UEFA Nations League - Spain VS Netherlands Prediction

UEFA Nations League - Spain VS Netherlands
Match Time:24-03-2025 03:45 Monday (GMT+8)
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Spain
Spain did suffer an early injury in the first leg as key defender Pau Cubarsi was forced off in the latter stages of the first half. The youngster has since returned to Barcelona for further assessment. To the surprise of many, Dutch-born defender and Bournemouth sensation Dean Huijsen got his first taste of international football.

The centre-back put in a commanding performance, and by the look of things, he is set for a full debut at the Mestalla. One of Dani Olmo and Mikel Merino might be in the manager’s thinking, with the former likely to get the nod in place of Fabian Ruiz, who was largely ineffective in Rotterdam. Pedri and Martin Zubimendi will be the other two midfielders in Fuente’s system.

At the back, Huijsen will partner with Robin Le Normand in the central defensive partnership, while Luis de la Fuente will stick with the idea of using Pedro Porro and Marc Cucurella as his preferred full-back choices.

No further changes expected in the forward line, although Mikel Oyarzabal could potentially make the manager think about using him instead of Alvaro Morata. Still, the Spanish captain will start alongside Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams in the front three.

Netherlands
Ronald Koeman will have to decide on his starting eleven, particularly those in the defence ahead of this trip to Spain. In the first leg, the Netherlands had to make a change in the back as Jurrien Timber missed out with an illness, and with the official account stating that Jorrel Hato was his replacement, it indicated that the manager wanted to use the Arsenal man at left-back.

Lutsharel Geertruida started in the right-back role last time out, but he might retain that should Timber return fit for this second leg in Spain. Koeman is likely to start with the Arsenal man at left-back, although should he not recover from his illness or be deemed unfit to start then Jeremie Frimpong might move into the right-back slot, with Geertruida shifting to the other flank.

In the case of the latter, Koeman might bring Xavi Simons into the starting lineup and in Frimpong’s position, while mostly retaining his other attacking and midfield stars. Teun Koopmeiners will be pushing for a start, although the Juventus star might find himself on the bench as Koeman might persist with Justin Kluivert in the attacking midfield role.

Spain possible starting lineup:
Simon; Porro, Le Normand, Huijsen, Cucurella; Pedri, Zubimendi, Ruiz; Yamal, Morata, N Williams

Netherlands possible starting lineup:
Verbruggen; Frimpong, Van Hecke, Van Dijk, Geertruida; Reijnders, F de Jong; Simons, Kluivert, Gakpo; Memphis

Spain vs Netherlands Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The Netherlands have a good historical record against Spain and have won six out of the 13 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Spain's four victories.
Spain are unbeaten in their last 17 matches in all competitions on the international stage, with their previous such defeat coming by a narrow 1-0 margin against Colombia in March last year.
Spain are unbeaten in their last four matches against the Netherlands in all competitions and have played out draws in their last two such games, with their previous such defeat coming by a narrow 1-0 margin in 2010.
The Netherlands are unbeaten in their last three matches in the UEFA Nations League but have played out draws in two of these games, with their previous such defeat coming against Germany last year.

Prediction: Spain 2-1 Netherlands (Spain win 4-3 on aggregate)
Thursday's match was very entertaining, and we are expecting more of the same here; both teams have players who can hurt the other in the final third of the field, and it would not be a shock to see this tie go all the way to penalties. However, we are expecting Spain to just about get the job done in normal time to progress to the semi-finals.

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