The third round of 16 matches of the Euro 2021 will see an encounter between the Netherlands vs Czech Republic at the Puskás Arena at Budapest. This knockout stage has shown quite the surprise up till now with the humiliating elimination of Wales led by Gareth Bale (4-0) and Austria (2-1) on Saturday. Today all the eyes will be turned on this exciting match which will be full of surprises. Let’s have a better analysis of the two teams.
Netherlands
After missing the last Euro and World cup, Netherlands has the chance to be back on the international stage.
Like Belgium and Italy, Netherlands won all of their three matches in the group phase. Sure, group C’s overall level wasn’t as high as the other groups, it doesn’t mean they had a sure ride though. Thanks to players such as Gini Wijnaldum or Dumfries which made their presence well known during the first round, they could pull off their game, giving the Netherlands a solid base that will definitely help them in their next games. With 8 goals and 2 clean sheets during the group stage, they finished first in their group.
Czech Republic
On the other side, the Czech Republic won their qualification ticket by finishing 2nd in their group behind England, to whom they lost during the last round match (1-0). Before that, they imposed themselves against Scotland and obtained a draw against Croatia, gathering 4 points. With only 2 goals conceded in 3 games, the Czechs displayed a compact defensive game. Patrick Schik is the only one who scored so far in this Euro21. Against a 5-man defense from the Dutch eleven, he will hardly find spaces.
Prediction
The Netherlands is clearly the favorite for this game against the Czech Republic with a clean record of 3 wins during their last 3 games from the beginning of the competition. Whereas, on the other side, The Czechs had a harder time during the group phase with only one victory, even if the opponents were at a higher level than the ones against the Netherlands. Therefore, I will go with the victory of the Netherlands here: the Netherlands to Win, the average odd on VIP-IBC is 1.694. Find more Netherlands vs Czech Republic predictions for the Euro 2021 Championship on BET-IBC.
