Netherlands meet France in a blockbuster concluding Group D showdown at UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
Victory or a draw will see Netherlands advance to the Quarter-Finals if they better England’s result against Wales.
France just need to avoid defeat to the Dutch by a margin of three goals or more to secure their passage to the last eight or regardless if England fail to beat Wales.
A point would see Les Bleues advance as Group D winners.
Should Netherlands and England win then both teams plus France would be tied on six points apiece, with the Dutch likely to be eliminated in that scenario on head-to-head records in the group.
Team News
Netherlands have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 4-0 loss to England as Danielle van de Donk, Sherida Spitse and Lineth Beerensteyn look to start.
France manager, Laurent Bonadei could rotate his squad after resting several regulars in their 4-1 win over Wales, with Maelle Lakrar and Sakina Karchaoui amongst those looking to return to the starting eleven.
When is Kick-Off?
Netherlands face France at St Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday 13 July at 9pm CEST (8pm UK Time), live on ITV4 and ITVX in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Including penalty shootouts, Netherlands have won one of two previous meetings against France at UEFA Women’s Euro (W1, L1), as they prevailed on penalties after 0-0 draw in 2009 then lost 1-0 in extra time in 2022 which both came at the Quarter-Final Stage.
- France are meeting Netherlands for the first time in the group stage of a major tournament.
- Netherlands are looking to avoid going two games without a win for the first time since a run of three draws between June – July 2024 in Qualifying for this edition.
- France have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last seven group matches at UEFA Women’s Euro (W4, D3)
Prediction
Netherlands practically failed to turn up mentally in their defeat to England because aside from a few chances, they were humiliated by the Lionesses how the latter had been bullied by France so a huge response is needed with more fight and clinical composure.
France meanwhile are just on a roll with no defeat in 10 matches and on current form, it is difficult to see any other result coming if they continue their current attacking momentum which is just difficult to handle, especially if the Dutch don’t switch on mentally and score first.
Their two previous meetings in this competition though have both been fiercely closely fought and if Netherlands do step their game up a gear, I can see more of the same but the pressure is on the Dutch whose fate is really out of their hands and that might just tell in the closing minutes.
Prediction: Netherlands 1-2 France
Result: Netherlands 2-5 France
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