Senegal – Netherlands, World Cup Prediction

😐Senegal will have to cope without their big star

Senegal will travel with Mane in the squad, but it is unclear when exactly the Bayern player will feature in the first team as he is still nursing an injury. Senegal have enough class in their squad but realistically there is no one to replace Mane. Surely the African champions have at least had enough time to prepare for such an outcome. Senegal have done quite well in the groups of the two World Cups they have participated in so far, only failing to get out of the group in the past because of more cards instead of Japan, who had the same statistics as Senegal.

💯The Netherlands should not be underestimated

Netherlands always about a threat at World Cups, but it seems like right now no one puts them in the favorites, which is interesting. They’re not in a very tough group, and relative to the Tulips, as far as the quarterfinals if they get there, it’s shaping up to be a pretty serious clash with one of the big ones purely at paper. Holland are playing strongly at the moment, they are in good form, they are motivated for success after missing out on the 2018 World Cup, and they have no serious missing players apart from Wijnaldum.

⏩ The Tulips are expected to have the initiative

Senegal are a very low-scoring team, they showed it in the Africa Cup. A team that relies a lot on its defense, and I expect that to be even more pronounced in this match. I’m almost certain that an X in this game for Senegal will be a perfect result because they are playing against the strongest team in the group and without their main star. After that, they have the opportunity to win games against easier opponents like Qatar and Ecuador. For this reason I don’t expect to see many goals in the match. Prediction – Under 2.5 goals at 1.72.