The real challenge has come!Mexicowill play their secondinternational friendly of the year today when the face the Netherlands at the Johan Cruyff Arena, in Amsterdam. It will be a great opportunity for the Mexican football national team to show what they are really capable of against a strong rival.Check out everything there is to know about this game, such as the match preview, information, storylines, predictions, odds, and how to watch it. It will be the second game in 2020 for the national football team coached by Gerardo Martino, after their 3-0 victory over Guatemala at the Estadio Azteca, on September 30.
El Tricolor started their 2020 campaign with a convincing victory over Guatamala with a squad formed with players from the Liga MX. Now, manager Martino will count on Mexico’s stars playing in Europe for the team’snext matchup against the Dutch side.
The Netherlands have already played official matches this year in the UEFA Nations League. Wednesday’s game will be their first friendly of the year, and new manager Frank de Boer is planning to preservethe regular first team players against Mexicodue totheir future commitments in the European competition.
Netherlands vs Mexico: Match information
Date: Wednesday, October7, 2020
Time:11:45 AM (PT), 2:45 PM (ET)
Location: Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
Netherlands vs Mexico Storylines
The visitors came from a convincing 3-0 win over Guatemala at the Estadio Azteca with squad formed with players from the Liga MX. Martino will count on some of Mexico’s stars for Wednesday’s game, such as Raúl Jiménez and Héctor Herrera.
Mexico have won 17 of their last 18 international games. The only defeat was a 4-0 against Argentina last year. Meanwhile, the Dutch team come from a 1-0 loss to Italy for the UEFA Nations League. They suffered the defeat only three days after beating Poland 1-0 in a game for the same competition.
It will be the first meeting between thesetwo national teams in almost six years. Their last encounter finished in a 3-2 win for Mexico in November,2014. They had faced each other that year at the 2014 World Cup Round of 16, with the Netherlands clinching a 2-1 win thanks to a last minute controversial penalty scored by Arjen Robben.
How to watch or live stream Netherlands vs Mexico in the U.S.
The international friendly between the Netherlands and Mexico to be played at the Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday will be broadcasted in the United Stated byTUDN.com, TUDN USA, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ESPN2, UniMás.
Netherlands vs Mexico Predictions and Odds
Althought the Netherlands will preserve most of their usual first team players due to their UEFA Nations Leauge commitments, oddsmakers put the home side as the favorites to win on Wednesday. According to DraftKings, the Dutch team has odds of -130, while Mexico have odds of +350. A tie would result in a +270 payout.
| DraftKings | FanDuel | |
| Netherlands | -130 | -140 |
| Draw | +270 | +250 |
| Mexico | +350 | +350 |
* Odds via DraftKings & FanDuel
