Euro 2024: Netherlands Vs Austria, Be Careful Slipping

The Netherlands could be evicted if they lost to Austria (Instagram/@onsoranje).

JAKARTA - The Netherlands vs Austria appeared in the last match of Group D Euro 2024 at Olympias Stadium, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 23.00 WIB.

The duel coincided with the French vs Poland match. The Dutch vs Austria Party will determine who will automatically qualify for the knockout phase or be thrown into the third best line.

Currently, the Netherlands is at the top of Group D with four points, while Austria is on the third ladder with three points.

The two teams clearly have ambitions to gain three points by auto-lossing. The Netherlands is far from being favored as winners.

According to Opta's analysis, De Oranje had a 43.8 percent chance of winning, while Austria was only 28.2 percent.

Dutch favoriteism is not without reason. Ronald Koeman's team still excels in the meeting record with nine wins and six defeats, the other four matches ended in a draw.

At the last seven encounters, the Netherlands has always won. The score made Austria the record for the longest defeat against the same team.

In fact, the Netherlands only needed a minimum draw to ensure the top two finishes in Group D. However, Austria cannot be underestimated.

Always appearing as a dark horse in every major tournament, there is an Austrian chance to block and stop the Dutch record of qualifying for the knockout stages eight times in a row in participation at the Euros.

The last time the Dutch failed to qualify for the knockout stages was at Euro 2012 under the tutelage of Bert van Marwijk. Now, they are looking for a ninth pass.

The problem is, Austria will appear desperately to get maximum points. They tried their best to qualify for the second straight knockout phase at the Euros.

As is known, Austria failed to qualify from the group in their first two appearances at the Euros, namely in 2008 and 2016. Then, for the first time they managed to make it to the last 16 at Euro 2020.

In addition, Ralf Rangnick's men are eyeing two straight wins in one major tournament for the first time since 1982. Previously, the record was inscribed at the 1982 World Cup when Austria beat Chile 1-0 and Algeria 2-0.

That situation made the Netherlands alert. Moreover, talking about goal productivity, Austria scored the most goals in Group D with three goals.

Despite the potential for a narrow victory, Austria still has an opportunity to repeat the history of May 1990 when they won 3-2 against the Netherlands in the match in Vienna (3-2).

Formation Forecast

Netherlands (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Denzel Dumfries, Stefan de Vrij, Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Ake; Jerdy Schouten, Tijjani Reijnders; Jeremie Frimpong, Xavi Simons, Cody Gakpo; Memphis Depay

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Austria (4-2-3-1): Patrick Pentz; Phillipp Mwene, Kevin Danso, Philipp Lienhart, Stefan Posch; Florian Grillitsch, Nicolas Seiwald; Marcel Sabitzer, Konrad Laimer, Christoph Baumgartner; Marko Arnautovic

Coach: Ralf Rangnick