Netherlands and Spain meet in the first leg of their UEFA Nations League (UNL) quarter-final tie at De Kuip Stadium, where the winner over the two legs will play either Croatia or France in the semi-finals.
Netherlands finished second in Group 3 of League A, five points behind winners Germany but above Hungary and Bosnia & Herzegovina. They only lost one game in the campaign though, a 1-0 defeat in Munich.
Netherlands also drew three matches though and have only won once in their previous five outings, which will be a cause for concern as they welcome Spain.
The Euro 2024 winners are on an incredible run of form that has seen them win 14 of their last 16 games in all competitions, in an unbeaten run that stretches back almost a year.
Spain won five of their six matches as they topped Group 4 in League A of the UNL, above Denmark, Serbia and Switzerland. However, Netherlands have actually gotten the better of the most recent meetings, with the Oranje actually unbeaten in eight H2Hs in normal time!
How the bookies view it: Spain unsurprising favourites
Despite Spain's dreadful recent H2H record, they are unsurprisingly 5/4 favourites with BoyleSports to win this clash based on their incredible form. Netherlands are priced at 15/8 to win with the same bookmaker, while a draw is priced at 11/5.
Recent head-to-head: All square in friendly
Both teams last played each other in a friendly in 2020, which finished 1-1. Sergio Canales gave Spain the lead in the first half, before Donny van de Beek equalised shortly into the second.
Players to watch: Yamal to continue scoring streak?
Brian Brobbey is the latest man to try and lead what has been a fairly toothless Netherlands attack compared to some of the other big nations. He did score at Bosnia in a 1-1 draw in November last time out though.
Lamine Yamal has shown his class in a Barcelona shirt recently for someone still so young, scoring brilliant goals in crucial wins against Benfica and Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and La Liga recently. He is 3/1 with BoyleSports to score anytime against Netherlands.
Predicted lineups
Mats Wieffer and Youri Baas have joined the Netherlands squad after Denzel Dumfries withdrew, while there are also fitness concerns over a number of other players.
Dean Huijsen earned his first senior Spain call-up after impressing with Bournemouth, and has replaced Inigo Martinez in the squad. Aleix Garcia has also replaced Marc Casado, but there are a number of key absentees including anchor man Rodri, who is still out injured.
Netherlands: Verbruggen, Timber, De Ligt, Van Dijk, Hato, Gravenberch, De Jong, Simons, Reijnders, Gakpo, Brobbey.
Spain: Simon, Porro, Curbasi, Le Normand, Cucurella, Ruiz, Zubimendi, Pedri, Yamal, Morata, N Williams.
Anything else catch the eye?
Looking at the enhanced prices offered by BoyleSports, Spain to win both halves, which they did in four of their six UNL games in the league phase, is very tempting at 15/2. Similarly, given their dominance in recent times, a Spain/Over 2.5 match result and total goals enhanced price of 3/1 with the same bookmaker also catches the eye.
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