{"id":300812,"date":"2026-06-25T02:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/300812\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:10:24","slug":"netherlands-lineup-vs-tunisia-predicted-xi-for-world-cup-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/300812\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands lineup vs. Tunisia: Predicted XI for World Cup clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netherlands<\/a> are expected to remain largely unchanged for their final World Cup 2026 Group F encounter with Tunisia<\/a> as Ronald Koeman<\/a>‘s side look to secure top spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Oranje produced one of the standout performances of the tournament so far when they dismantled Sweden 5-1 on matchday two<\/a>, with Brian Brobbey<\/a> and Cody Gakpo<\/a> both scoring twice.<\/p>\n

Brobbey’s place is not entirely certain, however, after reports emerged that the striker is carrying a knock following the Sweden victory, while Memphis Depay is still working his way back to full fitness after a thigh problem.<\/p>\n

Should Koeman decide not to risk Brobbey from the start, Donyell Malen could move into a central role, while Crysencio Summerville remains an option despite suffering a head injury in the previous match.<\/p>\n

Positive news arrives in midfield, where Quinten Timber has returned to contention after missing the Sweden match with a concussion, although Frenkie de Jong, Tijjani Reijnders and Ryan Gravenberch are all expected to retain their places.<\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk is also expected to be available despite a minor injury scare against Sweden, meaning the captain should continue alongside Jan Paul van Hecke at the heart of defence.<\/p>\n

Netherlands possible starting lineup: Verbruggen; Dumfries, Van Dijk, Van Hecke, Van de Ven; De Jong, Reijnders, Gravenberch; Malen, Brobbey, Gakpo<\/p>\n

> Click here to see how Tunisia could line up for this fixture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netherlands are expected to remain largely unchanged for their final World Cup 2026 Group F encounter with Tunisia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[57],"tags":[1079,1082,311,1074,1077,1081,1078,1080,1075,310,1084,1083,1076,174],"class_list":["post-300812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tunisia","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-tunisia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116808320496698055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}