Netherlands vs Turkey Matchday Stats Preview

This will be the 15th international meeting between Netherlands and Türkiye (6 Netherlands wins, 4 draws, 4 Türkiye wins to date), but the first to come at a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs).

The last two matches between Netherlands and Türkiye have seen a combined 13 goals (6.5 per game), with Türkiye winning 4-2 in March 2021 and Netherlands winning 6-1 in September 2021, both in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

Netherlands have progressed from five of their last seven major tournament quarter-finals (World Cup/EUROs), although one of the two exceptions in this time was most recently, losing a penalty shootout to Argentina at the 2022 World Cup. This is the Oranje’s first European Championship quarter-final since 2008, when they lost 3-1 to Russia.

Türkiye have reached the quarter-final of a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs) for the fourth time, after EURO 2000, the 2002 World Cup, and EURO 2008. They reached the semi-final of the latter two of those, failing only at EURO 2000 when they lost 0-2 to Portugal.

Netherlands have only progressed from three of their last nine knockout ties at the UEFA European Championship. After beating Romania 3-0 in this year’s round of 16, the Oranje are looking to win two knockout ties in a single edition of the finals for only the second time, after 1988, when they won the competition.

Türkiye are looking to win three consecutive matches at the UEFA European Championship for the very first time, and only the second time at major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs) overall, after doing so at the 2002 World Cup.

Türkiye have received 18 yellow cards at EURO 2024; in European Championship history, only Czechia in 1996 have been given more cards at a single edition (20 – 19 yellows, 1 red). The Crescent-Stars have picked up at least two cards in each of their last 24 matches at major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs).

Across the 2022 World Cup and EURO 2024, the only European player with more goals than Netherlands’ Cody Gakpo (6) is Kylian Mbappé (9). All six of Gakpo’s strikes have come in different matches; the only Dutch players to score in more different games at major tournaments (World Cup/EUROs) are Dennis Bergkamp (10), Robin van Persie (8), and Wesley Sneijder (7).

Coming into the quarter-finals, only Joshua Kimmich (14) and Kevin De Bruyne (11) have made more passes that have broken the opposition’s defensive line at EURO 2024 than Netherlands’ Tijjani Reijnders (10). Reijnders made five such passes against Romania last time out, the most of any player.

Türkiye have given six starts to teenagers at EURO 2024 – three for Kenan Yildiz and three for Arda Güler – a joint-record in a single edition of the finals, along with Spain at EURO 2020 (6, all for Pedri). Indeed, Güler (1 goal, 1 assist) is one of only three teenagers to both score and assist a goal at a single European Championship tournament, after both Wayne Rooney (4 goals, 1 assist) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2 goals, 2 assists) at EURO 2004.