Belgium vs Netherlands PREVIEW & PREDICTION 16/10/2018

On Tuesday, October 16, in a friendly atmosphere, the game Belgium – Holland will be played. The match will take place on “King Baudouin Stadium” in Brussels, starting at 19:45. Both bands come after impressive victories.

At the end of a fairly balanced match, Belgium managed to concede its victory in front of Switzerland. After a white first half in which only four shots were sent to the goal area, the “red devils” broke out in the second half of the game. As expected, Lukaku put his name on the scoreboard and managed a double. Although the club team has not scored for a month, Romelu Lukaku seems to have the same international appeal. Thus, he scored not less than 5 goals in the last 3 games he played for the national team. With this success, Belgium has consolidated its first position in the group and seems to have only a simple formality to qualify in the play-off phase.

On the other hand, “mechanical orange” comes after another convincing victory. At the head of a game in which he was dominated by most chapters, the Netherlands made a definite step in front of Germany, scoring 3-0. van Dijk opened the score after half an hour, while Depay and Wijnaldum hit decisively in 87 and 90 + 90 minutes respectively. It was for the third time in the last eight games played, when the Netherlands scored 3-0. With this victory, he retains the chances of qualifying in the next phase, being just one point behind France, occupying the first place.

The last direct confrontation, disputed in the fall of 2016, ended undecided, score 1-1. It was the 5th result of the draw in the last seven straight games. In five of these games scored goals in both gates.

Probable teams:

Belgium (3-4-3): Thibaut Courtois – Toby Alderweireld, Vincent Kompany, Thomas Vermaelen – Thomas Meunier, Axel Witsel, Youri Tielemans, Yannick Carrasco – Dries Mertens, Romel Lukaku, Eden Hazard

The Netherlands (4-3-3): Jasper Cillessen – Denzel Dumfries, Matthijs de Light, Nathan Ake, Patrick van Aanholt – Martin de Roon, Davy Propper, Gini Wijnaldum – Steven Bergwijn, Memphis Depay, Ryan Babel


PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.62

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