Netherlands v England: Women’s EURO semi-final facts
• Eight years on from England violence a Netherlands 2-1 after additional time in a UEFA Women’s EURO semi-finals, they play again in a final four.
• Both teams have ideal annals in these finals. The hosts kick Norway 1-0, Denmark 1-0 and Belgium 2-1 to tip Group A before saying off Sweden 2-0 on Saturday. England degraded Scotland by a competition-record 6-0, Spain 2-0 and Portugal 2-1 in Group D before to Sunday’s 1-0 feat opposite France.
• Including friendlies a Netherlands are on a run of 6 uninterrupted wins and England have 7 true victories: both those runs embody defeats of associate semi-finalists Austria and Denmark.
Semi-final pedigree
• These teams played in a 2009 semi-finals in Tampere. England took a 61st-minute lead by Kelly Smith though Marlous Pieëte equalised for a finals debutants. Substitute Jill Scott got a leader for England with 4 mins left in additional time; a midfielder will be dangling for this game.
• Other than a criminialized Scott, other players who could underline carrying played in Tampere in 2009 are England’s Alex Scott, Casey Stoney, Fara Williams and underling Karen Carney. Loes Geurts started in idea for a Netherlands while Shanice outpost de Sanden was brought on during a finish of additional time.
• That was England’s fourth semi-final (W2 L2):
2009: W2-1aet v Netherlands
1995: L2-6agg v Germany
1987: L2-3aet v Sweden
1984: W3-1agg v Denmark
Previous meetings
• These teams also met in 2013 qualifying. England drew 0-0 in Zwolle and won 1-0 in Manchester though both done it to a finals in Sweden.
• They were matched in 3 uninterrupted FIFA Women’s World Cup qualfiying groups. In 1999 subordinate England won 1-0 during home though mislaid 2-1 away. In 2003 subordinate a Netherlands drew 0-0 in Grimsby though mislaid 4-1 in Den Haag. In 2007 subordinate England won twice, 4-0 during home and 1-0 away.
• The many new assembly was in Nov in Tilburg, England winning 1-0 with a late idea from surrogate Jodie Taylor. That was a final diversion before Netherlands manager Arjan outpost der Laan was transposed by partner Sarina Wiegman.
• Overall in 19 encounters dating behind to 1973, England have won 12, drawn 4 and mislaid three, scoring 26 goals to a Netherlands’ 11.
Miscellaneous
• England are a usually prior finalists remaining in a competition, carrying mislaid to Sweden in 1984 and Germany in 2009.
• The Netherlands could be a seventh opposite organisation to strech a final after Englnd, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy and possibly Austria or Denmark, who play in a initial semi-final in Breda.
• Netherlands captain Mandy outpost der Berg is a co-worker of England’s Jade Moore and Jo Potter during Reading.
• Sari outpost Veenendaal, Dominique Jansen and Daniëlle outpost de Donk have recently been assimilated during Arsenal by Vivianne Miedema, to play alongside England’s Jordan Nobbs, Taylor, Fara Williams and Alex Scott.
• This summer Barcelona have sealed both Lieke Martens and Toni Duggan.
• The Netherlands are anticipating to be usually a second hosts to strech a finals given they were stretched to an eight-team contest with a organisation theatre in 1997. Germany won on home dirt in 2001 while Sweden fell in a semi-finals of 1997 (as co-hosts with Norway) and 2013.
• Advance sheet sales advise this diversion will mangle a record assemblage for a women’s football diversion in a Netherlands, set in a opening diversion here when 21,732 watched a hosts kick Norway in Utrecht.