Netherlands vs Norway: Netherlands faces Norway in a must-win clash for both sides on Wednesday in the qualifiers, as both teams eye a spot in the World Cup.
Match Details:
Teams: Netherlands vs Norway
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date: Wednesday 17th November, 2021
Time: 01:15 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Netherlands would need nothing less than a win to secure qualification for the World Cup when they face Norway on Wednesday in their last match.
The Oranje missed the chance to qualify last time out when they drew 2-2 against Montenegro on Saturday.
After Depay scored twice to give Netherlands a 2-0 lead, the hosts struck twice in the last 8 minutes of the clash to secure a point through Vukotic and Vujnovic.
This result left Netherlands on the verge of missing out on a World cup spot, as they remain 1st in the group with 20 points from 9 matches.
On the other hand, Norway played out a goalless draw at home against Latvia on Saturday. This left Norway in 3rd place with 18 points and a win away from qualification.
Group G has three possible qualifiers with Turkey as well with 18 points from 9 matches.
Hence, this is a clash where a result determines the fate of three teams in the World Cup finals next year.
Both sides met in the 1st leg of the qualifiers in September, where it finished 1-1 in Norway.
Form Guide
Netherlands: WWWWD
Norway: WWDWD
Memphis Depay is way ahead of others. 🇳🇱 🦁#depay #memphisdepay #WorldCupQualifiers2022 pic.twitter.com/dJcpCCELux
— Sportskeeda Football (@skworldfootball) November 15, 2021
Last Matches of both teams:
Montenegro 2-2 Netherlands
Norway 0-0 Latvia
Group G
Montenegro 🇲🇪 2-2 Holland 🇳🇱
Norway 🇳🇴 0-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
Turkey 🇹🇷 6-0 Gibraltar 🇬🇮It’s advantage Turkey for the play offs as both Norway and Holland dramatically drop points.
Norway play Netherlands in Amsterdam next week, knowing a win could see the Dutch eliminated pic.twitter.com/cxfW806bX8
— International Football Fanpage (@Footie_Matters) November 13, 2021
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Netherlands vs Norway in India?
The match is live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 3.
Team News
Krul has been called up at the last minute for the hosts as Bijlow is not fit for this one. Apart from this, neither side has any concerns.
Netherlands possible 11:
Krul, Dumfries, de Ligt, van Dijk, Blind, Wijnaldum, de Jong, Klaassen, Bergwijn, Depay and Danjuma
Norway possible 11:
Nyland, Meling, Lode, Strandberg, Pedersen, Normann, Thorsby, Ødegaard, Thorstvedt, Elyounoussi and Sørloth
Prediction: Netherlands 2-2 Norway
Netherlands have performed well in the qualifiers but with some chinks in their defensive armour, this could well be a potential knockout.
After surrendering the lead in their previous clash, the hosts have to be spot on in this one.
Norway has to endure the absence of Håland but have other talent capable of going all out.
Even though Norway are the visitors, we expect this to be an engaging contest throughout with a draw the most favourable result.
This is due to the quality on show from both ends.
