Netherlands v Argentina Betting Tips [9 December 2022]

Argentina and the Netherlands won their round of 16 clashes at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to set up a mouthwatering quarter final affair at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Friday. with the winners up against either Brazil or Croatia. This clash will see the two nations meet for a sixth time at a FIFA World Cup and that includes the 1978 final that Argentina won. This promises to be a mouth-watering affair. The Netherlands have done well on their return to the FIFA World Cup finals and after a run of three wins and a draw in their four matches at this competition, they will be defending a 19-game unbeaten run here. They outclassed the USA 3-1 in the round of 16 and will be looking to extend the good run here. They have kept two clean sheets in their four games. In three of their four matches, they have scored two or more goals but both sides have scored in two of their last four matches. Cody Gakpo has stood out for the Dutch, scoring three times in their opening three matches, but Denzel Dumfries took center stage in the last game with a goal and two assists and he goes into this game very confident.

Argentina have their work cut out here; while they have three straight wins coming into this game, there is the general feeling they haven’t been tested by a high profile team. They did lose to Saudi Arabia in the opening game but have recovered well and are seen as serious title challengers. This though is one hurdle they’d have loved to avoid, seeing that they’ve lost three times to the Netherlands in their seven meetings. They have failed to score in their last three meetings with the Netherlands though they beat the Dutch in the 2014 World Cup semis in a penalty shootout. Argentina’s loss to Saudi Arabia is their only defeat in the last 40 matches and here they will be banking on Lionel Messi’s magic to drive them through. The Argentina skipper has three goals in the four matches.

The Netherlands and Argentina are familiar foes when it comes to the FIFA World Cup and while this game has been short of goals in a number of recent meetings, the performances of these two nations at this competition especially in attack, promises goals. The two nations have rarely scored less than two in this competition and they seem considerably balanced coming into this game so we will back a scoring draw at 90 minutes.

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