Holland v Germany Betting Preview for Wednesday Night’s Euro 2012 action from the Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv.
The whole game is being shown Live on BBC One High Definition, with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
Welcome and thanks for stopping by to view our Holland v Germany Betting Preview from Group B of Euro 2012, where we have provided you with the very latest team news, head to head statistics, best betting odds markets and our free betting tips predictions on the match
Holland were shell shocked at having lost their opening game against Denmark, but can really only have themselves to blame as although their build up play was excellent, their finishing was extremely poor.
This will be something that they will need to improve on significantly if they are to score in this game let alone win the match against a tough looking german defence that will rarely give away many goal scoring opportunities.
Germany huffed and puffed and finaly got the job done against Portugal in their opening match, a well taken header from the online bookmakers pre-tournament favourite to be the top goal scorer of the competition Mario Gomez being enough to steal all the points from that game.
Germany will obviously cause problems for the Dutch defence with the array of talented players they have in their midfield and attack, and with the way Holland defended in their opening defeat against Denmark, this German side could have a field day in front of the Holland goal.
Holland v Germany Team News
Holland Team News : Coach Bert van Marwijk will no doubt make some changes to the team that lost their opening game against Denmark with defender Joris Mathijsen coming in to replace Ron Vlaar in an attempt to strengthen the back line.
Robin Van Persie also looks likely to be replaced by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar after public demand due to Van Persie’s lack lustre performance against Denmark.
Probable Lineup : Stekelenburg, Van der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems, De Jong, Robben, Sneijder, Van Bommel, Afellay, Huntelaar.
Germany Team News : Coach Joachim Low is also likely to make changes as he was far from happy with the performance of certain players during their 1-0 victory over Portugal.
Kroos, Andre Schurrle and Marco Rues all hoping to be selected to replace Lukas Podalski who looks the most likely to be dropped having not impressed his manager during the first game.
Probable Lineup : Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Badstuber, Lahm, Khedira, Muller, Ozil, Schweinsteiger, Reus, Gomez.
Holland v Germany Head to Head Statistics
Wednesday night’s game will be the 29th meeting between the two sides since the early 1900′s and all the results of those games can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- Holland Victories : 8
- Draws : 9
- Germany Victories : 6
The latest meeting between the two sides came during a friendly match at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg in which Germany were comfortable 3-0 winners on the night, Thomas Muller scoring the first goal of the game on just 15 minutes.
