There are two fixtures to look forward to on Sunday the 27th of June at the European Championship and the early kick off features Netherlands and Czech Republic.
This Round of 16 game will be played at the Puskás Aréna, Budapest, meaning we will have a large crowd to cheer on the two teams but only one can progress to the quarter-final of the competition.
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Job done.. for now! Proud of this team.We The Wave. 🌊🦁 #WeTheWave #WalkByFaithNotBySight #TeamSpirit #AllGloryToGod pic.twitter.com/2aP3V0TAHJ
Netherlands come into this game on the back of a 100% record in the group stages. They started their campaign with a victory over Ukraine but required a goal in the 85th minute having allowed a two goal lead to slip in the second half.
Netherlands then played Austria and took an early lead before doubling their advantage in the second half to win 2-0.
The Dutch were already assured of their place in the knockout stages ahead of their final group game against North Macedonia but produced a good performance to win the match 3-0.
It is worth noting Netherlands played all of their group fixtures at home but they took full advantage of playing in front of the Dutch fans in Amsterdam.
Trends show Netherlands are undefeated in 12 of their last 13 fixtures and they have been scoring plenty of goals. Netherlands managed a run of 8 games in all competitions in which they have scored at least 2 goals.
That run includes each of their 3 European Championship group matches and they have also managed a clean sheet in 3 of their last 4 games.
Czech Republic were drawn in group D, along with England, Croatia, and Scotland. It was a tough group but Czech Republic made a great start by defeating Scotland 2-0 in Glasgow.
They then recorded a good 1-1 draw with Croatia before losing their final fixture 1-0 against England at Wembley Stadium.
The 4 points was enough to finish as one best third place teams in the group stage and only Portugal had a superior record than Czech Republic of all the teams to finish in third position.
A look back at the recent record of Czech Republic at the European Championship shows just one victory in their last 7 fixtures. However, they have shown enough in this tournament against tricky opposition to suggest they could give Netherlands a good game.
Looking ahead to the team news and Netherlands have a decision to make at left-back, with Owen Wijndal and Patrick van Aanholt competing for the position.
Memphis Depay is the star man in attack and will be hoping to add to his goals scored against Austria and North Macedonia.
Czech Republic have a fairly settled starting XI. Patrik Schick will lead the attack, with support on the flanks from Lukáš Masopust and Jakub Jankto. Central midfielder Alex Král may have to settle for a place on the bench.
This has the potential to be a close game in terms of the final score but we expect to see both teams find the back of the net.
Netherlands have looked the better of the two teams going forward and could score the goals to win the game by a one goal margin.