Netherlands kick-start their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign with a trip to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium where they will face Finland on Saturday night. The two nations, ranked 63 places apart in the FIFA World Rankings, are joined in Group G by Poland, Lithuania and Malta.
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How to watch the World Cup Qualification UEFA match between Finland and Netherlands, as well as kick-off time and team news. Finland continue their pursuit of a historic first-ever World Cup berth, but they'll need to raise their game significantly when they welcome the Netherlands on Saturday.
Netherlands were hoping to be involved in UEFA Nations League action this month, but their efforts in a thrilling 10-goal two-legged quarter-final with Spain were in vain, as they suffered a 5-4 penalty shootout defeat in March.
In fact, victories have been hard to come by for head coach Ronald Koeman, who has steered the Oranje to only two wins in their last nine internationals across all competitions (D4 L3) - both of those were emphatic home successes against Bosnia-Herzegovina (5-2) and Hungary (4-0) in the Nations League.
As a result of participating in the Nations League three months ago, Netherlands are now playing catch-up in World Cup qualifying as each of the other four teams in Group G have played two games each. The Oranje currently sit six points behind leaders Poland who have won their opening two matches.
Ranked sixth in the world by FIFA, Netherlands are bidding to qualify for their 12th World Cup and will be aiming to come out on top in at least six of their eight group fixtures, as they have failed to qualify for the World Cup on each occasion (eight in total) when they have won no more than 60% of their matches.
A trip to Finland arguably represents one of the trickiest Group G fixtures, on paper, for the Dutch, but they will back themselves to prevail on Saturday as they have won each of their last four meetings with the Eagle-owls across Euros and World Cup qualifying by an aggregate score of 11-2.
While the Eagle-owls have picked up back-to-back wins over group outsiders Lithuania and Malta, this weekend brings a far sterner test. The Dutch have bossed this fixture historically, winning 10 and drawing one of their 11 previous encounters with Finland.
Currently sixth in the FIFA world rankings, the Netherlands are eyeing qualification for their 12th World Cup. Ronald Koeman's side may not look red-hot on paper, but recent outings came against heavyweights Spain and Germany, making those results more understandable.
A visit to Helsinki should offer them a much clearer path, especially against a side they've comfortably handled in the past. They've won the last four clashes against Finland in Euro and World Cup qualifying by a dominant 11-2 margin.
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How to watch the World Cup Qualification UEFA match between Finland and Netherlands, as well as kick-off time and team news. Finland continue their pursuit of a historic first-ever World Cup berth, but they'll need to raise their game significantly when they welcome the Netherlands on Saturday.
Netherlands were hoping to be involved in UEFA Nations League action this month, but their efforts in a thrilling 10-goal two-legged quarter-final with Spain were in vain, as they suffered a 5-4 penalty shootout defeat in March.
In fact, victories have been hard to come by for head coach Ronald Koeman, who has steered the Oranje to only two wins in their last nine internationals across all competitions (D4 L3) - both of those were emphatic home successes against Bosnia-Herzegovina (5-2) and Hungary (4-0) in the Nations League.
As a result of participating in the Nations League three months ago, Netherlands are now playing catch-up in World Cup qualifying as each of the other four teams in Group G have played two games each. The Oranje currently sit six points behind leaders Poland who have won their opening two matches.
Ranked sixth in the world by FIFA, Netherlands are bidding to qualify for their 12th World Cup and will be aiming to come out on top in at least six of their eight group fixtures, as they have failed to qualify for the World Cup on each occasion (eight in total) when they have won no more than 60% of their matches.
A trip to Finland arguably represents one of the trickiest Group G fixtures, on paper, for the Dutch, but they will back themselves to prevail on Saturday as they have won each of their last four meetings with the Eagle-owls across Euros and World Cup qualifying by an aggregate score of 11-2.
While the Eagle-owls have picked up back-to-back wins over group outsiders Lithuania and Malta, this weekend brings a far sterner test. The Dutch have bossed this fixture historically, winning 10 and drawing one of their 11 previous encounters with Finland.
Currently sixth in the FIFA world rankings, the Netherlands are eyeing qualification for their 12th World Cup. Ronald Koeman's side may not look red-hot on paper, but recent outings came against heavyweights Spain and Germany, making those results more understandable.
A visit to Helsinki should offer them a much clearer path, especially against a side they've comfortably handled in the past. They've won the last four clashes against Finland in Euro and World Cup qualifying by a dominant 11-2 margin.