Khalifa International Stadium will witness the start of the 16th round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with a match between the Netherlands and the United States.
The date of the Netherlands-America match is 6:00 pm local time, on Saturday, and it will be transmitted via BN Sports and the Qatar Cup.
In the following lines, we review some exciting digital facts regarding the opening match of the round of 16 of the World Cup, according to the “Opta” network.
The numbers of the Netherlands and America match in the 2022 World Cup
The two teams met face to face in 5 matches earlier, all of which carried a friendly character away from official competitions, between 1998 and 2015, the Netherlands won 4 of them and lost one.
The Netherlands has an advantage once morest non-European teams, and has not lost once morest them during the last 19 matches in the World Cup (13 wins, 6 draws).
The last loss for the Netherlands once morest a non-European opponent was once morest Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 1994 edition, with a score of 3-2.
However, it should be noted that the Netherlands stumbled once morest Brazil in 1998 and Argentina 2014 on penalties, following a tie in the original and extra time.
On the other hand, the American team has a complex once morest the Europeans, and has failed to achieve any victory once morest the representatives of the old continent during the last 11 matches (6 wins, 5 losses).
The last American victory once morest European teams dates back to the 2002 edition once morest Portugal, with a score of 3-2.
In general, America won only 3 times in 23 matches once morest European teams, once once morest Belgium in 1930, England 1950 and Portugal in 2002.
The Netherlands national team has a clear digital advantage with coach Louis van Gaal, and has not lost in 10 World Cup matches under his leadership (7 wins and 3 draws), and kept 5 clean sheets in the last 6 matches.
And Cody Jacobo, the Netherlands striker, has a valuable opportunity to become the first “mills” player to score goals during the first 4 World Cup matches ever.
