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Sonorous duel between two top European teams: on Wednesday evening, the Netherlands and Spain will meet for a friendly match in the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam.
Before their decisive group games in the Nations League, both national coaches test again against a top-class opponent.
The two national teams meet at eye level, which is made clear by Holland vs. Spain also has the odds of the best betting providers, which are extremely balanced.
A look at the last results of both teams shows that the Netherlands have not scored a goal in three of their four games, while in Spain there were few goals and only one team scored goals (three times Spain won to zero, one lost without scoring).
Holland :
The Dutch are going through a small performance slump: The Elftal have been waiting for a win for four games, the last was at the beginning of September in the opening game of the Nations League against Poland (1-0).
Since then, however, it has not really worked out with either winning or scoring goals. Twice they scored 0: 1 at home (against Italy in the Nations League and in a friendly against Mexico), while in Bosnia and Italy there were two draws (0: 0, 1: 1).
Convincing is different, two measly goals and only one win in five games in the 2020 calendar year are simply not good. Holland only ranks third in the Nations League Group F. Before the last two games start here on November 15 and 18, there will be another test on Wednesday.
Against Spain, the Dutch want to gain self-confidence for the final spurt in the Nations League, but scoring goals will also be difficult against the Iberians, as they stand for a defensive that is difficult to overcome (only two goals against in five games in 2020). So while Holland hardly scores goals, Spain allows only a few.
Coach Frank de Boer will have to find a way to inject his Elftal back into the joy of playing that it was just showing in 2019. The last four games without a win for the Dutch were between November 2013 and May 2014. This gloomy series should come to an end – otherwise it will gradually become uncomfortable for de Boer, who was installed in the summer.
Spain :
It was a bit bumpy for the Spaniards recently, albeit not as badly as for the Dutch: In the last game in the Nations League there was a surprising 0-1 in Ukraine, before that they were only 0-0 away from Portugal.
For two games in a row, the Spaniards, who are used to success and are actually known for their offensive game, remained without a goal. That should now get better in Amsterdam on Wednesday before the last two duels of the Nations League Group A, where Switzerland and Germany are waiting.
But especially abroad, the team of national coach Luis Enrique has recently had a hard time: Five away games in a row there was no more victory (four draws, one bankruptcy) – the longest winless series abroad for over 25 years (most recently you waited so long on an away win between November 1990 and March 1993).
Before the upcoming international matches, Luis Enrique has to complain about injury problems: Shooting star Ansu Fati from FC Barcelona tore his meniscus and is out for months, Seville’s right-back Jesus Navas (muscle injury) is also missing, as is Thiago Alcantara from Liverpool FC. All three players are permanent players in the team, they are represented by Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Hector Bellerin (Arsenal) and Marcos Llorente (Atletico).
In addition, Koke and Alvaro Morata are back with the national team, they were not called up in the last nomination phase in September. Center forward Morata in particular – most recently in strong form at Juventus Turin – should help La Roja to become more dangerous again.
Netherlands vs Spain head to head matches
31.03.15 FI Netherlands Spain 2 : 0
13.06.14 WC Spain Netherlands 1 : 5
11.07.10 WC Netherlands Spain 0 : 1 (0 : 0)
27.03.02 FI Netherlands Spain 1 : 0
14.11.00 FI Spain Netherlands 1 : 2
