First meets last in league A group 4 of the UEFA Nations League this Tuesday when Netherlands will host Wales at Johan Cruyff Arena in the fourth round of the campaign. Kickoffs at 21:45 EAT.
The home team is in the pole position after collecting seven points from their three matches to secure a spot in the semi-finals from Group 4 in the Nations League. Netherlands opened their 2022-23 UEFA Nations League campaign with a 4-1 win over Belgium on June 3 before making it back-to-back successes by recording a 2-1 victory over Wales five days later.
Netherlands was held to 2-2 Nations League stalemate with Poland in their previous fixture. In that game, Netherlands had 68% possession, 17 shots with 6six of them on target and goals scored by Davy Klaassen (51′) and Denzel Dumfries (54′). Poland got five shots with three of them on target and goals by Matty Cash (18′) and Piotr Zieliński (49′).
Meanwhile, Wales finished top of Group 4 of League B in their last UEFA Nations League campaign, collecting 16 points from their six matches against Finland, Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria, which saw them earn promotion. This time round, Wales is at the bottom of the group having only picked up one point from their opening three games.
Wales shared spoils 1-1 Nations League with Belgium in their previous outing. In that game, Wales had 36% possession, 14 shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Brennan Johnson (86′). At Belgium got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Youri Tielemans (51′).
Netherlands vs. Wales head to head
Netherlands has an excellent record in the head to head meetings between these two sides having won all the four encounters since 2008, while Wales is yet to win.
- Wales 1-2 Netherlands 08/06/22
- Wales 2-3 Netherlands 13/11/15
- Netherlands 2-0 Wales 04/06/14
- Netherlands 2-0 Wales 01/06/08
Home
- Netherlands 2-2 Poland
- Wales 1-2 Netherlands
- Belgium 1-4 Netherlands
- Netherlands 1-1 Germany
- Netherlands 4-2 Denmark
Away
- Wales 1-1 Belgium
- Wales 1-2 Netherlands
- Wales 1-0 Ukraine
- Poland 2-1 Wales
- Wales 1-1 Czech Republic
Netherlands team news
Tim Krul is recovering from an injury at the moment and has been ruled out of this fixture while Virgil van Dijk has been given a break from football and will not be available for selection as well.
Wales team news
Nathan Broadhead is injured at the moment and has been ruled out of the match while Danny Ward has made progress with his recovery but is unlikely to be risked in this fixture.
Prediction and odds
Netherlands is on an 11-game unbeaten run and eight of these were victories while Wales is winless in four of their past five overall games and they had failed to keep clean sheets in seven of their past eight fixtures.
- Netherlands Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
