Netherlands vs. USA Tip

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The Netherlands were the luckiest team when it comes to the draw as they ended up in a group with the host nation. They had no trouble advancing to the elimination phase as they finished on top of the group with 7 points.

The Netherlands got the job done with the opening win over Senegal with two late goals. It seemed like they didn’t play at 100% against Ecuador and settled for a draw knowing that they will have pretty much easy tasks in the last round against Qatar. The Netherlands had full control of that game winning by 2-0 which was enough to go through.

Team USA played consistently well in the group stage. After missing the previous World Cup, they came in Qatar determined to make a good result and they are doing a great job so far. They started the competition with a 1-1 draw against Wales in a game in which they were the better team but allowed a penalty five minutes from time. That result didn’t bring them down and they managed to play a scorеless draw against the best team in the group, England. Going into the third game with 2 points, only winning was the option for the USA and they showed up ready, defeating Iran by 1-0 and booked a place in the Top 16.

Key facts

• Jeremie Frimpong is out for the Netherlands
• Joshua Sargent is out for the USA
• These two have played four times before. The Netherlands won three and USA one of those games

The Netherlands won Group A pretty easily which, at the end of the day, was expected of them. Now, they will face team USA who barely made it to the Top 16 but totally deserved it. The USA allowed only one goal in the group stage and that one was from the penalty spot. This speaks enough about how difficult is to score against them but if any team can do it, that is definitely the Netherlands. Louis Van Gaal has put up a great group of young players who follow his guidance and that proved like the winning recipe by now. The USA are also a young squad preparing for the next World Cup which will be hosted partially in the USA, but it seems that they are already ready to make a lot of noise. The Netherlands are the favorites to win but it is tough to bet on them since the USA barely concedes goals. Knowing that the stakes are high in this game and there are overtime and penalties are option, no team will attack too hard in regulation which will lead to under 2.5 goals.

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Netherlands to win and total under 2.5 goals

3.62

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