Netherlands are expected to complete a hat-trick of wins in Euro 2020 Group C by brushing aside pointless North Macedonia in Amsterdam. Frank de Boer may take this opportunity to rest a few players but their opponents have been very open at the back in two defeats so far.
Ukraine and North Macedonia both tasted defeat in their opening Euro 2020 games but the blue and yellows look better equipped to bounce back. They gave Netherlands a scare before going down 3-2 while the Lynxes appeared a touch naive in their 3-1 loss to Austria at this venue.
Austria beat North Macedonia at home and away in qualifying for Euro 2020 and can confirm that superiority on neutral territory in Bucharest. Das Team prevailed 4-1 in Skopje and then 2-1 in Vienna but we’re expecting a cagier contest in the opening round of Group C fixtures.
If good things come to those who wait then fans of international football are in for a treat this summer at Euro 2020. The tournament was postponed due to the continent being in lockdown last year but on June 11 it is finally set to kick off. In anticipation we have looked back at how each of the 24 Euro 2020 teams qualified for the tournament.
Georgia and North Macedonia have drawn a couple of Nations League matches in recent months and another close encounter is on the cards in their Euro 2020 play-off final. Both are unbeaten in three other fixtures this year and everything suggests they are two evenly-matched outfits ahead of this Tbilisi tussle.
With the UEFA Nations League now on hold until the summer, the England national team can turn its attention to the qualifying campaign for Euro 2020. Ahead of the first matches kicking off later this week, we’ve analysed data on every qualifying campaign since Euro 96 to see what might be in store for Gareth Southgate’s young side.