Netherlands vs France | UEFA Euros 2024 | Pre Match
Netherlands vs France
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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This will be the fourth meeting between the Netherlands and France at the UEFA EURO. France prevailed on penalties in the quarter-finals in 1996, whilst the Netherlands won both of their group stage encounters (3-2 in 2000, 4-1 in 2008).
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France have won seven of their last eight matches against the Netherlands in all competitions, with the exception being a 2-0 loss in the UEFA Nations League in November 2018.
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Only four of the previous 30 matches between the Netherlands and France have ended in a draw (15 wins for France, 11 wins for the Netherlands).
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Excluding shootouts, Netherlands have lost just one of their last 17 games at major international tournaments (World Cup/EURO), going down 2-0 against Czechia in EURO 2020 (W12 D4). They had lost four in a row before this run (3 games at EURO 2012, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup final).
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France are looking to win their opening two matches at a UEFA EURO tournament for a fourth time – on each of the previous three occasions they’ve done so, they have gone on to reach the final: in 1984, 2000 and 2016.
