Netherlands vs England Prediction & Match Preview

Netherlands vs England Prediction

A place in the 2024 Euro final is on the line as the Netherlands face England in a mouth-watering semi-final encounter on Wednesday evening at BVB Arena in Dortmund.

Both outfits survived scares after conceding first in their respective quarter-final ties. Which team will prevail to reach the ultimate game on Sunday?

• England have lost just 2 of the last 19 games across competitions.
• Both teams scored in five of the last six head-to-head encounters between these rivals.
• Netherlands conceded five goals so far in the tournament.
• We’ve seen at least three goals in nine of Netherlands’ last ten matches across competitions.

Netherlands pulled off a second-half comeback on Saturday night via a couple of quickfire goals to get past Turkey.

Ronald Koeman’s men have shown many more weaknesses compared to their round-of-16 thumping of Romania, though.

England continued with their subpar performances in the quarter-final, edging past a brave Switzerland side on penalties four days ago.

Gareth Southgate is under a huge pressure due to poor displays from his star-studded squad that has still managed to find ways to get out of problems in the knockout phase so far.

Netherlands Team News

Ronald Koeman did not make changes to his starting lineup in either of two knockout-phase matches so far. While he has no issues with suspended or injured players, the former Barcelona boss may make some changes this time around, though.

Steven Bergwijn has not shown much as a starter on the right flank in either of the last two games. He could easily be replaced by Donyell Malen who bagged a brace in a 3-0 thumping of Romania in the round of 16.

Netherlands Predicted Lineup (4-3-3 Formation)

Verbruggen – Dumfries, de Vrij, van Dijk, Ake – Schouten, Simons, Reijnders – Malen, Depay, Gakpo.

England Team News

As for the English team, Marc Guehi will return to the starting XI from suspension. He will likely replace Ezri Konsa despite a solid game for the Aston Villa centre-back against Switzerland on Saturday.

The good news for Gareth Southgate is the availability of a proper left-back as Luke Shaw finally got some minutes in the quarter-final. Will it be enough to earn him a place in the starting lineup on Wednesday?

England Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Pickford – Walker, Stones, Guehi, Shaw – Mainoo, Rice – Saka, Bellingham, Foden – Kane.

Three Lions to exploit Dutch defense

England have been far from impressive with just a single win in 90 minutes in five games at the 2024 Euro.

Nevertheless, they have reached the semi-final mainly thanks to the individual quality of their superstars.

Now that they’re here, the main pre-tournament contenders need to be considered favourites in the clash against the Netherlands.

The Dutch team showed too many defensive weaknesses in the quarter-final tie against Turkey.

They’ve also conceded three goals in the last group-stage game against Austria while their back line did not look ideal in the inaugural narrow victory over Poland either.

England have lost only 2 of the previous 19 outings across competitions. They possess too much quality in attack and we see great value in backing their victory in the 90 minutes of action at the 2.50 odds.

Harry Kane to come to the party

The value is great with England’s captain and talisman Harry Kane to score anytime at the super-attractive 3.00 odds.

Netherlands conceded five goals so far in the tournament. They allowed numerous big chances in a 2-1 victory over Turkey in the quarter-final.

This will be the music to the ears of Harry Kane who will once again lead the line for England.

Kane has scored just one goal so far in the tournament. He has had a tremendous campaign or Bayern Munich in Bundesliga from an individual point of view.

He is the main penalty-taker for the Three Lions and we just can’t ignore the sky-high 3.00 odds offered for him to score anytime on Wednesday.

Steffen Schmidt- July 8, 2024

Netherlands vs England Betting Tips

England to win

OK

2.64 Odds

England 2-1

OK

10.00 Odds

Harry Kane to score anytime

OK

3.00 Odds