The final place for the Semis is up for grabs in the Nations League as Germany host Netherlands! Well it’s only up for grabs for the Dutch. Netherlands defeated France on Friday 2-0 to put themselves in position to advance and a draw is enough for them to do so. Germany are already relegated but they can’t be underestimated due to their lack of success in 2018. The fans will be in high demand for them to win after so many poor results and that’s why the Dutch will have to work for the result they need and not to forget this is a rivalry. Netherlands won the first fixture 3-0 and they will hope to do the same yet again, but can Germany stop them? France will certainly hope so.
Key Facts
Germany have only lost 1 of their previous 15 home games. 11W 3D 1L.
Germany are winless in 4 straight competitive games. In fact they’ve only won one in 6 competitive games in 2018. 1W 4L 1D
Germany have lost 6 total games in 2018. Record losses in a calendar year.
Germany have a 12:14 Goal Difference in 12 games in 2018.
Germany have been held scoreless in 4 of their 6 competitive games in 2018.
Germany have a 1W 6D 3L record against League A opppsition in their last 10 matches against such. Winless in 6 straight against them currently.
Netherlands are winless in 4 straight away games. 3D 1L.
Memphis Depay has 6 goals in his last 7 games for club and country. On Fire.
Netherlands have a 3W 2D 5L record against League A opposition in the last 10 matches against such. They’ve won 2 of the last 3 however.
Since 2005 these nations met 6 times and 5 of those had over 2.5 goals.
Netherlands have only lost 1 of their last 8 games. Showing good form.
Team News
Germany: We saw many 2nd string players start for Germany in their friendly game against Russia the other day. The likes of Hummels, Reus, Kroos, Muller, Goretzka were all on the bench and will hope to start here however it’ll be hard to get into the squad after a performance that the team put in against Russia winning 3-0 therefore Joachim Low will have a selection headache coming into this game. We could see experimental decisions considering that Germany are playing for nothing but pride.
Netherlands: There are no new injury concerns for Ronald Koeman and the Dutch. After beating France 2-0 on Friday it’s hard to see any changes in the lineup therefore we can expect the exact same players to start here for the Netherlands.
Betting Tips and Predictions
It’s clear as day where the value is for this game. Netherlands are obviously worth the backing tonight. Germany got nothing to play for here while the Dutch got everything to play for, and not only that the Dutch are genuinely playing class above football right now compared to Germany. Sure Germany beat Russia in a friendly 3-0 is that enough to convince us that they’re gonna win here? No. Netherlands to win here is priced at 3.85. Netherlands 0.0 handicap at 2.75 and Netherlands to not lose at 1.90. Any of these bets are worth the look at and it’s really up to you if you want to risk it and go for the win or settle for them not to lose. We can expect goals because naturally both of these teams like to go forward and score. We backed Depay to score last game and he delivered. Today he’s priced to score at 5.25 which is ton of value and worth a try. Netherlands to win 1-2 is our prediction.
Match Odds (TonyBet)
Germany Win – 1.95
Draw – 3.90
Netherlands Win – 3.85
KICK OFF – 19th November 2018 – 7:45pm UK Time
.png?v=1.014689135)
