Netherlands and Austria will face off in the matchday 2 of Euro 2020 at Amsterdam ArenA on Thursday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CEST.

Preview

Netherlands were quite lucky to avoid a draw in their Euros opener against Ukraine on Sunday as the goals of Georginio Wijnaldum and Wout Weghorst were cancelled by Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk. Still, Denzel Dumfries' late header helped Frank de Boer's side to celebrate a 3-2 victory over the weekend.

Austria, for their part, had little problems beating North Macedonia 3-1 in what turned out to be their first ever win at a European Championship. Stefan Lainer, Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovic all found the back of the net in Bucharest and will be desperate to repeat their heroics in Amsterdam.

Team news

Matthijs de Ligt missed the Ukraine win through a groin injury and it remains to be seen if De Boer risks his key centre-back on Thursday. Arnautovic, meanwhile, has been suspended for this one after racially abusing two North Macedonia players while celebrating his goal on Sunday.

Prediction

Given each side's results in their opening matches, a single point in the remaining two matches would arguble send them into the last-16 round. Still, we can't see the Netherlands settling down for a draw after a nervy encounter with Ukraine. What's more, Oranje have home advantage on their side so let's stick with the Group C favourites in what promises to be a quite entertaining match.

Tip

Netherlands to win or draw and both teams to score at 2.04 with 1XBET.