Group D wraps up tonight with Netherlands and Austria going toe-to-toe in Berlin.
A place in the last-16 of Euro 2024 is already secure for the Dutch, having followed their opening 2-1 win over Poland secured by Wout Weghorst’s dramatic late winner in Hamburg last weekend with a hard-fought goalless draw against fellow European heavyweights France in Leipzig on Friday night.
Xavi Simons had a goal controversially ruled out in the second half of that otherwise tame affair and they must now better France’s result against Poland to top the group.
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As for Austria, their superior goal difference over Group A’s third-placed team Hungary means they only need avoid a heavy defeat to secure a place in the knockouts.
Ralf Rangnick’s side have enjoyed an impressive start to the tournament themselves, being narrowly edged out by France in Dusseldorf only by virtue of an unfortunate own goal before a rousing 3-1 win over Poland in Berlin on Friday ignited their last-16 hopes.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Netherlands vs Austria is scheduled for a 5pm BST kick-off time today, Tuesday June 25, 2024.
The match will take place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
Where to watch Netherlands vs Austria
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live and free-to-air on BBC Two, with coverage beginning at 4:45pm. France vs Poland is on BBC One at the same time from Dortmund.
Live stream: Fans can also catch the contest live online for free via the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog.
Netherlands vs Austria team news
Netherlands XI:Verbruggen; Geetruida, Van Dijk, De Vrij, Ake; Schouten, Reijnders, Veerman; Malen, Depay, Gakpo
Subs: Bijlow, Flekken, De Ligt, Simmons, Wijnaldum, Weghorst, Frimpong, Van de Ven, Blind, Brobbey, Maatsen, Zirkzee, Dumfries, Bergwijn, Gravenberch
Austria XI:Pentz; Posch, Wober, Lienhart, Prass; Grillitsch, Seiwald; Wimmer, Sabitzer, Schmind; Arnautovic
Subs: Linder, Hedl, Trauner, Danso, Gregoritsch, Querfeld, Mwene, Kainz, Baumgartner, Laimer, Daniliuc, Seidl, Weimann, Entrup, Grull
Netherlands vs Austria prediction
The Netherlands should be very wary of Austria, who have impressed in both games so far in Group D despite their narrow loss to France.
Under former Manchester United interim boss Rangnick, who recently rejected Bayern Munich to stay in his current post, they are ultra-intense and extremely aggressive, pressing relentlessly from the first whistle until the last.
This is a very disciplined and well-drilled Austria unit who are seemingly able to sustain their sheer intensity and high energy levels throughout the 90 minutes, chomping at the bit to spring an upset after ensuring Poland were the first team to officially exit the competition.
The Netherlands, though, were dominant against Poland and struggled to finish their glut of chances before being possibly unlucky not to have beaten France with that Simons controversy.
This is all set up to be a fascinating and highly watchable contest between two good sides with designs on making noise in the knockouts.
Draw, 1-1.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
These two sides last met in the group stage of Euro 2020, when Memphis Depay and Denzel Dumfries were both on target on home soil in Amsterdam in a 2-0 win that sent the Netherlands through to the last 16 for the first time since 2008 with a match to spare.
Netherlands wins: 9
Austria wins: 6
Draws: 4
Netherlands vs Austria match odds
Netherlands to win: 11/10
Austria to win: 3/1
Draw: 11/5
