Gibraltar vs Netherlands prediction: EUROPE: Euro – Qualification betting tips on match 2023-11-20 19:45.
Gibraltar clocked up some unwanted history over the weekend, as their 14-0 defeat against France was the heaviest reverse ever suffered in the history of European Championship qualifying (ECQ)! To put that result into context, it was twice as heavy as their second heftiest defeat (7-0) under boss Julio CĂ©sar Ribas, who is now left with the task of picking his players up from what is surely the lowest of lows.
That second heaviest defeat under Ribasâ stewardship came against their opponents here, the Netherlands, the last time these two sides met on Gibraltan soil. Itâs been a similarly gloomy story in H2Hs anywhere for Gibraltar (L3), and theyâve endured much the same misery in ECQ action too, where they have never avoided defeat since their qualification debut in 2014 (L25).
Having secured their spot at Euro 2024 thanks to a 1-0 win against the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, the pressure is off for the Netherlands here. Unable to catch France at the Group B summit, Ronald Koemanâs side bring their curtain down on a successful qualification campaign bidding for a third successive ECQ away win, leaving the Dutch boss with a dilemma over whether he fields an experimental line up or not.
After lamenting his sideâs lack of attacking potency against Ireland, Koeman may elect to shuffle the pack to see what the fringe members of his squad have to offer looking ahead to the Euro finals. But whatever XI he fields, expect dominance from the Netherlands who have won all 22 of their games âto nilâ against UEFAâs current bottom-five ranked sides by FIFA, with Gibraltar being one of them.
Key battle: Dayle Coleing was the Gibraltar goalkeeper who conceded 14 against France, although incredibly his measly 4.2 Flashscore match rating wasnât the lowest amongst his team! Aiming to heap more misery upon him, Wout Weghorst leads the way as the Netherlandsâ top scorer in this ECQ cycle, with all three of his strikes arriving before the hour mark.
Hot stat: The Netherlandsâ last four ECQ games have been decided by a one-goal margin.