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 about 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 against non-European teams, and has not lost against them during the last 19 matches in the World Cup (13 wins, 6 draws).
The last loss for the Netherlands against a non-European opponent was against Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 1994 edition, with a score of 3-2.
However, it should be noted that the Netherlands stumbled against Brazil in 1998 and Argentina 2014 on penalties, after a tie in the original and extra time.
On the other hand, the American team has a complex against the Europeans, and has failed to achieve any victory against the representatives of the old continent during the last 11 matches (6 wins, 5 losses).
The last American victory against European teams dates back to the 2002 edition against Portugal, with a score of 3-2.
In general, America won only 3 times in 23 matches against European teams, once against 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.