Netherlands vs Italy predictions and betting tips on June 18, 2023

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On June 18, De Grolsch Veste (Enschede) will host the match for the 3rd place in the League A of the Nations League Final Four, in which Netherlands will compete with Italy. The battle will start at 15:00 CET.

Netherlands

The national team has replaced coaches quite often lately. Koeman brought “the Oranges” to the Euro, but did not wait for it, having appeared in Barcelona. Frank De Boer, who replaced him, failed in the continental tournament, where he and his wards did not overcome the very 1st round of the play-offs. Shortly thereafter, van Gaal took the position once again. Louis lived up to all expectations: he was able to win the 1st place in the qualification, and then in the group of the Nations League. And, that is the most important, the Dutch were able to do their best at the World Cup under the rule of a veteran of the coaching department. The team confidently, ahead of schedule, overcame the group stage in Qatar – it took a 3-1 victory in the 1/8 final battle against USA, then made a comeback in the confrontation with Argentina, losing only on penalties. Ronald has been working again since 2023. The so-called “re-debut” was a failure – France ransacked the opponent in Paris with a 4-0 score. To be honest, a 3-0 victory in the match with Gibraltar is also unlikely, taking into account the class of the rival, to look like a success. Speaking about the home battle in the Final Four, the team opened the score and showed its character, levelling the game in the last minute. Still, everyone will agree with Koeman, who has admitted that the Croats have been better.

Italy

The national team, already being under the rule of Roberto Mancini, managed to show both its strengths and weaknesses. It goes without saying that there was a bright triumph when “the Squadra Azzurra” deservedly came to the victory at the Euro, defeating England in the final at Wembley. On the other hand, Jorginho and company lost the 1st place in the qualifying group to Switzerland after the higher mentioned success. Moreover, the events were followed by a sensational failure in the play-off to North Macedonia. However, the coaching staff remained and is preparing for new cycles. And this process is also contradictory. On the one hand, the team won the group in the Nations League in the previous year, once again. On the other hand, the new qualification started with a home 1-2 score in the battle against England in March (after which it beat modest Malta, but with a 2-0 score). The negative result was repeated in the Netherlands. Spain was more active, and, that is the most important, Frattesi’s goal was cancelled due to offside, but Joselu’s one became winning in the 88th minute of the game.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

It is curious that the last time the opponents played a head-to-head match was in the Nations League. Then, Italy was a little stronger in the autumn of 2020: a 1-0 score in Amsterdam and a 1-1 draw at the home arena.

Predictions

Bookmakers consider _ to be the favourite of the following battle. Still, in fact, this is a match where the result is not important – thus, we can bet on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1,).

Prediction on game Total over 2,5

Odds: 1.8

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4.55

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