Netherlands vs France prediction and betting tips on June 21, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between the national teams of the Netherlands and France will be held in the 2nd round of the Euro on June 21, 2024. Both started with minimal victories, and even a draw more or less guarantees access to the play-offs, although the fans will demand a win over the neighbour.
Netherlands vs France: key statistics and trends
- Netherlands has won 8 out of 10 previous matches.
- France has won only 3 times in 6 previous matches.
- The Dutch win the first half in 50% of matches, the French – in 70% of the games.
Netherlands – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Oranje”, being under the leadership of Koeman, plays poorly against strong opponents. The “home” final of the Nations League resulted in defeats made by both Croatia and Italy. As part of the qualifications, the team was beaten twice by the French last year. And the Germans inflicted the team’s only misfire in 2024.
On the other hand, the Dutch are merciless towards the weaker rivals. Victories over Gibraltar, Ireland and Greece brought a confident success in qualifying for the Euro. This year, the team managed to win with a 4-0 score not only in the battle against Canada, but also in the games against Iceland and even Scotland. As for the 1st round of the championship, where it struggled with the Poles, 1 more victory was snatched, but that happened at the very end of the game, not without hassle and waste of a lot of moments.
France – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“Les Bleus”, with a renewed squad and Mbappé as the captain, won their qualifying group ahead of schedule, winning the first 7 rounds. Still, even then there was a defeat to the Germans in a friendly match.
The world vice-champion has had many setbacks since the end of last year. The team finished the game in Greece with a 2-2 draw in November and lost to Germany in March, this time the failure happened at the home arena (0-2). And it failed to score against Canada before the Euro itself. Still, Deschamps’ team went to the tournament as one of the main favourites. It has already won the struggle with Austria: it was done minimally, with a 1-0 score, and Mbappé was lost for at least the next couple of matches due to a broken nose.
Netherlands: team news
De Jong and Koopmeiners had to be sent home due to injuries. Brobbey is also injured.
France: team news
There were questions about the health of Theo Hernandez. His brother Luca did not have time to recover from injury in time for the Euro. Kylian, having broken his nose in the game against the Austrians, was allegedly ready to play in a mask, but he would do this only in the play-offs.
Netherlands vs France: Possible starting line-ups
Netherlands (possible line-up): Verbruggen – Ake, van Dijk, de Vrij, Dumfries – Gravenberch, Schouten, Veerman, Depay, Simons – Weghorst.
France (possible line-up): Maignan – Mendy, Saliba, Upamecano, Kounde – Camavinga, Kante, Griezmann, Dembélé – Giroud, Kolo Muani.
Previous head-to-head matches: Netherlands vs France
“Les Bleus” won 7 out of their 8 previous matches, including both during last year’s qualifying round.
Free prediction for the match Netherlands vs France
Deschamps has enough stars even without a captain. We believe that he will beat Koeman again (odd: 2.31).