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Netherlands vs Northern Ireland Prediction & Betting tips
The Netherlands plays an international match against Northern Ireland on Thursday-evening, which has so far collected a surprising number of points. The Dutch are of course supposed to win this game.
Netherlands:
In Group C of the qualification series, the Netherlands is currently doing very well. That has a lot to do with the great 2-4 win that the Ronald Koeman team booked last month. Competitor Germany was convincingly defeated in Hamburg by the Dutch national team. With a relatively simple remaining program, Orange has a good prospect of first place in the group. Then there will have to be settled twice with Northern Ireland, which is currently still above the Netherlands.
Last month’s matches will have strengthened Koeman’s idea that his team is not that far away from the absolute top, or even part of it. Some of the selection players are also getting better at their clubs, which the Dutch team will also help. The development of Frenkie de Jong at FC Barcelona is the best example of this. The question is to whom De Jong will be linked in midfield on Thursday. Now that Donny van de Beek is playing a little further back in midfield at his club Ajax, he is a possible replacement for Marten de Roon. Georginio Wijnaldum seems certain of a basic place Koeman indicated that his team is not fixed in all positions, but at the same time he does not want to change things in many positions.
Northern Ireland:
Northern Ireland was one of the 24 participants in the previous European Championship. The British even managed to survive the group stage, although this had a lot to do with the generous placement rules. No fewer than sixteen of the 24 teams were allowed to participate in the knockout phase. In the eighth final, Germany turned out to be too strong. In this European Championship qualifying round, the country started flashing, with twelve points from four duels. This was not a realistic picture, because there was no play against Germany and the Netherlands.
Northern Ireland met Germany last month. In Belfast, Northern Ireland was able to come along reasonably for half a time, but in the end the big difference in strength between the two selections was expressed in the score. There was a 0-2 loss at Windsor Park. Probably it will not have been the last defeat in this group for the team of coach Michael O’Neill, who has to deal with some injured players.
Netherlands vs Northern Ireland head to head matches
02.06.12 FI Netherlands Northern Ireland 6 : 0
11.10.77 WC Northern Ireland Netherlands 0 : 1
12.10.76 WC Netherlands Northern Ireland 2 : 2
06.04.65 WC Netherlands Northern Ireland 0 : 0
16.03.65 WC Northern Ireland Netherlands 2 : 1