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Netherlands

Netherlands

Netherlands

After extra time
24
14.06.23 02:06
Croatia

Croatia

Croatia


Lang (90') Malen (34')
Modric (116') Petkovic (98') Pasalic (72') Kramaric (55')

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Match feed:
  • Match Ended
  • 119'
    Substitution
    • Modric, Luka
    • Barisic, Borna

    Borna Barisic is replacing Luka Modric for the away team.

  • 116'
    Goal !
    • Modric, Luka (Scorer)

    Croatia have extended their lead to 2-4 courtesy of a Luka Modric penalty.

  • 116'
    Yellow Card
    • Malacia, Tyrell

    At De Kuip, Tyrell Malacia has been yellow-carded for the home team.

  • 106'
    Substitution
    • Gakpo, Cody
    • De Roon, Marten

    Marten De Roon is on a sub for Cody Gakpo for Netherlands.

  • 106'
    Substitution
    • Ake, Nathan
    • Malacia, Tyrell

    The home team replace Nathan Ake with Tyrell Malacia.

  • 98'
    Goal !
    • Petkovic, Bruno (Scorer)
    • Modric, Luka (Assist)

    Bruno Petkovic is on target to give Croatia a 2-3 advantage.

    Great play from Luka Modric to set up the goal.

  • 93'
    Yellow Card
    • Koopmeiners, Teun

    Netherlands's Teun Koopmeiners has been booked in Rotterdam.

  • 91'
    Substitution
    • Sutalo, Josip
    • Petkovic, Bruno

    Zlatko Dalic (Croatia) is making a fifth change, with Bruno Petkovic replacing the possibly injured Josip Sutalo.

  • 90'
    Goal !
    • Lang, Noa (Scorer)

    Noa Lang levels the score at 2-2.

  • 90'
    Yellow Card
    • Livakovic, Dominik

    Dominik Livakovic (Croatia) has received a first yellow card.

  • 90'
    Substitution
    • Kramaric, Andrej
    • Erlic, Martin

    Croatia make their fourth substitution with Martin Erlic replacing Andrej Kramaric.

  • 85'
    Substitution
    • Kovacic, Mateo
    • Majer, Lovro

    Lovro Majer is replacing Mateo Kovacic for the away team.

  • 85'
    Substitution
    • Dumfries, Denzel
    • Lang, Noa

    Netherlands make their fourth substitution with Noa Lang replacing Denzel Dumfries.

  • 78'
    Substitution
    • Juranovic, Josip
    • Stanisic, Josip

    Zlatko Dalic (Croatia) is making a second substitution, with Josip Stanisic replacing Josip Juranovic.

  • 78'
    Substitution
    • Ivanusec, Luka
    • Vlasic, Nikola

    Nikola Vlasic is replacing Luka Ivanusec for Croatia at De Kuip.

  • 75'
    Substitution
    • Malen, Donyell
    • Bergwijn, Steven

    The home team replace Donyell Malen with Steven Bergwijn.

  • 75'
    Substitution
    • Wieffer, Mats
    • Wijnaldum, Georginio

    The home team have replaced Mats Wieffer with Georginio Wijnaldum. This is the second substitution made today by Ronald Koeman.

  • 72'
    Goal !
    • Pasalic, Mario (Scorer)
    • Ivanusec, Luka (Assist)

    Mario Pasalic puts the ball in the net and the away team now lead 1-2.

    Luka Ivanusec instrumental with a fine assist.

  • 64'
    Substitution
    • Simons, Xavi
    • Weghorst, Wout

    Wout Weghorst is on a sub for Xavi Simons for Netherlands.

  • 63'
    Yellow Card
    • Brozovic, Marcelo

    Marcelo Brozovic for Croatia has been booked by Istvan Kovacs and receives a first yellow card.

  • 55'
    Goal !
    • Kramaric, Andrej (Scorer)

    The match is now all square at 1-1 thanks to a penalty from Andrej Kramaric.

  • 38'
    Yellow Card
    • De Jong, Frenkie

    Frenkie De Jong (Netherlands) has received a yellow card from Istvan Kovacs.

  • 34'
    Goal !
    • Malen, Donyell (Scorer)
    • Wieffer, Mats (Assist)

    Goal! Donyell Malen gives Netherlands a 1-0 lead.

    That's a fine assist from Mats Wieffer.

  • 24'
    Yellow Card
    • Pasalic, Mario

    Mario Pasalic is booked for the away team.

  • 17'
    Yellow Card
    • Kovacic, Mateo

    Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) has been booked and must now be careful not to get a second yellow card.

