Digi Sport 1 and First will host Germany’s Greece-Netherlands European Championship Qualifier Group B match on Monday, October 16 at 9:45 p.m. at the Hagia Sophia Stadium in Athens. Sports 2.

Greece and the Netherlands will meet in a decisive match for qualification to the final tournament, both teams are in a direct fight for the second place in the group, and France is already mathematically qualified for Euro 2024.

Group B is topped by France with 18 points from six matches, followed by Greece with 12 points from six matches and the Netherlands with nine points from five matches, with the latter two teams fighting for the only available place that secures a place. for Euro 2024, as Ireland, with three points from six matches, and Gibraltar, without a point after five matches, were eliminated from the qualifying calculations.

Greece won 2-0 in Ireland three days ago and, apart from the Netherlands, they have just one match left to play, away to France, a team that has already qualified for Euro 2024.

Gustavo Poye’s side have not qualified for the final European tournament since 2012 (they have only reached the World Cup in 2014 since then), and a win would leave them six points behind the Netherlands (equal points, first leg) in the tie- break – goal difference: now the Greeks have +7, the Dutch have +2).

The Greeks are on a seven-match unbeaten run at home, with their last defeat at home coming on 11 November 2021, a 0-1 draw against Spain in their 2022 World Cup qualifier.

The Netherlands are coming off a 1-2 defeat at home against France (the second previous match, the first also suffered in front of the Galician basket, 0-4 away), and can stay in the qualification book even with the loss, provided they win the last two games with big goal differences, with Ireland at home and Gibraltar away, and Greece losing in France in their only remaining match.

Ronald Koeman’s national team participated in June in the final tournament of the League of Nations, which he also organized, where he finished 4th, losing in the semi-final with Croatia 2-4, and in the minor final, with Italy, with a score of 2- 3.

The two representative teams last met in the current preliminary match on 7 September 2023 in Eindhoven, when the Netherlands won 3-0 against Greece thanks to goals from Maarten de Roon (17), Cody Gakpo (31) and Wout Wehorst (39).

Probable teams

Greece: Odyssey Vlahodimos – Rota, Mavropanos, Retsos, Tsimikas – Bakasetas, Kurbelis, Mantalos – Masouras, Giakoumakis, Pelkas

Netherlands: Verbruggen – Gertrude, Van Dijk, Ake – Dumfries, De Roon, Veerman, Hartman – Reinders, Weghorst, Xavi Simons.

Superbet offers odds of 1.30 on the prediction X2: a draw or a win for the guests in the match Greece – Holland.

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