Netherlands vs Denmark

Johan Cruijff Arena is the venue as the Netherlands and Denmark go head-to-head in a high-profile international friendly.

A comfortable 2-0 home win over Norway in their final 2022 World Cup qualifying Group G outing ensured the Netherlands’ return to the World Cup finals after their failed attempt to reach ‘Russia 2018.’ With the home fans back in attendance, the ‘Oranje’ are looking to give them something to shout about as they gear up for their first home friendly since a comprehensive 3-0 triumph over Georgia in June 2021. Louis van Gaal’s men have gone undefeated in 78% of their last 23 international friendlies (W9, D9, L5), with just one of those defeats coming on home soil. Yet, it’s worth mentioning that they fell to a 1-0 reverse to Mexico in their most recent Amsterdam-held friendly. However, Van Gaal’s men have won all four home matches in the post-Euro 2020 campaign.

On the other hand, after establishing themselves as Euro 2020 surprise package, Denmark have secured a place at Qatar 2022, courtesy of an eye-catching World Cup qualifying Group F campaign (W9, L1). Since their Euro 2020 semi-final defeat to England, the ‘Danish Dynamite’ have developed into a hard-to-break side, with just one of their subsequent seven games featuring both teams on the scoresheet (W6, L1). Kasper Hjulmand’s men have shown exceptional professionalism in recent friendly fixtures, going unbeaten in seven in a row (W5, D2), three of which yielded the same 2-0 scoreline and witnessed Denmark find the net beyond the 60th minute. But after enjoying a five-game unbeaten run on the road (W4, D1), the visitors fell to a 2-0 reverse to Scotland in their most recent international away from home.