{"id":18448,"date":"2026-06-03T08:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/18448\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T08:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:21:50","slug":"wednesdays-world-cup-warm-up-predictions-and-previews-including-netherlands-vs-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/18448\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday’s World Cup warm-up predictions and previews including Netherlands vs. Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s 2026 World Cup warm-up predictions include a contest between the Netherlands<\/a> – three-time runners-up at football’s biggest tournament – and African giants Algeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Sulaiman Pooja<\/p>\n

Congo DR<\/a> begin their 2026 World Cup preparations when they face Denmark<\/a> at Stade Maurice-Dufrasne in Liege on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

While the Leopards are ranked 46th in the world by FIFA, the Red and Whites occupy a loftier 20th position in the current standings.<\/p>\n

We say: Denmark 1-1 DR Congo<\/p>\n

Riemer is yet to find a \u200bsystem capable of maximising \u200bthe strengths of his Denmark players, while DR Congo have enjoyed a strong run of form over the last 10 months or so.<\/p>\n

Should the African outfit field a strong lineup, a closely-contested battle could be in store, one that may see the spoils shared in Belgium.<\/p>\n

> Click here to read our full preview for Denmark vs. DR Congo, including team news and predicted lineups<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago<\/p>\n

Both bound for World Cup 2026<\/a>, the Netherlands and Algeria will convene for a pre-tournament friendly on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Just before heading off to North America, the pair are set to clash at De Kuip, where Oranje have an excellent record.<\/p>\n

We say: Netherlands 2-1 Algeria<\/p>\n

Algeria’s talented team can cause problems for the Netherlands, as the visitors have won seven of their last 10 games and usually score first.<\/p>\n

However, most of those games were against lower-ranked opponents, and Oranje’s record at De Kuip – where they have only lost twice since 1990 – suggests the home crowd will roar them on to a morale-boosting win.<\/p>\n

> Click here to read our full preview for Netherlands vs. Algeria, including team news and predicted lineups<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today’s 2026 World Cup warm-up predictions include a contest between the Netherlands – three-time runners-up at football’s biggest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[254,257,247,249,252,6,256,253,255,250,248,259,258,251],"class_list":["post-18448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-netherlands","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}