Northern Ireland - Netherlands Prediction, Picks and Tips
Will the two top favorites in Group C still live up to their role as favorites? At times, doubts were justified, but two laps before the end of qualifying, everything indicates that Jogi Löw and Germany as well as Ronald Koeman and Holland can solve the EM ticket. Most likely, this will be the case even on Saturday night. Germany will not be at home against Belarus at home. In the parallel game are facing each other in direct duel Northern Ireland and Holland! Northern Ireland's "Green and White" ARMY started the qualifying campaign with four wins over Belarus and Estonia. But in the second part of the qualification, it comes now to the top games against the favorites. Here, the eleven of Michael O'Neill have been shown the limits so far. Northern Ireland lost the last two games and need a surprise on Saturday night at Windsor Park in Belfast! The game will be kicked off on Saturday at 19:45.
The increase in the number of participants in the European Championships from 16 to 24 teams caused quite a bit of criticism. The quality would be reduced and for neutral football fans there would be too many games. The fear of oversaturation existed. Northern Ireland was certainly one of the beneficiaries of the topping and qualified in 2016 for the first time in history for a European Championship finals. Previously there were only three participations in World Championships (most recently in 1986) on the credit side. In the debut Northern Ireland even survived the preliminary round, but had finally beaten in the second round. With a solid defensive and the standard strength Northern Ireland managed this quite remarkable result. Nevertheless, not the footballing performance was remembered, but the loud and famous fans. Will Grigg has since become known to every football fan - after all, the attacker is "on fire" and created an exuberant mood throughout Europe. A repetition will not happen in the coming year, but in all probability. Who bets on the European Championships in the Northern Ireland before the two games against Holland and Germany, will certainly dust off a lucrative profit - but this is by no means realistic. Northern Ireland will also not be able to enjoy an EM ticket due to the newly created possibility of the UEFA Nations League. After having suffered four defeats in the second division league B against Bosnia and Austria in autumn 2018, this is no longer a possibility. Michael O'Neill has a pure legionnaire team, because the first league in Northern Ireland is one of the weakest leagues in Europe. The bottom line is that no fewer than 16 players earn their money in England, eight more are under contract in Scotland, and one player is active in Wales or Norway. The most famous player is defensive boss Jonny Evans (Leicester City), but also George Saville, Craig Cathcart or Paddy McNair have been able to make a name in England already. Nonetheless, the squad is much weaker than the Elftal. Transfermarkt rated the Northern Irish team with just under 50 million euros - in comparison, for example, Stefan de Vrij (center-back) is estimated at Holland with this value. It de Vrij behind Matthijs de Ligt and Virgil van Dijk in the Koeman Elf not to the train. The differences are blatant and, to be clear, between Northern Ireland and Holland are also the three-way market quotas.
Vice World Champion 2010, Third Place 2014! Since then, however, the Elftal no longer ran as desired. If Stefan Raab were still active in the show business, he would have had the greatest pleasure in the last few years with the performance of the Dutch national football team. Despite increasing the European Championship from 16 to 24 teams Holland 2016 remained only the spectator role. The same fate suffered the team in 2018 at the World Cup. After two missed major events, the team had to put up with ridicule given the immense quality. Nevertheless, Holland is still one of the strongest European national teams and could underpin this with the group victory in the newly created UEFA Nations League in the autumn of 2018. With the last two world champions - Germany and France - the Koeman-Elf had won a strong group. In the Nations League final in Portugal, the Elftal in the final had the home side narrowly beaten 0-1. In the previous six qualifiers Holland collected 15 out of 18 possible. Only the home game against the DFB-Elf was due to a wild final phase with 2: 3 lost. Successful revenge took the Koeman-Elf in the return game and thanks to the late goal by Georgino Wijnaldum Holland even decided the direct comparison for themselves. With two wins Holland would have the group victory fixed in his pocket and thus a supposedly easier draw at the European Championships next year. For the group victory to be fixed, but probably have two victories ago. The draw is enough for the EM ticket, but it can be assumed that the team of Ronald Koeman plays on victory. He has won ten of his previous 18 games as a bond coach. For the eleventh victory between Northern Ireland and Holland rates around 1.45 are offered. Personnel will be forced to change the current number twelve in the FIFA World Ranking. Youngster Donyell Malen or Steven Bergwijn are unavailable due to injury. However, Koeman is spoiled for choice and can well compensate for these failures.
Our recommendation tip for Northern Ireland - Netherlands : Netherlands to win @ 1.48