Ivory Coast and
Netherlands have a friendly encounter in Rotterdam on June 4th.
Both teams are in decent shape after managerial changes and are facing some decisive matches ahead for the World Cup’s qualifiers.
Netherlands won
their first friendly match against Morocco by 2-1 and displayed some
interesting movement with Janssen, Depay, Promes and Berghuls in offensive roles.
However, the team has lacked a good build-up in midfield,
something they need to improve against a more physical opponent such as Ivory
Coast. With Dirk Advocaat still managing Fenerbahce (he will take
charge in the coming weeks), interim manager Fred Grim has a lot of
options to consider for the next match, but it’s likely that we see a
similar formation, with Arjen Robben possibly seeing some play.
Ivory Coast are well
positioned in their group for qualification to Russia. Marc
Wilmots debuted as the manager with a draw against Benin (1-1) with a
B-squad composed mostly by local players. A much stronger team seems
to be on the horizon against Netherlands, with players such as Zaha
and Kalou probably appearing in the lineup.
Netherlands are the
clear favorite to win, with average odds of 3/4. With both teams in a
transition period, it’s quite hard to predict an outcome for the match.
However, one can assume that due to the friendly nature of the
encounter both teams will look to attack. As such, both teams to score
at least a goal seems like a good option, with odds around 10/11. If
we follow our logic, a match with at least two goals at 21/20 is also available, and may be preferable to some!
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