As part of the next match of the European Football Championship, the players of the national teams of North Macedonia and the Netherlands will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this confrontation?
North Macedonia
The Macedonian national team lost the opportunity to qualify for the play-offs of the European Championship after two rounds. She lost both of her matches and will definitely finish the tournament in last place in her quartet. The Golden Reds started with a 1:3 defeat to Austria, and in the second game day of the competition they were defeated by Ukraine (1: 2). With these failures, the absolute debutant of the European Championships broke his 4-match streak without defeats. During this period, just before the continental competition, he won the world cup with Slovenia (1:1), and also managed to defeat Kazakhstan - 4:0.
Holland
The Dutch national team has already guaranteed its participation in the 1/8 finals of the tournament. She managed to come out victorious in her two meetings. In the first round, the "orange" not without difficulties coped with Ukraine (3: 2), scoring the decisive goal in the 85th minute of the game. In the next match, the team from the country of tulips did not experience problems with Austria, winning with a score of 2: 0. Now the Dutch have a series without defeats from six matches, where they drew once, and won five times. In this period, the "orange" did not score less than two goals per match. And in four cases, she kept the frame intact. Before the European Championship, the Netherlands drew with Scotland (2: 2), and also defeated Georgia (3: 0).
Statistics and figures:
- North Macedonia is a clear underdog of the confrontation;
- Holland has a 6-match unbeaten streak;
- North Macedonia lost 2 previous duels;
- The opponents played each other only 4 times;
- The Netherlands have never lost to the Macedonians - 2 wins and 2 draws;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 4: 0 in favor of the Dutch.
Forecast
I expect open football from this match. Holland and North Macedonia will delight fans with an interesting game that will bring at least 4 goals in the face-to-face confrontation of the opponents. We are betting in favor of efficiency.