On Friday (25th November) evening, Khalifa International Stadium (Al Rayyan) will host the Netherlands vs Ecuador match in the Group A of the FIFA World Cup 2022.
While Ecuador started this tournament with a 2-0 win against the hosts Qatar, the Netherlands also began this competition with another 2-0 victory against Senegal.
NED vs ECU Match Details
Match: Netherlands vs Ecuador
Stage: Group (A)
Date: 25th November 2022 (Friday)
Time: 17:00 local time/AST (UTC+3); 21:30 IST
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
NED vs ECU Match Preview
While it will be the third official meeting between Netherlands and Ecuador, it will be their first World Cup encounter. After the Dutch players counted a 1-0 win in the 2006 international meeting, they had a 1-1 draw in the 2014 international friendly game.
Since September 2021, the Netherlands haven’t lost a game as the Dutch players are performing strongly on the field. In their last three games (including their WC 2022 opener), they didn’t only win all the matches, but they also maintained clean sheets. They are currently going through a four-match winning streak as well as a 16-match unbeaten streak.
After winning the tournament opener against the hosts, Ecuador are ready to stretch their current eight-match unbeaten streak. However, they have a big issue with goal scoring, which has forced them to draw five matches out of their last eight games.
Recent Form (starting from the latest)
Netherlands (NED): WWWWD
Ecuador (ECU): WDDDW
NED vs ECU Team News
(Netherlands)
Memphis Depay played the last 28 minutes during the first game in this tournament. It will be interesting to see whether the Netherlands start with him in this game.
Also Read | Netherlands’s Squad for FIFA World Cup 2022 & Team Profile and FIFA World Cup 2022: Netherlands - World Cup Records and Stats
(Ecuador)
Captain Enner Valencia left the ground during the second half of the tournament opener due to a knee injury. However, the coach has recently claimed that it wasn't any big injury as the player will be ready for the second game of this competition.
Also Read | FIFA World Cup 2022: Ecuador - World Cup Records and Stats and Netherlands vs Ecuador Head to Head in international football
NED vs ECU predicted starting lineups
Netherlands (NED): Andries Noppert; Matthijs de Ligt, Virgil van Dijk (Captain), Nathan Aké; Denzel Dumfries, Frenkie de Jong, Steven Berghuis, Daley Blind, Cody Gakpo; Vincent Janssen, Steven Bergwijn
Ecuador (ECU): Alexander Domínguez; Ángelo Preciado, Félix Torres, Piero Hincapié, Pervis Estupiñán; Gonzalo Plata, Moisés Caicedo, Sebas Méndez, Romario Ibarra, Jeremy Sarmiento; Enner Valencia (Captain)
NED vs ECU Dream11 Team Prediction
GK: H Galindez
DEF: D Blind, N Ake, V van Dijk, P Estupinan
MID: F De Jong, D Dumfries, G Plata, M Caicedo
FW: E Valencia, C Gakpo
Vice-captain: C Gakpo
Captain: E Valencia
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