Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Netherlands Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Bosnia-Herzegovina have already had their relegation down to League B confirmed, whilst the Netherlands can only finish as runners’ up to Germany in League A Group 3.
Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 19th November, 2024: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – FOX Sports
How to watch online: UK – Viaplay International / US – FOX Sports streaming platforms
Bosnia-Herzegovina Preview: Punched above their weight
Bosnia-Herzegovina qualified for League A of the UEFA Nations League in the 2022/23 campaign and getting into the top tier of European international football is a remarkable achievement and they have struggled in the top-flight.
The Bosnians sit rock-bottom having collected just one point from their five matches during this campaign and they come into this one on the back of losing to Germany by seven goals to nil in Freiburg on Saturday.
Netherlands Preview: Entertaining Oranje
Former Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has often been under pressure in charge of the Netherlands side but Oranje reached the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2024 and have been entertaining to watch in the last 12-18 months.
The Dutch have finished as runners’ up quite emphatically to the aforementioned Germans but they come into this one on the back of a 4-0 hammering of Hungary the other day thanks to goals from Wout Weghorst, Cody Gakpo, Denzel Dumfries and Teun Koopmeiners.
Bosnia-Herzegovina Team News: Defensive injuries
The hosts have been dealing with defensive injury issues during this international break with Anel Ahmedhodzic absent alongside both Sead Kolasinac and Stjepan Radeljic.
PREDICTED XI (5-3-2): Vasilj; Omerovic, Barisic, Bicakcic, Muharemovic, Burnic; Gigovic, Sunjic, Tahirovic; Kulenovic, Demirovic
UNAVAILABLE: Kolasinac (Injured), Radeljic (Injured), Ahmedhodzic (Injured)
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Netherlands Team News: Abundance of attackers
There is an abundance of attacking quality in this Dutch squad despite the absence of key man Xavi Simons, who is expected to be unavailable for RB Leipzig until the New Year.
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Verbruggen; Dumfries, Van Hecke, Van Dijk, Timber; Gravenberch, De Jong, Reijnders; Malen, Weghorst, Gakpo
UNAVAILABLE: Geertruida (Injured), Ake (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Simons (Injured)
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Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Netherlands Prediction
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s so-called golden generation of the early-to-mid-2010’s is long gone and yet they are in the top level of European international football. That does appear to be a level, at least, too high for this current squad. The Netherlands will have to contend with the hostility of playing in Sarajevo so they may not be dominant in this one but they are still expected to come out on top relatively comfortably.
Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Netherlands Tip: Netherlands to win & under 3.5 goals
