5 wins in 10 is the headline; the rating underneath reads 1611, from 14 rated matches.
Goal difference over the run is +8. Their expected share against field-average opposition comes to about 63.3%. Which is 2.00 scored per match against 1.20 shipped. 23 for and 14 against sum up their 12 matches on record. The recorded unbeaten run stands at 9 matches. Component-wise that is 1.29 forward and 0.95 back, the smaller defensive figure being the better one. Looking at their 12 matches on record, 5-1 is the scoreline they will point to, 4 goals the sample's widest. In the five newest recorded matches they won 2 and lost 0. Across their 12 matches in our records, no loss has been wider than 1 goal, in a 0-1. In our record of their 12 games, no shutout has come in 12 matches. Set against the 47 teams in the same competition, they sit 95 points clear of the mean rating, scores 0.23 above its average scoring rate and concedes 0.04 below its average conceding rate. In our record of their 12 games, home and away the record divides into 4-4-1 and 2-1-0.
Source: our own elo-poisson-v1 model, run over the complete match record.
Team Overview
Netherlands have an Elo score of 1611 under our model; they are in the top quarter of the World Cup field. Netherlands drew with Japan 2-2, then beat Sweden 5-1, beat Tunisia 3-1 and drew with Morocco 1-1. Netherlands are unbeaten in the latest 4 matches of their recorded form in that 2026 run. Our match records include goals from Brian Brobbey (3), Cody Gakpo (3), V. van Dijk and T. Reijnders. Netherlands kept 0 clean sheets in their 12 matches in our records, a 0.0% share. Netherlands averaged 1.78 points at home and 2.33 away. Their heaviest win was 5-1 on 20 June 2026. Netherlands rate 95 Elo points above the other World Cup sides' average.
In the 2026 UEFA Nations League table the side ranks 1 of 4 teams, with 8 points from 4 matches. The record is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats, with 7 goals for, 5 goals against and a difference of +2. In the 2026 World Cup table, Netherlands rank 1 of 4 teams with 7 points from 3 matches. Those points come from 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats, 10 goals for and 4 goals against, a goal difference of +6. In the 2026 World Cup, the side has 4 matches with a result: 2 wins, 2 draws, 0 defeats, goals 11-5. In the 2026 International Friendlies, the side has 4 matches with a result: 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat, goals 5-4.
The 2026 World Cup goal list for Netherlands is headed by Cody Gakpo (3), Brian Brobbey (3) and Crysencio Summerville (2). Named scorers cover 10 of the 11 goals in that data.
Stefan de Vrij has the greatest recorded height of the registered players, 189 cm.
The 2026 UEFA Nations League table, scorer and squad figures here were last updated on 14 October 2026.
Netherlands appear in 74 matches in our data, spread over 8 seasons (2008 to 2026) and 4 competitions. The 72 matches with a final result break down into 42 wins, 17 draws and 13 defeats for the side: 58% won. They scored 150 goals and conceded 80 goals in those matches, 2.1 and 1.1 per match. The side kept a clean sheet in 29% of the matches with a result and failed to score in 13%. The widest winning margin in these records is 5-0 against Estonia in the European Championship on 19 November 2019. The widest losing margin in these records is 2-4 against Croatia, in the UEFA Nations League on 14 June 2023. Between 3 June 2022 and 9 December 2022, the side was unbeaten in 11 matches, a record in our data. Between 14 June 2010 and 6 July 2010, the side won 6 matches in succession, the longest winning run in our data. Over 4 seasons of the European Championship, the side has 15 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats in 25 matches with a result, goals 54-27. Over 4 seasons of the World Cup, the side has 16 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat in 23 matches with a result, goals 48-19. Over 3 seasons of the UEFA Nations League, the side has 9 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats in 20 matches with a result, goals 43-30. The club’s first match in our data is Netherlands 3-0 Italy, European Championship, on 9 June 2008.
Germany are the side Netherlands have met most often in our data: 6 matches. The record in those matches is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats for the side, goals 10-11. The latest of them was Netherlands 1-1 Germany in the UEFA Nations League on 24 September 2026. The next most frequent opponent is Spain, met 4 times, with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat for the side. The club has also met Poland 3 times, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.