As part of the quarterfinal match of the World Cup, the players of the national teams of the Netherlands and Argentina will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? Our sports portal evaluates the opponent's chances of success.
Netherlands
The Netherlands national team started the FIFA World Cup with a victory in a duel against Senegal, which they managed to beat with a score of 2:0. In the second round, the "orange" painted a world match with Ecuador (1:1), almost losing to their opponent. In the final match of the group stage, the Dutch defeated the hosts of the tournament – the Qataris. The match ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the team from the country of tulips. In the 1/8 finals match, the Netherlands were able to confidently beat the USA with a score of 3:1. The nominal hosts showed a solid level of football and were able to achieve a well-deserved result.
Argentina
The Argentine national team started the World Cup with a defeat. In the match against Saudi Arabia , the score was 1:2. After this failure, the team drew the appropriate conclusions and was able to beat Mexico (2:0) and Poland (2:0) with the same score. The first place in the group took Albiceleste to the playoffs, and at the first stage Lionel Scaloni's team came face to face with Australia, which they confidently beat with a score of 2:1.
Statistics and figures:
- Argentina is the favorite of the meeting;The Netherlands won 4 meetings out of the previous 5;
- Argentina won the previous three matches;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals took place at the 2014 World Cup;
- Then in the main time of the meeting, the score was 0:0.
- Forecast
Analyzing the previous face-to-face meetings of the rivals, I assume that in this game the opponents will again sign the world.
Our bet in the match will be on the score of 1:1, which, it seems to me, will be the most likely.
