At the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the Netherlands and the USA will begin the World Cup 2022 last-16 phase. The Stars and Stripes placed second in Group B behind England, while Louis van Gaal’s team won Group A to advance to the knockout stages. The Netherlands, who were widely anticipated to advance to the last 16 as Group A winners and did not disappoint the Oranje faithful, took seven points from their three matches, proving to be nothing more than a minor blip.
Breakout star Cody Gakpo turned out to be only the fourth man in Netherlands history to score in three progressive World Cup coordinates with his very much-taken opener against Qatar on Tuesday, and Frenkie de Jong likewise got in on the demonstration with a tap-in to affirm the first-put finish and leave the hosts winless and trivial en route to the leave entryway.
Prediction
Despite not working the goalkeeper very much, as evidenced by their lack of shots on target, the ruthlessness of Gakpo and the rest of Van Gaal’s players still makes the Netherlands a very tough opponent. The Dutch will also benefit from their excellent defensive record, and given that the USA may not have McKennie and Pulisic fully recovered, we can only anticipate Oranje progressing to the quarterfinals.
Prediction: Netherlands 2-0 USA
Netherlands possible starting lineup:
- Noppert;
- Timber,
- Van Dijk,
- Ake;
- Dumfries,
- De Roon,
- F. De Jong,
- Blind;
- Klaassen;
- Gakpo,
- Depay
USA possible starting lineup:
- Turner;
- Dest,
- Carter-Vickers,
- Ream,
- Robinson;
- McKennie,
- Adams,
- Musah;
- Weah,
- Sargent,
- Pulisic
Tips
The bookmakers offer the Netherlands at betting odds of 1.95, making them the favorite to win this FIFA World Cup match with a chance of 51%. With a probability of 4.33, the USA is considered to be the underdog.
Under 2.5 Goals trading at short odds corroborates the prediction that the match will not result in many goals scored. The No option on the Both Teams to Score market will pay out at 1.70 as long as one or more teams fail to score.
If you want to back the Netherlands to win this FIFA World Cup match, the Draw No Bet market has the Netherlands at 1.36 and USA at 3.00.
Where To Watch FIFA World Cup 2022
| Countries | TV Channel | |
| USA | Fox, Telemundo | fuboTV, Fox Sports site/app, Telemundo Deportes site/app, Peacock |
| Canada | TSN 1, CTV, RDS (French) | TSN site/app, CTV app, RDS app |
| UK | BBC One | BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website |
| Australia | SBS | SBS On Demand |
| India | Sports18 | Voot, JioTV |
| Hong Kong | Now TV (Ch. 616, 618) | Now TV |
| Malaysia | Astro FIFA World Cup 1 | Astro GO |
| Singapore | StarHub FIFA World Cup, Singtel FIFA World Cup 141 | Singtel TV GO, CAST, StarHub TV+, MeWatch |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports | Sky Go, Sky Sport NOW |