The Netherlands’ performances have got better as the tournament has progressed and their display against a previously underrated Romania side in the Round of 16 match was impressive.
They looked solid in defence and always a threat on the break, more than a match for any team left in the competition.
Not many pundits expected Turkey to get the better of Austria, who had been outstanding so far in the competition, but they fully deserved their win, even though it was ‘squeaky bum’ time in the last twenty minutes of the match as Austria looked for an equaliser.
Odds and Predictions
The Netherlands are odds on favourites for this Quarter-final tie at 1.57, Turkey are available at 6.0 and the odds on the draw are 3.90.
Looking at those odds, you would think that there is a good chance that the Netherlands will romp home in this match, but we are not so sure.
For the first of our tips, we think that there will be a few goals but that the match will end in a draw with a scoreline of 2 – 2 at odds of 17.0.
We also think that Turkey could surprise a few people so with that in mind, the last one of our predictions is in the ‘Double Chance’ market with a bet on ‘Draw or Turkey’ at odds of 2.30.
Comparison and Statistics from Past Meetings between the Teams
The Netherlands and Turkey have faced each other H2H a total of fourteen times in their history.
The Netherlands have won seven matches, Turkey have won four, and three matches have ended in a draw.
The last five head-to-head matches between the two teams are listed below.
| Past Meetings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Sep 2021 | netherlands | 6-1 | turkey | World Cup Qualifier |
| 24 Mar 2021 | turkey | 4-2 | netherlands | World Cup Qualifier |
| 06 Sep 2015 | turkey | 3-0 | netherlands | EURO Qualifier |
| 28 Mar 2015 | netherlands | 1-1 | turkey | EURO Qualifier |
| 15 Oct 2013 | turkey | 0-2 | netherlands | World Cup Qualifier |
Expected Line Ups
A few of those Netherlands players have impressed over the last few matches, none more so than the Liverpool pair of Van Dijk and Gakpo.
Turkey has scored an impressive seven goals so far in the tournament, what’s even more impressive is that this tally has come from six different players, so they always pose a threat in the final third of the pitch.
Netherlands (4-3-3): Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Simons, Reijnders; Malen, Depay, Gakpo.
Turkey (4-2-3-1): Mert Günok; Mert Müldür, Merih Demiral, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu; Okay Yokuşlu, Kaan Ayhan; Kenan Yıldız, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Barış Alper Yılmaz; Arda Güler.
How Far Will These Teams Progress in the Tournament?
This will be a very close encounter that could very easily go to penalties, and for the first time in this tournament, we are going to have to hold our hands up and say that we don’t have solid predictions regarding who will go through to the Semi-final.
If push comes to shove, though, we will go with the experience of the Netherlands team and predict that they will be facing England or Switzerland in the Semi-final of Euro 2024.
