Brazil
who lost 7 – 1 against Germany in the Semi Final will play Netherlands tonight in
the third position match.
Time:
21.00
BST
Venue:
Estadio Nacional
Referee:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
STAT:
- This will be 12th meeting between these two sides.
- Netherlands failed to score a goal in their last two games.
- Brazil will play third position game for the first time since 1978.
TEAM NEWS:
Brazilian
captain Thiago Silva returns from a suspension. While boss Luiz
Felipe Scolari will going to introduce some new faces on the field tonight.
Brazil will once again play without their star man Neymar who is still out with his back injury.
Brazil will once again play without their star man Neymar who is still out with his back injury.
While
on the other side, Netherlands have a fully fit squad and Louis van Gaal might
also give some chance to new players.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS:
KEY BATTLE:
Thiago Silva vs Robin van
Persie
This
battle will entertain all the football lovers around
the World. Brazilian skipper Silva who missed last game due to suspension is
back while van Persie who has not scored in the last three games looks set to
increase his goal tally.
HEAD
TO HEAD
|
|
Brazil 0 – 0 Netherlands
|
Friendly, 2011
|
Netherlands 2 – 1 Brazil
|
FIFA World Cup, 2010
|
Netherlands 2 – 2 Brazil
|
Friendly, 1999
|
Brazil 3 – 1 Netherlands
|
Friendly, 1999
|
Brazil 2 – 2 Netherlands
|
Friendly, 1999
|
FORM
GUIDE
|
|
Brazil
(LWWWD)
|
Netherlands
(LWWWW)
|
Brazil 1 – 7 Germany
|
Netherlands (2)0 – 0(4) Argentina
|
Brazil 2 – 1 Colombia
|
Netherlands (4)0 –
0(3) Costa Rica
|
Brazil (3)1 – 1(2) Chile
|
Netherlands 2 – 1 Mexico
|
Cameroon 1 – 4 Brazil
|
Netherlands 2 – 0
Chile
|
Brazil 0 – 0 Mexico
|
Australia 2 – 3 Netherlands
|
PREDICTION:
Brazil
1 – 2 Netherlands, van Persie on the scoresheet.
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