  • Match Started

Line-ups

Netherlands
(4-3-3)
(4-3-3)
Croatia
1Bijlow22Dumfries12Geertruida4Van Dijk5Ake6Wieffer20Koopmeiners21De Jong18Malen9Gakpo11Simons1Livakovic22Juranovic6Sutalo21Vida14Perisic10Modric11Brozovic8Kovacic15Pasalic9Kramaric16Ivanusec
Croatia
(4-3-3)

Statistics

Ball possession
Netherlands47%
53% Croatia
Shots
4Off goal66On goal6

2
Shots blocked
4
4
Corner kicks
8
1
Offsides
4
2
Saves
4
25
Fouls
13
3
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
0

Netherlands vs Croatia Betting tips

Netherlands have won 3 home matches in a row.
Netherlands haven't lost in any of their last 16 home matches.
Croatia have a winning streak of 8 matches away from home.
Croatia have lost none of their last 9 away matches.
Netherlands wins 1st half in 60% of their matches, Croatia in 33% of their matches.
Netherlands wins 60% of halftimes, Croatia wins 33%.
The winner of their last meeting was Netherlands.
On their last meeting Netherlands won by 3 goals.
When Netherlands leads 1-0 at home, they win in 83% of their matches.
When Croatia leads 0-1 away, they win in 100% of their matches.
When Netherlands is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their matches.
When Croatia is down 1-0 away, they win 50% of their matches.
Croatia's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Netherlands's.
Both teams didn't concede on their last match.
Netherlands scores 2.14 goals when playing at home and Croatia scores 1.17 goals when playing away (on average).
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News

Netherlands vs Croatia Match Preview

Published: Updated: 09:48, 13 Jun 2023

One of the least played fixtures in European international football, Croatia and The Netherlands have only met each other twice before in their history despite their impressive international stature. Now, they face their unfamiliar foes in the semi-finals of the Nation’s League.

The competition is in its ascendancy, new to the stage, the Nations League has all but replaced international friendlies in Europe and the lustre of being one of the first recipients and champions of the competition holds true. Both sides have had impressive campaigns in the competition thus far and the fixtures have taken a back seat to accommodate for the World Cup late last year.

After a very shaky start last June, losing 0-3 to Austria and drawing with France, Croatia went on to go undefeated in their remaining 4 group games, including impressive double victories against a resurgent Denmark, a 1-0 win against France and getting revenge versus Austria in the reverse fixture.

Their opponents started in much more impressive fashion, seeing off their rivals Belgium 4-1 away before beating Wales 2-1 the following week. They finished their route through their group undefeated with a 2-2 draw against Poland, putting 3 past Wales in a close 3-2, shutting out the Poles with a 2-0 win before finishing top of the group by some margin with another win against Belgium, 1-0 back in Amsterdam.

Both sides had fairly respectable world cup campaigns after beginning the competition being talked about among the favourites. The Dutch won Group A, defeating Senegal and hosts Qatar and drawing with Ecuador, they eventually bowed out in the quarterfinals in a humiliating 0-4 defeat to eventual finalists France. Often the maybe-men of recent times, Croatia made it to another competition semi-final, losing to eventual winners Argentina and then defeating an impressive Morocco side in the third-place playoff after drawing with them in their group.

Gone may be the heady days of Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Robin van Persie and the like, leading the most recent crop of Holland’s back catalogue of incredible talent, but we saw glimpses of this generation of players coming together and gelling as a unit during the World Cup. The heart of the team for the past few years in Blind, de Vrij, Wijnaldum & van Dijk remain. But excellency has found it’s way through the late-blooming Marten de Roon for example. Frenkie de Jong has been setting La Liga alight in a Barcelona shirt this season. Included in the squad are of course Champions League finalist’s Denzel Dumfries and Nathan Ake. Ronald Koeman’s side is one of plenty of raw talent and a semi-final in this competition is no less than a side with these names deserves.

Zlatko Dalic’s Croatia are not without their own superstars of course. With Luka Modric announcing that international retirement was not on the cards after the World Cup, fans worldwide will be happy to see the generational midfielder don the checkered shirt once again. Equally impressive is Ivan Perisic’s longevity, he is level on goals with the towering Maro Mandzukic for Croatia’s 2nd all-time scorer and vice-captain centre half Domagoj Vida has just entered the 100 club for caps. It could be argued that this Croatia side is perhaps lacking some youthful exuberance and that many of their stars’ time in the forefront is limited, but anyone who watched the aforementioned players would be left with little doubt as to why they are still in the squad. Backed up by players in their prime such as Andrej Kramaric and Champions League finalist Marcelo Brozovic, they are a team that can play in a variety of ways.

Expert Insight: Both Josko Gvardiol and Memphis Depay will miss out through injury and Holland’s depth in attack outweighs Croatia’s depth in defence. The hole left by Gvardiol could be the opening the Oranje need to see them into the final.

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