Mexico and Netherlands are both undefeated in the tournament as they meet each other in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup 2014.
Memphis Depay scores the winning goal against Australia.
In the last three meetings between the sides, Netherlands have won two matches while one match has ended in a draw. Netherlands have scored 6 goals while Mexico hhave tucked in four goals in the process. The recent match between the side was played in 2010 as part of International Friendly and Robin van Persie’s brace sealed 2-1 win for Netherlands.
Netherlands are one of the few teams who won all their three encounters in the World Cup group stages. They stood first in the group with nnine points in three match they played. they opened their World Cup campaign with an excellent 5-1 victory over the defending champions Spain. They continued it with a competitve match against Australia, which they nicked 3-2. They won their final match of the group against Chile by 2-0.
Mexico are into the knockout stages after standing second in their group behind Brazil, who are through to Quarterfinals after winning on penalties against Brazil. Mexico went undefeated throughout the group stage with 2 wins and a draw. They have conceded just one goal throughout the tournament and it came late in 3-1 win against Croatia in final match day. They opened their tournament with a 1-0 win over Cameroon and followed i with a goalless draw against Brazil which saw one of the finest goalkeeping performance in World Cup, coming from Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico.
Team News:
Robin Van Persie will return from suspension after missing the match against Chile. Bruno Martins Indi was also benched due to injury and will return t the side in this match, which means Dirk Kuyt will be dropped back into the bench.
Javier Hernandez in last match but will be in the bench this time too. Jose Vazquez will miss the match after collecting his second booking in the match against Croatia.
Proabable Starting Lineup:
Netherlands:
Formation: 5-2-1-2
Jasper Cillesen: Janmaat, Ron Vlaar, De Vrij, Bruno Martins Indi, Daley Blind: Nigel De Jong, Jonathan De Guzman: Wesley Sneijder: Robin Van Persie, Arjen Robben
Mexico:
Formation: 3-5-2
Guillerme Ochoa: Rodriguez, Rafael Marquez, Hector Moreno: Miguel Layun, Andres Guadrado, Salcido, Hector Herrera, Aguilar: Giovanni Dos Santos, Oribe Peralta
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