The inform Netherlands will take on Czech Republic in the exciting round of 16 fixture this Sunday at the Ferenc Puskas stadium in Budapest with kickoff at 19:00.
The Netherlands qualified for round of 16 after winning all of their three matches in the group stage. The Netherlands displayed their class after emerging from the group stage as the top scoring team with eight goals and also kept clean sheets against Austria and North Macedonia.
The Oranje are the favorites to take the day in the Sunday’s clash as they are currently in an impressive form as they haven’t lost any of their last seven matches with a four-match winning streak. They head into the match with expectations of causing trouble to their opponents with Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum being their star starts and have proved that they are to-go players in this crucial fixture following their wonderful displays in the group stage.
Czech Republic on the other hand qualified for the round of 16 as one of the four best third placed teams in the group stage. They finished third in group D following their 1-1 draw to Croatia and 1-0 defeat to England in their last group fixture at the Wembley. Prior to that Czech outsmarted Scotland 2-0 in their opening fixture at the Hampden Park.
Netherland vs Czech Republic head to head
Both sides have met 10 times since 1994 with Czech Republic being the better team with five wins while Netherlands have won three times and two fixtur5es ended in a draw. Take a look;
- Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic
- Czech Republic 2-1 Netherlands
- Czech Republic 0-2 Netherlands
- Netherlands 2-0 Czech Republic
- Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic
Home
- North Macedonia 0-3 Netherlands
- Netherlands 2-0 Austria
- Netherlands 3-2 Ukraine
- Netherlands 3-0 Georgia
- Netherlands 2-2 Scotland
Away
- Czech Republic 0-1 England
- Croatia 1-1 Czech Republic
- Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic
- Czech Republic 3-1 Albania
- Italy 4-0 Czech Republic
Netherlands team news
Netherlands will be without the services of Luuk De Jong who suffered a knee injury in the training. Donny van de Beek will still be out due to an injury.
Czech Republic team news
Lukas Provod will still remain out due to injury and Juan Boril will also be out due to suspension as he picked two yellow cards one against Croatia and the other against England.
Prediction and odds
- Netherlands win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
