Following their encouraging win against Peru last weekend, the German national team faces Belgium in Cologne on Tuesday evening. FanQ asked German football fans whether the DFB team will win their second match of the year against the „Red Devils“ and whether striker Niclas Füllkrug will celebrate again.

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„We've taken the first step. It was good that we started the year with a win,“ said national coach Hansi Flick, expressing his satisfaction with his team's performance against Peru. The DFB team put in a committed performance against the South American underdogs and decided the game in the first 45 minutes. Two goals from Niclas Füllkrug made the final score 2:0. The next victory will now come against Belgium. But despite the Red Devils„ surprising preliminary round exit at the last World Cup, Flick warns: “Belgium are a different calibre." The disappointing tournament in Qatar cost former coach Roberto Martinez his job. The new man on the sidelines is Domenico Tedesco, who is well known from the Bundesliga. In the first game under his leadership, the team immediately managed an impressive 3-0 win in Sweden last Friday. Romelu Lukaku scored all three goals. Stopping the Inter Milan striker will be one of the main tasks for the German defence. Nico Schlotterbeck will not be available. Due to muscular problems in his thigh, the Dortmund player has already travelled home early. However, he should be fit again in time for the top match in the Bundesliga against Bayern Munich on Saturday. Kai Havertz will also not play and left the club with a flu-like infection. However, their absence seems to be manageable according to the fans. In a FanQ survey, those who voted rated the severity of the absences with an average of 3.2 out of five stars. Flick has already announced his intention to replace them with Thilo Kehrer and Serge Gnabry.

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Overall, the national team coach wants to make „few changes“ compared to the Peru win. Timo Werner and Niclas Füllkrug will therefore once again line up in the double attack. The latter once again proved to be a cool-headed striker in the last game and has now scored five goals in five international matches. 62.8 % of German football fans are predicting that the Bremen international will also score at least once against Belgium. In goal, it is already clear that Marc-Andre ter Stegen will once again stand between the posts. The FC Barcelona keeper wore the number one shirt for the first time against Peru. Since 2010, this number has actually belonged to Manuel Neuer, who is currently out of action with a lower leg fracture. For German football fans, there are signs of a changing of the guard. 72.2 % of them stated that they expect ter Stegen to retain his starting place even after Neuer's return. The match against Belgium will be the 999th game for a senior national team of the DFB. The fans are optimistic that the national team will be successful in this fixture. In a survey conducted by FanQ, 42.5 % of participants predicted a Germany victory. 27.5 % expect a draw in the test match and only 21.6 % believe that Domenico Tedesco's team will win in Cologne.