Netherlands v England Betting Tips [10 July 2024]

The Netherlands and England have grown from strength to strength ahead of their semi-final match at Euro 2024 this Wednesday. Both had to come from behind to win their quarter-final matches and here we have a look at the numbers and a prediction ahead of their 24th meeting.

For the third time in this tournament, the Dutch conceded first, as they faced Turkey in the quarters. However, they rallied to win 2-1 courtesy of quick second half goals. That was their third win at Euro 2024 and with it, they get to face England at the Euros for the first time since 1996. The two nations haven't met a lot competitively in recent years but in 2019, the Netherlands beat England 3-1 in the Nations League. Playing in a major tournament semi-final for the first time in a decade, the Dutch will want to leave a good impression. With just one loss in nine meetings with England, the Netherlands will be confident coming here.

England have their reasons to be confident as well. They had their best game at the 2024 Euros in the quarter-finals as they overcame Switzerland on post-match penalties. Even with a dominant display, England still had to rise from a goal down, to draw 1-1 at 90 minutes. It hasn’t been an easy run for England at this tournament. They’ve won just once inside 90 minutes in their five matches thus far and kept two clean sheets. While they have a lot written against them, the Three Lions’ resilience is something to admire. It is with this resilience that they are unbeaten in 13 competitive matches coming here. However, they have just six clean sheets in 14 competitive matches. At these finals, both teams have scored in three of England’s five matches.

These two nations haven't had the smoothest of runs to this stage. They both had to come from behind in the quarters to book this slot. The bulk of their concerns has been in shakiness at the back and they have two clean sheets apiece in the five games at this competition.

However, the Three Lions and the Oranje rarely fail to score and we expect to see that here too. Both teams scoring has also been a regular stat in their meetings. Our prediction for the Netherlands v England Euro 2024 semi-final game is for both teams to score.