The Netherlands takes on Uruguay in the first 2010 Football World Cup semifinal at Cape Town stadium on Tuesday evening.
Uruguay is the final South American team left standing at the 2010 World Cup, and will have a tough task putting away the Dutch side that upset Brazil in a classy display on Friday afternoon.
Netherlands vs. Uruguay Trends Analysis
The two great football nations of Holland and Uruguay have met only once in the past, with the Netherlands winning an encounter between the two sides 2-0 at the 1974 World Cup.
The Netherlands comes into the first 2010 World Cup semifinals on the back of nine consecutive wins. The Dutch are the only team in the semifinals to have progressed to this stage of the tournament without losing or drawing a match.
The Netherlands has scored nine goals in its last five matches, for a healthy strike rate of almost two goals per match. The team has conceded three goals during the same period of time.
Uruguay, meanwhile, comes into the 2010 Football World Cup semifinals with four wins and a draw from its last five matches. The team is lucky to have reached this stage of the competition courtesy of a cynical professional foul by Luis Suarez that denied Ghana a winning goal in extra time.
Uruguay has scored seven goals in its last five matches, and one of the strongest defences in the tournament has conceded only two goals at the 2010 Football World Cup.
Netherlands vs. Uruguay Betting Tips
The Netherlands is a strong favourite to win this match, trading at a best price of 4/6 at Boylesports. Uruguay is trading as high as 6/1 at Betfair while you can back the 90 minute draw at 13/5 at Canbet.
The Netherlands should have the class to beat Uruguay and will have the backing of the Cape Town crowd on Tuesday evening. However, they’re up against a team that has turned flaunting the rules into an art form, and will need to survive Uruguay’s gamesmanship to take a win from this fixture.
This means that Uruguay should probably be trading a lot lower than it is at present and that the match is more of a coin-toss than the odds suggest.
We have a feeling that this match is going to produce a 90 minute draw. We’re therefore going to take the lay bet on Uruguay, an option that will pay out if the match is drawn in regulation time or the Netherlands produces a win.











