2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship – Romania vs Netherlands Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Romania vs Netherlands taking place? Wednesday 24th March, 2021 – 20:00 (UK)
Where is Romania vs Netherlands taking place? Új Bozsik Stadion, Budapest
Where can I get tickets for Romania vs Netherlands? No tickets are available as this match will be played without spectators
What television channel is Romania vs Netherlands on? England matches will be televised live on Sky Sports but all other matches will not be televised in the UK
Where can I stream Romania vs Netherlands? Sky Sports subscribers can stream all England matches live via Sky Go but all other matches cannot be streamed live in the UK
THE KEY STATS
- Romania have lost only three of their last 24 U21 EURO fixtures (includes qualifying)
- Romania did not lose a match in the group stage at the 2019 finals (W2 D1)
- Romania have not conceded more than one goal in any of their last nine U21 EURO matches (includes qualifying)
- Romania have scored two or more goals in 13 of their last 18 U21 EURO matches (includes qualifying)
- The Netherlands have lost only two of their last 18 U21 EURO matches (includes qualifying) – they did lose their most recent fixture though (L 2-1 vs Portugal, away, November 2020)
- The Netherlands have won each of their last two opening U21 EURO final tournament fixtures (W 1-0 vs Israel 2007, W 3-2 vs Germany 2013)
- The Netherlands have lost their last two U21 EURO final tournament fixtures without scoring a goal
- The Netherlands have only failed to score in one of their last 18 U21 EURO matches (includes qualifying)
- The Netherlands scored an average of 4.6 goals per game in their successful qualifying campaign for the 2021 finals
- The Netherlands have not kept a clean sheet in their last eight U21 EURO final tournament fixtures
- Dani de Wit scored a total of ten goals in seven appearances for the Dutch in their successful qualifying campaign for the 2021 finals
THE PREDICTION
Romania come into this on the back of a solid defensive record in qualifying and that has had to be built upon as the Ianis Hagi, Florinel Coman and George Puscas generation has moved on; this current squad doesn’t have that talent going forward. Five goals in just eleven U21 caps for Adrian Petre is a useful record but he is one of just two players to score more than one goal for the side. The squad remains experienced with the likes of Alex Pascanu, of Ponferradina, and Andrei Ciobanu having 23 and 15 caps respectively; two of five players with appearances in the double figures. The Dutch come in with six of their squad having acrewd ten or more. The extremely impressive likely-to-be centre-back partnership of Perr Schuurs and Sven Botman form the spine of what is an impressive squad. As noted, though, their attacking output was most impressive in qualifying with an average of 4.6 goals per game. This should be a Netherlands win.