{"id":19930,"date":"2026-06-08T08:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/19930\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:29:14","slug":"mondays-world-cup-warm-up-predictions-including-france-vs-northern-ireland-netherlands-vs-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/19930\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8217;s World Cup warm-up predictions including France vs. Northern Ireland, Netherlands vs. Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s World Cup 2026 warm-up predictions include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/france\/\" title=\"France\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a>&#8216;s scrap with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/northern-ireland\/\" title=\"Northern Ireland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Ireland<\/a>, in addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/netherlands\/\" title=\"Netherlands\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netherlands<\/a>&#8216; clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/uzbekistan\/\" title=\"Uzbekistan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uzbekistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-img-id=\"160795\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2026\/06\/van-dijk-2-6a21f7f2ba25c611393.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Imago \/ Richard Wareham<\/p>\n<p>Playing for the final time before getting under way at the World Cup, both the\u00a0Netherlands\u00a0and\u00a0Uzbekistan\u00a0will seek a morale-boosting win on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The nations&#8217; first meeting will take place at little Icahn Stadium in New York, where both teams intend to bounce back from defeat.<\/p>\n<p>We say: Netherlands 2-0 Uzbekistan\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They may be well organised, but Uzbekistan surely lack sufficient threat to cause a shock against the Netherlands, who have relative riches in attack.<\/p>\n<p>Both squads will be more focused on their upcoming World Cup opener, so plenty of changes should be expected throughout a disjointed match.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/netherlands\/preview\/netherlands-vs-uzbekistan-prediction-team-news-lineups_598750.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&gt; Click here to read our full preview for Netherlands vs. Uzbekistan, including team news and possible lineups<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-img-id=\"154486\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/11\/zuma-press-wire-kylian-mbappe-.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Imago \/ ZUMA Press Wire<\/p>\n<p>France\u00a0welcome\u00a0Northern Ireland\u00a0to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Monday evening for their final friendly fixture before heading to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Les Bleus suffered a concerning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/international-friendlies\/france-vs-ivory-coast_game_248580.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2-1 defeat against Ivory Coast<\/a>\u00a0in their previous match, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/international-friendlies\/northern-ireland-vs-guinea_game_248575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Green and White Army edged past Guinea<\/a>\u00a0in Cadiz.<\/p>\n<p>We say: France 3-0 Northern Ireland<\/p>\n<p>After some promising recent results, Northern Ireland will be eager to prove themselves against arguably the best side in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps&#8217;s men looked far from convincing against Ivory Coast, however we expect them to brush past the Green and White Army before heading to face Senegal at the MetLife Stadium next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/france\/world-cup-2026\/preview\/france-vs-n-ireland-prediction-team-news-lineups_598767.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&gt; Click here to read our full preview for France vs. Northern Ireland, including team news and possible lineups<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s World Cup 2026 warm-up predictions include France&#8216;s scrap with Northern Ireland, in addition to the Netherlands&#8216; clash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19931,"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-19930","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\/19930","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=19930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}