Belarus takes on the visitors Netherlands at “Borisov Arena” in the matchday nine of the Europe’s Qualifiers Group stage for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Borisov on Saturday, October 7th.
Belarus goes through another disappointing qualifying cycle. The team lost 0:1 to Luxembourg and 0:4 to Sweden in two September back-to-back clashes. Resignation of Belarus head-coach during the qualifying cycle is a good tradition of Football Federation of Belarus which, however, has no positive effect. Being in one group with Luxembourg, Belarus A-team is occupying the last place in the table with five points gained and 4-16 goal difference. The Belarusians earned all their points at the home ground, having scored three goals for and five goals against.
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Netherlands fails its second qualifying campaign in a row as at first the team didn’t qualify for the UEFA EURO 2016 and now extremely experienced Dick Advocaat who is already the third head-coach of the “Oranje” in this qualifying cycle which, however, didn’t bring any stability to the side. The Dutch were thrashed by France 0:4 on the road and broke Bulgaria 3:0 in two September games. As a result, Arjen Robben and his teammates sit on the third position in Group A standings with 13 points taken and 16-11 goal difference, being three points behind the second place and saving only theoretical chances for promoting to the World Cup’s final stage. The team picked up four points with four goals for and eight goals against in four matches on the road in this cycle, having lost two recent encounters: 0:2 to Bulgaria and 0:4 to France.
Belarus and Netherlands have met seven times and the score of their head-to-heads is 5:2 in favour of “Oranje”. The Dutch broke Belarus 4:1 at the home turf within this campaign. The visitors are also the favourites of the forthcoming battle as they cannot afford themselves losing any point.
Prediction for the match: Netherlands to win with -1.5 Asian handicap.
