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Netherlands vs Ukraine, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
Netherlands
3 – 2
Full Time
Ukraine
Sun 13 Jun 2021 · 19:00 UTC Johan Cruijff Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 90' Serhii Sydorchuk

Overview

Match Preview

Netherlands vs Ukraine — European Championship at Johan Cruijff Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Bartosz Frankowski
  • Referee Stefan Lupp
  • Referee Felix Brych
  • Referee Mark Borsch
  • Referee Marco Fritz
  • Referee Christian Dingert

Head-to-Head

1
Netherlands 1 games · Avg 5.0 goals Ukraine
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-13 Netherlands 3–2 Ukraine

Recent Form

Netherlands
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun Ukraine H 3–2 W
Ukraine
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun Netherlands A 2–3 L
05 May Portugal H 2–1 W
28 Apr Penistone Church FC A 2–1 W
21 Apr Hungary H 1–0 W
14 Apr Italy A 1–3 L
07 Apr Spain A 4–3 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Netherlands this season
33% Clean Sheets
Ukraine this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Netherlands
0-15
1/–
16-30
2/2
31-45
–/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
2/–
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Ukraine
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/2
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Netherlands
Cody Gakpo 3 G 1 A
Donyell Malen 2 G
Wout Weghorst 1 G 1 A
Ukraine
Mykola Shaparenko 1 G 1 A
Roman Yaremchuk 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Johan Cruijff Arena will turn into a battlefield for Netherlands and Ukraine.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Heorhii Bushchan made 164 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 13' Fresh legs for Ukraine! Marlos comes on to replace Oleksandr Zubkov.
  • 18' Ukraine have won 9 goals from 151 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 23' Mykola Matviienko needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 28' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 33' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 38' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 43' Netherlands are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Ukraine backline.
  • 48' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 52' Georginio Wijnaldum adds to his 0 season tally! Netherlands lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 57' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 58' What a strike from Wout Weghorst! The score is 2-0.
  • 59' Brilliant from the forward! Wout Weghorst makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 59.
  • 64' Netherlands manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nathan Ake is hanging Daley Blind on the field on 64 minute.
  • 69' It looks surprising Netherlands does not make any changes. Daley Blind has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 74' It is a cagey affair so far. Netherlands in their trying to find a way past Ukraine's compact .
  • 75' Andrii Yarmolenko is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 79' Goal! Roman Yaremchuk scores his 78 goal in 306 matches.
  • 84' Donyell Malen is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Ukraine tonight.
  • 85' Magnificent from Denzel Dumfries! That is 43 goals in 444 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 88' Netherlands manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luuk de Jong is hanging Wout Weghorst on the field on 88 minute.
  • 90' Serhii Sydorchuk picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 90' Another substitution for Netherlands to replace Memphis Depay by Donyell Malen on 90 minute.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Netherlands Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank de Boer

Ukraine Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Andriy Shevchenko

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.12 Netherlands xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.59 Ukraine xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Netherlands50% Draw23% Ukraine27%
Actual: Netherlands win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.71
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 32%
68%

Double Chance

Netherlands or Draw
73%
Draw or Ukraine
50%
Netherlands or Ukraine
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Netherlands37% Draw39% Ukraine24%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.1%
2 – 1
8.5%
2 – 2
6.6%
1 – 2
6.4%
3 – 1
5.9%
2 – 0
5.6%
3 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
4.7%
3 – 0
3.8%
0 – 0
3.7%
2 – 3
3.5%
1 – 3
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Netherlands

Handicap Netherlands covers Push Ukraine covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 15% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 20% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 15% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Netherlands keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Ukraine keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.