Netherlands vs USA 03.12.2022

After a somewhat lukewarm start to the tournament that saw them picking up a fortuitous win over Senegal on matchday and a tepid draw against Ecuador in the second game, Netherlands finally put their foot down and clinched Group A with a solid 2-0 over tournament hosts Qatar in the final round of group games. A terrific finish from Codi Gakpo and a De Jong rebound off a saved Depay effort, either side of the halftime break was all it took as the Oranje pumped some juice back into their system. They will be looking to continue that momentum here in the first of the round of 16 fixtures.

USA on their part remain undefeated in the tournament. After drawing their opening two games against their UK opponents Wales and England, they picked up a clinical 1-0 over Iran in the last round of Group B matches to punch their ticket to this round of 16 after finishing second behind England in the group with 5 points. Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic was the difference maker, finishing off a well-worked goal in the 38th minute, and seemingly picking up an injury after colliding with the Iran keeper in the process and remains a doubt for this fixture.

The Americans have proven to be a hard nut to crack. They have only allowed a single goal in the group games. They have a solid defence and will certainly shape themselves up here like they did in the group matches. We expect a closely fought opening half with limited goalscoring opportunities either way. This could however give way to a more open 2nd half of the game as legs get weary and the adrenalin checks in. We are therefore picking the 2nd half of this game to witness more goals.

Main tip: Most Goals 2nd Half (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Netherlands vs USA

These teams have met 4 times

• Netherlands have won 3 times, USA just once
• These games have averaged 3.24 goals a match
• The last meeting ended 4-3 in USA’s favour

Latest results Netherlands

• 4 wins, and 1 draw in their last 5 matches
• 8 goals were scored in their last 5 matches. Average of 1.60 goals per match
• Beat Qatar 2-0 in their last match

Latest results USA

• 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss in their previous five matches
• Just 2 goals were scored in these last 5 games. Average 0.40 goals per game
• They edged Iran 1-0 in their last match

World Cup Group A Final Standings and Latest Results

Netherlands: rank 1st – 3 matches – 2 wins – 1 draw – 0 losses – 7 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-D-W-W-W

World Cup Group B Final Standings and Latest Results

USA: rank 2nd – 3 matches – 1 win – 2 draws – 0 loss – 5 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-D-D-D-L

Possible squad Netherlands

Netherlands: Noppert; de Ligt, van Dijk, Aké; Dumfries, Berghuis, de Jong, Blind; Gakpo; Depay, Bergwijn

Out: None

Coach: Louis van Gal

Possible squad USA

USA: Turner; Dest, Zimmerman, Ream, Robinson; McKennie, Adams, Musah; Aaronson, Wright, Weah

Out: Sargent (Ankle), Pulisic (Knock)

Coach: Gregg Berhalter

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Most Goals – Second Half

10Bet offers competitive odds for the bet “Most Goals – Second Half”
The odd of 1.95 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 51% chance that the second half of this game will have more goals than the first

Odds comparison for Most Goals – Second Half

10Bet – odd 1.95
Betwinner – odd 1.93

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2) Bet on Under 3.5 Goals

• 9 of USA’s last 10 games have had less than 4 total goals
• Only 1 of their 4 H2H matches has had more than 3 goals scored

Betway offers competitive odds for the bet “Under 3.5 Goals”
The odd of 1.54 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 65% chance that this match will have fewer than 4 total goals

Odds comparison for Under 3.5 Goals

Betway – odd 1.54
Cyberbet – odd 1.38

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