Netherlands vs Greece Match Analysis and Prediction

Netherlands vs Greece Match Analysis & Prediction

Netherlands

07/09/2023 9:45 pm

Greece

by Vincent

4 weeks ago 0 35

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Seeking to quickly brush aside their disappointment from the UEFA Nations League, Netherlands host Greece at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Thursday night.

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While the Oranje have picked up three points from their opening two matches in Group B, Greece have collected six points from their first three games.

Since replacing Louis van Gaal in January, Ronald Koeman has suffered three defeats in his opening four matches of his second spell in charge of the Netherlands, including a 4-0 loss to Group B leaders France in their first Euro 2024 qualifier in March.

The Oranje then secured a comfortable victory over Gibraltar in their second qualifier, beating the European underdogs 3-0 on home soil, but that was followed by successive defeats in the UEFA Nations League to Croatia and Italy in June.

Netherlands missed out on progression to the final on Dutch soil after losing 4-2 to Croatia, before suffering a 3-2 defeat to Italy in the third-place playoff.

Gus Poyet has made a notable impression as Greece manager since taking charge in February last year, leading his side to eight wins, two draws and just four losses in 14 matches across all competitions – nine of which were competitive games.

Piratiko made a bright start to Euro 2024 qualifying with successive victories over Gibraltar and Republic of Ireland, beating the former 3-0 away from home before claiming a 2-1 home win against the latter.

However, Greece were unable to make it three wins from three after they narrowly lost 1-0 away to France in June.

Greece are seeking to end a 12-year wait to qualify for the European Championships that they won for the first and only time back in 2004, and wins against the Netherlands on Thursday and Gibraltar on Sunday would put them in the driving seat to secure a top-two finish in Group B along with France.

Netherlands vs. Greece Head to head

In the nine previous meetings between these two teams, Netherlands have claimed seven victories while Greece have won one, and they have drawn once. Greece have scored three goals and conceded 20 in the process.

16/12/1987

Greece

0

Netherlands

3

Euros Qualifiers
21/11/1990

Netherlands

2

Greece

0

Euros Qualifiers
04/12/1991

Greece

0

Netherlands

2

Euros Qualifiers
28/04/2004

Netherlands

4

Greece

0

Friendlies
01/09/2016

Netherlands

1

Greece

2

Friendlies

Netherlands Team News

Netherlands will be without Memphis Depay (hamstring), Steven Bergwijn (knee), Jurren Timber (ACL), Sven Botman (ankle) and Justin Bijlow (broken wrist) due to injury.

Koeman could stick with a back four that would include centre-back duo Virgil van Dijk and Lutsharel Geertruida, with Denzel Dumfries and Nathan Ake operating as full-backs.

Netherlands's Last 5 Matches

09/12/2022

Netherlands

2

Argentina

2(P)

FIFA World Cup
24/03/2023

France

4

Netherlands

0

Euros Qualifiers
27/03/2023

Netherlands

3

Gibraltar

0

Euros Qualifiers
14/06/2023

Netherlands

2

Croatia

4(E)

UEFA Nations League
18/06/2023

Netherlands

2

Italy

3

UEFA Nations League

Greece Team News

West Ham United defender Konstantinos Mavropanos is suspended for Greece after being sent off in the previous game against France.

So, either Giorgos Tzavellas – who is in contention to earn his 50th international cap – or Panos Retsos could start at centre-back alongside Pantelis Chatzidiakos.