Netherlands vs Scotland Prediction & Tips
Holland and Scotland meet at Estádio Do Algarve, for a friendly match, the first of the year for both teams. There has only been 1 direct head ‑ to ‑ head between these two teams in the last 11 years, on 09‑11‑2017, which ended in the Netherlands victory by (0‑1). The home advantage may play an important role in this match, since Scotland presents significant differences between home and away results.
This is the first friendly match of the year for the home team, who played 2 last year. In these friendlies they registered the following results: Netherlands (1‑1) Spain and Netherlands (0‑1) Mexico. This is a team that maintains its performance when playing outside its stadium, since in the last 30 games it registers 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses as a visitor; against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In their last match, for the World Cup Qualifiers – Europe, they won Gibraltar away by (0‑7). In the last 9 home matches the Netherlands has recorded 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, as he has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games. In 15 matches, he has conceded the first goal 7 times and has only managed 2 turns on the scoreboard.
The Netherlands starts motivated for this game after a triumph, by 0-7, in the trip to the field of Gibraltar, in a game counting for the qualification phase of the World Cup 2022: the goals of the team were signed by Steven Berghuis, Donyell Malen, Donny van de Beek, Georginio Wijnaldum, Memphis Depay (2) and Luuk de Jong. Normally, we can see that coach Frank de Boer draws his team in the classic 4-3-3 and favors organized attacks, mainly through the corridors: Steven Berghuis and Memphis Depay are experts in transporting the ball to the attack. All players are available for this game.
The away team plays its first friendly match of the year, having not played any in the previous year. This is a stronger team when playing at their stadium, as in the last 30 games they have recorded 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In their last match, for the World Cup Qualification – Europe, they won the Faroe Islands at home by (4‑0). In the last 8 away matches Scotland have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have managed to score in 7 of the last 10 games. In 15 games, he only managed 2 turns on the scoreboard in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Scotland heads into this game with a 4-0 victory against the Faroe Islands in a game counting for the qualification phase of the World Cup 2022: the team’s goals were signed by John McGinn (2), Che Adams and Ryan Fraser. In this game at home, it is expected that coach Steve Clarke will play in the usual 3-5-2 favoring defensive organization and counterattacks through the corridors: Ryan Fraser is a very fast and strong player in transporting the ball to the attack . There are no weight absences for this game.
Netherlands – Scotland FREE TIPS
Netherlands – Win @ 1.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
