Greece vs Netherlands - prediction, team news, lineups

Greece volition invited Netherlands to Stadio Toumbas connected Thursday nighttime successful League A Group 2 of the UEFA Nations League.

The hosts are apical of the array with 2 wins from 2 games, with the visitors 2nd connected 4 points aft 1 triumph and 1 draw.

Match preview

Greece managed to unafraid promotion from League B of the Nations League successful 2024-25, winning 3-0 successful the 2nd limb of their promotion/relegation playoff clash with Scotland to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defeat. 

While Greece initially built connected that victory, winning their adjacent 3 matches, including their opening World Cup qualifying fixture against Belarus (5-1), their signifier rapidly took a crook for the worse. 

Greece subsequently mislaid each of their adjacent 3 World Cup qualifying matches, and contempt winning 1 and drafting 1 of their last 2 games, a third-placed decorativeness meant they disappointingly failed to suffice for the summertime competition.

The archetypal fractional of 2026 saw Greece's lacklustre signifier continue, losing 2 and drafting 2 of their 4 affable fixtures, but Ivan Jovanovic's broadside person rebounded with a spectacular commencement to the Nations League this month. 

Greece came from down to dramatically decision Serbia connected matchday one, with Anastasios Douvikas scoring a 94th-minute winner, followed by a fantastic 1-0 triumph implicit Germany acknowledgment to Dimitris Kourbelis' strike. 

Consequently, Greece find themselves apical of the League A Group 2 standings with maximum points aft 2 matches, and they volition beryllium anxious to support their flawless commencement erstwhile they instrumentality connected Netherlands astatine home. 

Netherlands, however, caput into Thursday's clash enjoying a tally of 7 consecutive matches without decision successful 90 minutes, signaling 4 wins and 3 draws - though they did suffer connected penalties to Morocco successful the World Cup circular of 32. 

Netherlands have, successful fact, mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 22 matches crossed each competitions aft 90 minutes, with caller manager Xavi continuing that grounds successful his archetypal 2 matches. 

The Spaniard was appointed pursuing Netherlands' World Cup exit, and Xavi has overseen a gully and triumph successful his archetypal 2 games astatine the helm.

Netherlands scored a 92nd-minute equaliser to unafraid a 1-1 gully with Germany successful their opening Nations League fixture, though Oranje were unfortunate not to triumph altogether, creating 3.18xG to Germany's 1.45xG. 

Xavi's broadside did negociate to capitalise connected their dominance connected matchday two, with Mexx Meerdink's brace starring Netherlands to a 2-1 triumph implicit Serbia.

As a result, Netherlands beryllium 2nd successful League A Group 2 with 4 points, meaning a triumph connected Thursday would spot Xavi's squad leapfrog their hosts and determination into archetypal place. 

Alongside Netherlands' awesome caller undefeated tally successful 90 minutes, the visitors volition besides gully assurance from their meetings with Greece, winning 9 of their 11 clashes.

Greece signifier (all competitions):

Netherlands signifier (all competitions):

Team News

Greece person fielded an unchanged halfway of players successful each of their opening 2 wins successful the Nations League, and Jovanovic is apt to trust connected that aforesaid radical connected Thursday. 

Changes elsewhere could spot Charalampos Kostoulas and Dimitris Kourbelis, who scored the victor against Germany, travel backmost into the starting team.

As for Netherlands, Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobbey are retired with injuries, meaning Ruben van Bommel and Meerdink could commencement alongside Crysencio Summerville successful attack. 

Further back, an unchanged defence of Denzel Dumfries, Jan Paul van Hecke, Virgil van Dijk and Micky van de Ven should commencement erstwhile again.

Greece imaginable starting lineup:

Tzolakis; Vagiannidis, Mavropanos, Retsos, Tsimikas; Karetsas, Kourbelis, Zafeiris, Tzolis; Kostoulas, Pavlidis

Netherlands imaginable starting lineup:

Verbruggen; Dumfries, Van Hecke, Van Dijk, Van de Ven; Gravenberch, Veerman, Reijnders; Summerville, Meerdink, Van Bommel

We say: Greece 1-2 Netherlands

Greece whitethorn person got disconnected to a flying commencement successful the group, but Netherlands person looked superb successful their opening 2 games and should person the prime to predominate this lucifer and unafraid the victory.

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