The Netherlands had many ups and downs during the group stage of the competition and are huge favorites in the round of 16 match against Romania, who finished on top of their group. The game will take place at Allianz Arena in Munich on July 2nd.
Romania vs Netherlands: Initial situation
The Netherlands came into the tournament as a “dark horse” candidate to go deep, and even though they finished third in the group, they are the favorites to advance to the quarterfinals. Romania has an epic tournament so far and is one of the best fans in Germany and will definitely have what to offer in this game.
Romania Stats & Form
Romania is having a fantastic tournament and finished on top of Group E, in which all four teams finished with four points. They started with an amazing performance, defeating Ukraine with 3-0, making a lot of noise with that one. They were brought down to earth in the second game of the group stage as Belgium won 2-0, not giving them any chance to consider winning points in that one. Romania needed at least a draw in the final game of the group stage to advance and played 1-1 against Slovakia after Razvan Marin equalized from the penalty spot.
Romania has four wins, four draws, and two losses in the last ten games. In four of their last five games there were less than 2.5 goals, and two of those games finished 0-0.
Netherlands Stats & Form
The Netherlands advanced to the knockout stage, finishing third in Group D with 4 points, two less than Austria and one less than France. They started the tournament with a comeback 2-1 win against Poland with Cody Gakpo and Wout Weghorst scoring. In the second matchday, the Netherlands faced the main favorite in the group, France, and they shared the points in a 0-0 draw. Those four points put them in a good situation, but they definitely could do more in the last games against Austria. The Austrians took the lead twice, and Gakpo and Memphis Depay managed to get the Netherlands back, but Marcel Sabitzer scored ten minutes from time to give Austria a 3-2 win.
The Netherlands have seven wins, a draw, and two losses in their last ten games. In seven of their last eight games, there were more than 2.5 goals in total.
Romania vs Netherlands: Head to Head
These two teams have played ten times before, with the Netherlands winning eight times and Romania once and one draw. The Netherlands have won the last four games, and the last one was a 3-0 win in a friendly game in 2017. The Dutch were very dominant in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, winning 4-0 at home and 4-1 on the road. Romania’s only win in the head-to-head games came in the 2008 EURO qualifiers when they won 1-0 at home and it was 0-0 in the Netherlands. The last three and five of the ten games ended over 2.5 goals in total.
Romania vs Netherlands Odds
The Netherlands is a huge favorite going into this game with -222 odds going in their favor while the odds for Romania’s win are at 650. The odds for a draw are 330.
The total goal margin is set at 2.5 with 105 for over and -133 for under.
Betting tip and prediction: Romania vs Netherlands (02.07.2024)
This is a matchup between the top team in Group E, Romania, and the third team in Group D, the Netherlands, which is very different from what anyone could have expected. To make things even more interesting is the fact that both teams finished the group stage with four points.
Romania definitely showed more than the predictions going into the tournament, while the Netherlands lost to Austria in the last round, which put many question marks regarding the maturity of this team. There is no doubt that the Netherlands have a more talented squad, but whoever watched the Romanians saw that this team has great chemistry and they are playing offensively against anybody.
Looking in the head-to-head games between the two teams, the Netherlands have been dominating, which certainly goes in their favor. The Dutch will go aggressive as usual, and the Romanians will try to respond with the same pace, which will bring a high-scoring game that will go over 2.5 goals in total.