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by Kennedy Kechula | in Euro Predictions
Poland have a tough match to start off their Euro 2024 campaign when they take on the Netherlands in the first match in Group D. This game on Sunday is among the highlight games in a tough group that also hosts former world Champions France and a revitalized Austria. Poland, the last team to book a spot at Euro 2023, will be hoping to get the first three points in the group in this game to be staged at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg.
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Poland - Netherlands: Form Analysis
Group D has rightly been listed as one of the toughest in this competition and Poland aren’t backed among favorites to advance from the pool. However, having made it to their fifth straight European Championship, Poland come with some good experience at this level. It is just about three months ago when Poland secured their slot at Euro 2024 and they come here on an impressive run. They beat Wales on post-match penalties after a 0-0 draw in March to secure their slot. That draw happens to be the only time they failed to win outright in their last five matches. It was also the only time they failed to score in their eight-game unbeaten run. However, they have just three clean sheets in the last 11 matches; both teams scored in six of the 11 matches. Poland will hereby seek to do better than their bottom placed finish at Euro 2020. Ahead of this game, Poland have no win inside 90 minutes in their last five European Championship matches.
The Netherlands will also be looking to do better than their last 16 exit at Euro 2020. They didn’t have a very straightforward qualification run either, only confirming their place in the penultimate round. They’ve however risen past the nervy qualifiers and will be looking to take their place among the European heavyweights. The Dutch will be emboldened by their impressive run against the Poles. In this fixture, the Netherlands last lost in 1979, and coming here they are on a 12-match unbeaten run against Poland. In their five meetings between 2016 and 2022, the Netherlands won four times. In the warmup for this competition, the Dutch registered 4-0 wins against Canada and Iceland. They have six wins in their last seven matches coming here and have scored in each of their last 13 matches. In their last five matches alone, they scored 19 times, and have the attack as their biggest threat heading to Germany.
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Poland & Netherlands Squad Analysis
To face a team of the Netherlands’ caliber, Poland need their best players available, especially in defence. However, it will not be the case here as Aston Villa defender Matty Cash is ruled out of the competition due to injury. As if that’s not a blow big enough, Poland are also set to miss their talisman Robert Lewandowski. The silver lining is that Lewandowski’s absence could be only for this game. The Barcelona forward is nursing a thigh injury and might return on Match Day 2.
The Dutch aren’t spared the injury case either. A few days to their opening game of the competition, the Netherlands communicated that Frenkie De Jong would be ruled out of the tournament. Teun Koopmeiners is also set to miss the competition with injury while Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber wasn’t even called up after his late recovery from a knee injury. The Netherlands have however handed out late call ups to Joshua Zirkzee and Ian Maastsen.
Poland - Netherlands Key Points
- All of the Netherlands’ last five games had over 2.5 goals
- A total of 15 goals were scored in Poland’s last five matches
- In half of the Netherlands’ last 10 Euro matches, both teams scored
- Both teams scored in Poland’s last five European Championship matches
- In four of the Netherlands’ last five matches, they scored at least three goals
- Both sides scored in three of the last five meetings between these two nations
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Our Poland vs Netherlands Prediction
These two nations had different paths to the Euros. As they head into this game, the one thing that stands out is their abilities in attack. It has been witnessed in their last five meetings, three which had both teams score and ending in over 2.5 goals. Most of their recent matches have also produced over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring has been a regular stat across their games. With that in mind, our prediction for Poland v the Netherlands is for both teams to score and over 2.5 goals.
Poland vs Netherlands - Other Interesting Predictions
Netherlands to win
The Netherlands have dominated this fixture and look like favorites coming here too. In our second prediction, we will back them to win this Group D fixture.
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Poland vs Netherlands match : Frequently asked questions
The Poland v the Netherlands game will be staged at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg
The Poland v the Netherlands game is set for Sunday 16 June and will kick off at 15:00 CET
For fans in Poland, the Poland v the Netherlands game will be accessible on TVP, while those in the Netherlands can watch on NOS. The match’s live scores will also be accessible on SportyTrader
Ahead of the Poland v the Netherlands game, it is the Dutch who have dominated the fixture. Poland have three wins, while the Netherlands have nine wins in 19 meetings between the two nations.
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