Match Day LIVE
Match Week -Group Stage
World Cup Qualifier , (2026)
Netherlands vs Finland.
Venue – Amsterdam Arena.
Date – October 12, 2025 .
Time- 5 pm.
The Netherlands hosts , Finland at the Amsterdam Arena this evening with the aim of tightening their grip in the top spot of Group G for the World Cup 2026 this Sunday .
Presently they top their visitors , Finland and second placed Poland with three points , a win today will further their quest for a straight qualification for the Mundial .
With a shaky start at the beginning of the campaign in the September international window , the Dutch kick started their campaign this time with a four goal pimmeling Malta , who they beat with eight goals earlier this year .with penalties from both half’s from Cody Gakpo , who also has a hattrick goal ruked for offside but set up Tijjano Reinjhnders for the third to dismiss , minnows , Malta on the horrible night , this took the Oranje to the too of the ladder in Group G , but without a five star performance though a dominant and professional outing below a five star act .
They restored and the status quo ante after a below average performance against the Polish team , whom they drew with hence dropping some points before almost suffering an embarrassment against Lithuania ., where they fluffed a 2 goal lead before winning the game 3-2 , then over coming them a second time in Tai Quai with a more straight win , hence their destiny still remains in the hands , a win today will dismiss Finland from the group stage before the final show down with arch rivals , Poland next month .
Finland is coming to the Johan Cryfuff Arena A” stadium in the Netherlands with a heavy heart after suffering five major qualifying defeats in the hands of the Dutch , including a 2-0 defeat in June , with this weight of history on their shoulders they will fight like wounded lions to get a good result of possible a shock away win against the Netherlands which will be a major upset in the Euro Zone World Cup Qualifiers .
They have played more games than both the Dutch and Poland but have same.10 points with the later who surpasses them on the table on goals aggregate .
The Finnish fortunes changed with the arrival of their Danish Coach , Jacob Frris who led them to a 1-0 win against weeping boys , Malta then got four points again from three games , that brought a preciious top two finish for them but was later short lived with a loss to Poland , 3-1 , that brought them back to the status quo ante ,which catapulted the Polish to the second position .
Their lot have also dwindled in the FIFA ranking lately , dropping to the 71st position , they also came from behind to edge past Lithuania 2-1 , with goals from Benjamin Kallman and Adam Markhyiev .
There may be so many changes in the Oranje line up as their Coach , Ronald Koeman , who fielded Wout Wegehurst as Netherlands top highest scorer against Malta due to the arrival of Memphis late to the camp land was not fully fit Koeman will defineky reverse the trend this evening against Finland .
Memphis stoppage time strike will give him a starting shirt where he will pair up with Liverpool s Jerome Frimpong and Cody Gakpo .
The Dutch dropped most of their first team players this time , but invited AZ Alkammer play maker Mexx Meerdink as cover for Wout Wegehurst and Depay but Mexx later withdrew .
Aston Villa versatile striker, Donyell Malen who has scored 10 goals in 27 substitute appearance which is a Dutch record offers the Dutch another option in today’s match .
The Finnish will be without defensive stalwart , Robert Ivanov who is suspended due yellow card last Thursday as well as Captain Lukas Hradecky and veteran midfielder , Rasmus Schuller with injuries .
Hradecky may not be replaced by goal keepers , Vijilina Sinisalo , Celtic keeper or Parlemon ‘s Jesse Joronen between the posts , likely to start in between the sticks is Sicily s Joel Pojanpalo will get a starting shirt up front .
Predictions .
The Dutch is likely to get a win today , a repeat of the last win in Helsinki , as the Oranje boys are a class above rheir visitors ,not withstanding the three points separating them .
The Finnish shock win against Poland is nothing to write home about , as they have lost 11 times since last year and May not cope with the attacking prowess of the Dutch .
Netherland 3-1 Finland Or 4-1
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