curaçao

4-3-1-2

1Eloy Room G
18Armando Obispo CD-L
23Riechedly Bazoer CD-R
24Deveron Fonville LB
5Sherel Floranus RB
12Sontje Hansen M
10Leandro Bacuna CM
21Tahith Chong AM
7Juninho Bacuna LM
8Livano Comenencia RM
9Jürgen Locadia CF-R

Subs: Jeremy Antonisse, Jearl Margaritha, Gervane Kastaneer