Netherlands vs Spain Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Netherlands versus Spain is expected to be a fairly one-sided contest due to the fact that Spain are on an impressive run of form.

Ronald Koeman’s side only managed to win two of their six Nations League matches, while scoring 13 and conceding seven times, seeing them scrape a second-place finish in League A Group 3 behind Germany and just ahead of Hungary.

Spain won five and drawn one of their six matches, scoring 13 and conceding just four goals. Since Luis de la Fuente’s record as Spain manager as a whole is sensational, as he has overseen 23 wins and three draws from 28 matches, firing in 72 goals and conceding just 19 times.

Prediction: Netherlands 1-3 Spain

On Thursday night, the Netherlands hosts Spain at De Kuip in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League.

Date: 20/03/2025

Location: De Kuip

Time: 7:45pm

The last time these two sides met was back in November 2020, with the match resulting in a 1-1 draw as Donny van de Beek scored a second half equaliser after Sergio Canales had given Spain the lead early on in the first half.

There have been some memorable meetings between these two sides down the years, as they met in the 2010 World Cup final, where Spain emerged as 1-0 victors in South Africa thanks to an extra time goal from Andrés Iniesta. However, the Dutch did get some revenge on Spain in 2014 as they thrashed them 5-1 under the management of Louis van Gaal as Robin van Persie (2), Arjen Robben (2) and Stefan de Vrij all got on the scoresheet.

Since the return of Koeman, the Netherlands have been very results based rather than playing a particularly Dutch style of play, having reached the semi-finals of Euro 2024 where they were beaten 2-1 by England. At that competition, they did have a favourable run to the semi-finals though, as they knocked out Romania and Turkey in the Round of 16 and quarter-finals.

Spain are arguably the best international side in the world at present when it comes to results and a style of play, as they managed to win Euro 2024 following their memorable 2-1 win against England in the final in Berlin where Mikel Oyarzabal scored a late winner. During Euro 2024, Spain knocked out the likes of Georgia, Germany and France in the knockout stages after topping a group consisting of Italy, Croatia and Albania.

On top of this, Spain are also the holders of the UEFA Nations League having beaten Croatia 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the 2023 edition after knocking out Italy (2-1) in the semi-finals thanks to a 88th-minute winner from Joselu.

Netherlands versus Spain will be shown live on DAZN.

Netherlands

Predicted line-up: Verbruggen; Dumfries; van Dijk, de Ligt, Hato; de Jong, Reijnders, Koopmeiners; Malen, Gakpo, Simons.

Spain

Predicted line-up: Raya, Porro, Cubarsi, Le Normand, Grimaldo; Zubimendi, Pedri, Olmo; Yamal, Morata, Williams.

Netherlands

The Netherlands enter this game with just one won in their last five matches, with their only victory coming via a 4-0 scoreline against Hungary on 16th November where Wout Weghorst, Cody Gakpo, Denzel Dumfries and Teun Koopmeiners all got on the scoresheet.

Koeman’s side have earned draws with Germany (2-2), Hungary (1-1) and Bosnia & Herzegovina (1-1) while losing 1-0 at Germany.

Spain

On the other hand, Spain’s form is absolutely pristine, as they have won all of their last five matches, following victories against Switzerland (4-1 & 3-2), as well as Denmark (1-0 & 2-1) on either side of a 3-0 victory over Serbia where Aymeric Laporte, Alvaro Morata and Alex Baena all got on the scoresheet.

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