Netherlands vs Poland Predictions and Betting Tips

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The Netherlands welcome Poland to the Johan Cruijff Arena for their first group stage meeting in the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League. This will be the first competitive meeting between the two teams in 20 years. Therefore, we expect to see an exciting encounter on Friday evening.

The Dutch might just be serial losers following another final loss to Portugal in the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League playoffs. With the Dutch looking like a stronger team on paper, Portugal took advantage of home advantage as they won the inaugural competition by a solitary goal- Goncalo Guedes grabbing the all-important winner.

Having being able to revive the Dutch football team in his two years in charge, dutch football fans must have been very pleased with former coach Ronald Koeman who is currently in charge of FC Barcelona. Will caretaker manager Dwight Lodeweges be able to do the job as good as the former Dutch centre back?

Following the revamp of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League format, Poland has another chance at League A. They finished bottom of Group 3 registering two draws and two losses in the four games played.

Jerzy Brzeczek's troops cruised through the European Championships group stages winning eight of the 10 games in Group G. Instrumental in that group stage triumph was National team top scorer and Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski who was excluded from the team. This is as a result of the recent completion of his club team's triumphant UCL campaign.

This would be the first competitive meeting between these two European giants since 1993. In the 1994 World Cup qualification stage, The Netherlands came out on top. The Dutch have also won the two friendlies between these two sides since then.

The Netherlands possible starting XI:

Cillessen; Ake, van Dijk, de Ligt, Dumfries; Wijnaldum, de Roon, de Jong; Babel, Bergwijn, Depay.

Poland possible starting XI:

Szczesny; Rybus, Glik, Bednarek, Bereszynski; Krychowiak, Goralski; Zielinski, Grosicki, Symanski; Milik

Netherlands vs Poland Predictions: 2-0

Both teams are heading into this game with a decent run of results. However, we find it hard betting against the home side who, on paper, look like group winners