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Netherlands vs Croatia Prediction & Betting tips
Arena De Kuip in Rotterdam will host the first semi-final between the Netherlands and Croatia on Wednesday evening from 19:45. The two national teams have met only twice until now, the first confrontation taking place in 1998 at the World Cup, in the minor final, in the fight for 3rd place, won by Croatia 2-1, and the second confrontation had place ten years later in 2008, in a friendly match won by the Netherlands with 3-0. The winner of this semifinal will face the winner of the other semifinal between Spain and Italy in the final, while the losing team will face the losing team from the same match in the fight for 3rd place.
Netherlands:
The Netherlands comes to this match as a quarter-finalist of the 2022 World Championship, where they were defeated by Argentina after one of the most beautiful games since the final tournament. Meanwhile, the Netherlands also started the preliminaries for Euro 2024, but the debut was a disastrous one, in the first match losing 4-0 against France, and the second match was won 3-0 against Gibraltar. So after two matches, the Netherlands is in 3rd place in group B, after France and Greece but ahead of Ireland and Gibraltar. In the League of Nations, the Netherlands won group A with Belgium, Poland and Wales.
Croatia:
On the other hand, Croatia also had a good run at the World Championship and was also eliminated by Argentina, but in the semifinals. In the preliminaries for Euro 2024, Croatia recorded a draw, 1-1 at home with Wales and a 2-0 away victory against Turkey. With the four accumulated points, Croatia is in second place in group D, after Wales and ahead of Turkey, Armenia and Latvia. In the UEFA Nations League, Croatia took the 1st place in group 1 with Denmark, France and Austria.
Netherlands vs Croatia to head matches
06.02.08 FI Croatia vs Netherlands 0:3
11.07.98 WC Netherlands vs Croatia 1:2
* Our advice is: BTS / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.96
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