Spain continues the defense of her UEFA Nations League Crown on Thursday evening when you visit the Netherlands in the first leg of your quarter -finals.
The European champions have won 14 of their last 15 games and have been undefeated since last year last year, since they continue to shine under Luis de la Fuente. You have brought a relatively uncomplicated nations league group effortlessly at the top and now have to conquer your FIFA World Cup final opponent in 2010 to reach the last four.
The Ronaldo Koeman team had to take second place in the Nations League group after they could not be best Germany in six games, and they have only won once in the last five. Her semi -finals in Euro 2024 took the wind out of its sails.
Spain won the competition in 2022/23 in the Netherlands and intended to continue a trophy period at the expense of the Dutch, which in 2018/19 became second place in the first Nations League campaign.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to a battle of giants.
Netherlands against Spain head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Netherlands | Spain |
|---|---|
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-1 Netherlands – 19/11/24 | Spain 3-2 Switzerland – 18/11/24 |
Netherlands 4-0 Hungary – 16/11/24 | Denmark 1-2 Spain – 15/11/24 |
Germany 1-0 Netherlands – 14/10/24 | Spain 3-0 Serbia – 15/10/24 |
Hungary 1-1 Netherlands – 10.10.24 | Spain 1-0 Denmark – 10.10.24 |
Netherlands 2-2 Germany – 10.09.24 | Switzerland 1-4 Spain – 08/10/24 |
country | TV channel/livestream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Viaplay – paid subscription via Amazon Prime |
United States | Fubotv, FoxSports.com, Vix, Fox Sports App, Fox Sports 1 |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
The defender of Manchester United, Matthijs de Ligt, was initially left out of Koeman’s March squad, but has since been appointed after injuries from central defender Nathan Ake and Stefan de Vrij. However, his club colleague Joshua Zirkzee was left out after a hard magic.
Liverpool Trio Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch were recorded as expected, while Jurria Timber, Donyell Malen and Justin Kluivert are further inclusions of the Premier League. The Brighton duo Jan Paul van Hecke and Bart Both are both involved, while Brentford’s Mark Flekken will compete with the latter by one point between the sticks.
Memphis Depay, who is the second scorer of the Netherlands of all time of all time, has returned to the squad after he is impressed by Corinthians in Brazil.
Denzel Dumfries has withdrawn from the squad due to an injury.
The Netherlands predicted the line-up against Spain (4-2-3-1): Shout; Frimpong, van Dijk, de Ligt, J. Timber; Gravenberch, F. de Jong; Simons, Reijnders, Gakpo; Brobbey.
De la Fuente surprised some with his team selection and left behind Marco Asensio, Alejandro Balde, Marcos Llorente, Isco and Gavi. The defensive trio of Aymeric Laporte, Dani Carvajal and Dani Vivian are among the injured.
The Barcelona -Duo Marc Casado and Inigo Martinez were both named in the squad, but have withdrawn with an injury – probably the former for the rest of the season. Bayer Leverkusens Aleix Garcia and the Dean Huijsen von Bournemouth have replaced the couple.
After his impressive appearances at Real Madrid this season, Young Raul Ascio was selected among travelers.
Spain predicted the line-up against the Netherlands (4-3-3): Simon; Porro, Commessi, Le Normand, Cucurella; Ruiz, Zubimendi, Pedri; Yamal, Morata, Williams.
The Oranje have been overwhelming forms since Euro 2024 and played games with Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the group phase of the Nations League. They were strong in the future, but despite their impressive cohorts of defenders in the back.
Spain’s astonishing form and the highest trust undoubtedly offer you the day of the favorites for the duel on Thursday and the second leg on Sunday. You could take home an impressive advantage for the return direction.