USA vs. Germany: Key Stats and Form Guide for Women's World Cup 2015 Semi-Final

The United States and Germany will clash on North American soil this Tuesday as two old rivals are set to duel for their place in the final of the 2015 Women's World Cup.

With two World Cup trophies apiece, Tuesday's semi-final presents each team with the chance to advance to the Vancouver final in the hopes of establishing themselves as the world's most successful side.

Year	United States	Germany
1991	1st	4th
1995	3rd	2nd
1999	1st (Host)	Quarter-Final
2003	3rd (Host)	1st
2007	3rd	1st
2011	2nd	Quarter-Final (Host)

Current title holders Japan will face off against England in the other semi-final, but whoever emerges triumphant between the United States and Germany will assuredly fancy their chances of a third World Cup.

We crunch the figures and break down some of the essential statistics leading up to this week's opening semi-final in an attempt to determine who can be considered favourite for the final.

United States	Germany
W 3-1 vs. Australia	W 10-0 vs. Ivory Coast
D 0-0 vs. Sweden	D 1-1 vs. Norway
W 1-0 vs. Nigeria	W 4-0 vs. Thailand
W 2-0 vs. Colombia	W 4-1 vs. Sweden
W 1-0 vs. China PR	D 1-1 vs. France (Win 5-4 on Pens)

Based on the five matches each side has played thus far on Canadian soil, the United States and Germany are two sides of drastically opposite styles.

While Silvia Neid's European titans have looked masterful in attack for the most part, Jill Ellis' U.S. women's national team have been bulletproof in defence, conceding just a single goal during their World Cup campaign.

Germany's 10-0 thrashing of the Ivory Coast corrupts the numbers slightly, but their goal tally of 20 compared to the U.S.A.'s seven illustrates precisely how each team has gotten to this stage.

ESPN Stats and Info shows those figures to be extremely telling, too, when one considers Ellis' women haven't exactly been shy when it comes to chance creation:

That statistic in particular tells us it's in finishing chances the United States have been struggling, with Carli Lloyd and Abby Wambach coming to their rescue in slim 1-0 wins over China PR and Nigeria, respectively.

That being said, the Americans' defence has been mighty, and centre-back Julie Johnston recently provided some insight into what made her the stern customer she's evolved into:

Germany midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan has been fighting to return from injury this week, having come on as a half-time substitute in each of the side's last two wins over Sweden and France.

ESPN's Jeff Carlisle gives the sense her involvement is assured, the only question remaining as to whether she'll start:

In order to best Die Nationalelf, the United States simply must have to muster more of a threat on Nadine Angerer's goal, which is a real concern considering they've scored more than one goal in just two of their five games.

Preventing Germany from scoring is something no team has yet managed to do at this year's World Cup, and the statistics determine Neid's side as current favourites to claim the title:

Merely frustrating the Germans without forcing their own chances on goal won't be sufficient for the United States to end matters within normal time, which is what any team would hope to be doing against a Germany team stacked with bench options.

All signs may point to a victory for 2003 and 2007 champions Germany, but it's on occasions such as these that logic is meant to be bent—and if all goes to plan for the Stars and Stripes, broken.