The Netherlands looked great in the recent Nations League ties
Senegal are without their main star Sadio Mane
Senegal are generally struggling for goals in big games
The Netherlands will begin their World Cup journey with the clash against African Cup of Nations champions Senegal on Monday afternoon at Al Thumama Stadium.
Oranje will thus make the return to the biggest stage after missing out on the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
They are the main favorites in Group A that also includes the likes of Ecuador and hosts Qatar. The Netherlands will enter the tournament in the highest of spirits following a strong campaign in the UEFA Nations League.
The team led by Louis van Gaal advanced to the final four of the Nations League by topping their respective League A group with five wins and a draw in six outings against the likes of Belgium, Poland, and Wales.
The Netherlands kept their net untouched in the last two victories over Poland and Belgium in September.
We like their chances of a clean sheet here knowing that Senegal will be without their talisman Sadio Mane who suffered an injury during Bayern Munich’s training recently.
Senegal played two friendlies against Bolivia and Iran in September. They saw off the Bolivians 2-0 before playing a 1-1 stalemate with Iran.
None of the last four games Senegal played saw three or more goals scored. There are no doubts Aliou Cisse will prepare defensive-minded tactics here. Senegal’s offensive line will namely rely on Boulaye Dia who has bagged six goals this season for Salernitana in Serie A.
Senegal generally tend to play tight matches in important affairs. They thus went on penalties on both occasions against Egypt, including the goalless draw in the African Cup of Nations final and the 1-1 aggregate score after two legs in the African World Cup playoffs.




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荷兰队在最近的国际联赛中表现出色
塞内加尔缺少了他们的主力球星萨迪奥·马内
塞内加尔在重大比赛中通常很难进球
荷兰队将于周一下午在阿尔图马体育场迎战非洲杯冠军塞内加尔队，开始他们的世界杯之旅。
在错过了2018年俄罗斯世界杯之后，橙色军团将重返最大的舞台。
他们是A组的主要热门球队，A组还包括厄瓜多尔和东道主卡塔尔。荷兰队在欧足联国家联赛中表现强劲，他们将以最高的精神状态参赛。
这支由路易斯·范加尔率领的球队在与比利时、波兰和威尔士等球队的6场比赛中取得了5胜1平的成绩，以各自的甲级联赛小组第一的成绩晋级国家联赛四强。
荷兰队在去年9月战胜波兰和比利时的两场比赛中都没有破门。
我们很看好他们在这里不失球的机会，因为塞内加尔的护身牌萨迪奥·马内最近在拜仁慕尼黑的训练中受伤了。
塞内加尔在9月与玻利维亚和伊朗进行了两场友谊赛。他们以2-0击败了玻利维亚人，之后又与伊朗打成1-1的僵局。
塞内加尔最近参加的四场比赛没有一场进球超过三球。毫无疑问，西塞将在这里准备防守战术。塞内加尔的进攻线将主要依靠布拉耶·迪亚，他本赛季在意甲的萨勒尼塔纳攻入6球。
塞内加尔通常倾向于在重要事务上进行激烈的比赛。因此，他们在对阵埃及的两场比赛中都罚进了点球，包括非洲杯决赛中0 - 0战平埃及，以及非洲世界杯季后赛两回合后总比分1-1战平埃及。