They surely are by far the weakest team in the group which consists of Holland, Slovaki, Georgia and Scotland, but are also surely one of the weakest sides in whole Europe. In the first match they have lost 3:0 to Scotland, then followed by two home defeats going down to Slovakia 1:7, but also to Georgia 0:3 few days ago. In all these matches they were losing at half-time too, while the team actually counts thirteen consecutive defeats, conceding 56 goals in those matches, which is more than four goals per game. Their roster consists of domestic players, with only two playing in french side Metz. These two sides met twice in 2011 for the qualifying round for latest Euro, while the Dutch had two easy victories getting aggregate 9:0 scoreHolland, on the contrary, are the biggest favorites in the group, while they made the right step into the qualifying group with a 4:0 victory over Scotland few days ago. It was their first game in the qualifications, as the hosts scored all four goals in the second half time with goals from Vilhena, Castaignos, van der Hoorn and Drost from 52nd to 78th minute.
Traditionally as always, Dutch younger squads are between the bests in Europe and they should face no problems in this group, even though the side has a new coach from 1st July as young technician Albert Stuivenberg stepped up as their new leader previously working with under 17 squad. Rosters consists of some very good players for this level, such as van Ginkel from Chelsea, or Vilhena from Feyenoord and Castaignos from Twente. Guests will be without midfielder Maher from PSV who got called for the “A” national team, while central defender Letschert from Groningen is injured.
Luxembourg counts thirteen consecutive defeats, conceding more than four goals on average in those games.
This is a match where the guests have a role of absolute favorite and any other result than easy victory for them will be a great surprise. The visitors are coming from a 4:0 victory over Scotland and being in a good mood won’t help the home side a lot either.
Bet: Holland -2 European handicap
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