The Netherlands take on the Czech Republic in Sunday’s Euro 2020 Round of 16 action. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET at Puskás Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Below, we preview the Netherlands vs. Czech Republic odds and lines and make our best Euro 2020 bets, picks and predictions.
Coming into this game Netherlands, the first-place finisher in Group C, is looking like a dark horse to win the entire tournament. F Memphis Depay and MF Georginio Wijnaldum have 2 and 3 goals, respectively.
Netherlands was the only top-20 team from the FIFA World Rankings in its group. It took care of business but hasn’t shown to be that next-level team quite yet.
The Czech Republic is coming into this match with a win, loss and draw in the group stage. It allowed just 2 goals across the matches, having taken on elite sides in Croatia and England. Czech Republic tied Croatia in an impressive performance.
This will be an uphill battle as the Netherlands’ aggressive attack will meet a more defensive-minded side. The winner of this game will go on to face Denmark, who made quick work of Wales in the first game of the Round of 16.
Netherlands vs. Czech Republic: Odds, picks and predictions
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- Money line: Netherlands -155 (bet $155 to win $100) | Czech Republiic +450 (bet $100 to win $450) | Draw +280
- Over/Under: 2.5 (O: -120 | U: -110)
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Prediction
Netherlands 3, Czech Republic 1
Money line (ML)
BET on NETHERLANDS (-155) despite the value not being the best. Sure, there’s a chance of a draw at the end of 90 minutes, but with the Netherlands -350 to advance, the regulation win odds are the better play.
That said, Netherlands has been a scoring machine with 8 goals in the group stage.
Only Italy, at plus-7, has a better goal differential. Wijnaldum and Depay have gotten the job done so far, and they’ve had both the finesse and athleticism to blow out opponents.
With the Czech not being much of an improvement over the teams the Netherlands already crushed, expect a solid victory for the favorite.
You can get the Netherlands to win and Over 2.5 goals for +145 which could be the best betting value.
Over/Under (O/U)
BET on the OVER 2.5 (-120) as the Netherlands topped the projected total on its own in two of the three group stage matches.
With only 5 goals scored in the Czech Republic’s three games, I expect the Netherlands to be in full control and set the pace. F Patrik Schick has all 3 Czech goals, and it hasn’t scored a non-penalty goal against a competent side.
Despite Czech potentially being shut out, the Over could still hit and has good value with how the Netherlands is playing. It has enough attacking prowess to make the Over a good play.
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