Spain and Germany meet this evening in a Euro 2024 quarter-final that promises to be very special.

These two have been the best teams at the tournament so far this summer, but one will be heading home early.

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The hosts are unbeaten, and bar a 1-1 draw with Switzerland, they've largely cruised past their opponents.

But that is unlikely against a Spanish side that have won all of their matches and have scored nine goals, conceding just once.

La Roja weren't fancied by many people heading into the tournament, but they've been fantastic, meaning we should be in for a great game.

Spain vs Germany: talkSPORT coverage

This Euro 2024 quarter-final clash will take place on Friday, July 5.

Kick-off at the Stuttgart Arena is set for 5pm UK time.

talkSPORT will have live coverage, with Adrian Durham serving as your presenter.

Commentary will then come from Jim Proudfoot and England icon Stuart Pearce.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The game will also be shown free-to-air on ITV 1.

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• This will be the fourth meeting between Spain and Germany at the UEFA European Championship, with Spain winning two (1984 and 2008) to Germany’s one (1988). Their last such meeting was in the 2008 final with Spain winning 1-0 thanks to a Fernando Torres strike.
• This is the first meeting between Spain and Germany since the 2022 World Cup, and a 1-1 draw in the group stages. Spain are unbeaten in their last four major tournament matches against Germany (W2 D2), with these games producing a total of just six goals (Spain 4, Germany 2).
• Having lost their first meeting with Spain on German soil (2-1 in a 1935 friendly), Germany are unbeaten in their last eight games against La Roja on their own turf (W5 D3).

Spain vs Germany: Confirmed line-ups

Spain: Simon, Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella, Gonzalez, Rodri, Fabian, Yamal, Morata, Williams

Subs: Raya, Nacho, Vivian, Merino, Joselu, Olmo, Torres, Grimaldo, Remiro, Baena, Zubimendi, Oyarzabal, Navas, Lopez, Perez

Germany: Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Raum, Can, Kroos, Sane, Gundogan, Musiala, Havertz

Subs: Gross, Fullkrug, Fuhrich, Baumann, Muller, Beier, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Wirtz, Mittelstadt, Henrichs, Ter Stegen, Andrich, Koch, Undav

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

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• No host nation has ever been eliminated from the quarter-final stage of the UEFA European Championship, with all four previous host quarter-finalists progressing: England won a penalty shootout against Spain in 1996, Netherlands beat Yugoslavia 6-1 in 2000, Portugal beat England on penalties in 2004, and France defeated Iceland 5-2 in 2016.
• This will be Germany’s 19th quarter-final tie across the World Cup (14) and UEFA European Championship (5) – the most of any European nation at the two major tournaments. They have progressed from 15 of their previous 18 (83%), including all four at the EUROs (1996, 2008, 2012, 2016).
• Germany have scored 10 goals across their four matches at EURO 2024, which is already their joint-most in a single edition of the UEFA European Championship. Meanwhile, their shot conversion rate of 13.9% is currently their highest in this competition since EURO 2008 (14.5%); an edition in which they were beaten by Spain in the final.

Spain vs Germany: What has been said?

Germany boss Nagelsmann has revealed why he prefers Havertz over Fullkrug up front despite the majority of the public wanting the Borussia Dortmund striker to start.

He said: “If you look at it from the outside, a demand for Fülle [Fullkrug] is understandable, even though Kai comes off much worse in the public assessment.

“[Havertz] has a clear job in many games, which means that he doesn’t have many ball actions because he should create space for others. He did that exceptionally well.

“In the internal assessment, Kai is ranked much higher than in the public.

“For the striker, it’s not always just about scoring a goal. If you’re substituted and the opponent is already tired, you might have a little more space. Fülle has a good rating, but Kai is an important player for us.”

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• Spain’s Fabián Ruiz has been involved in five goals in his last four games in all competitions (3 goals, 2 assists). He’s both scored and assisted in two of his three games at EURO 2024 so far – no player has ever done so in three different games at a single edition of the UEFA European Championship.
• Toni Kroos has completed 95% of his passes for Germany at EURO 2024 (411/431); the highest completion rate by a player to attempt 300+ passes at a UEFA European Championship tournament (since 1980). Indeed, he also leads all players at EURO 2024 for line-breaking passes (125).
• 16-year-old Lamine Yamal has provided two assists for Spain so far at EURO 2024, just the third teenager on record (since 1980) to provide multiple assists at the competition after Enzo Scifo (1984) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2004). 94% of his passes have been made while under pressure (106/113), the highest rate of any Spain player to play at least 180 minutes so far at EURO 2024.
• Jamal Musiala has scored in three of Germany’s four games at EURO 2024 so far (three goals). The only player to score more goals in a single edition of the tournament while aged 21 or younger was Wayne Rooney for England in 2004 (4).

Spain vs Germany: Betting with talkSPORT BET

Match odds:

Spain - 8/5

Draw - 11/5

Germany - 13/8

*odds subject to change