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xG Netherlands vs Morocco World Cup 2026- Expected Goals Holland Morocco Match Stats

Here is a look at the Netherlands vs Morocco xG (expected goals) stats from their Round of 32 game. Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands were beaten on penalties by Morocco.

xG Netherlands 0.25-1.27 Morocco shots map (Actual score NED 1-1 MAR)

1-0 Gakpo goal xG 0.11
1-1 Issa Diop header goal xG 0.08

The biggest chance on xG in this Netherlands Morocco game went to Soufiane Rahimi (xG 0.72 in the 97th minute) that was brilliant saved by Verbruggen.

The Dutch created virtually nothing else of note- their goal came on the counter from Gakpo while Morocco had a header from El Aynaoui (20th minute, saved by Verbruggen), Hakimi from the edge of the area (21st minute, saved by Verbruggen) and Hakimi again (52nd minute, hits bar) as decent chances.

xG Netherlands vs Morocco 2026 World Cup

Key match stats

Possession: Netherlands 30%, Morocco 70%
Total shots: Netherlands 6, Morocco 11

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Newspaper Player Ratings Holland vs Sweden 5-1 World Cup 2026- Isak, Brobbey, Gakpo, Summerville

Here are the player ratings for Netherlands vs Sweden at the 2026 World Cup from the big European newspapers. The Swedes suffered their biggest World Cup defeat since 1950, with Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo helping the Netherlands win 5-1.

Diario AS player ratings Netherlands vs Sweden 5-1

Not surprisingly, Spanish paper AS thought that new Sunderland signing Brobbey and Liverpool’s Gakpo were the pick of the Dutch players on the evening (3 stars each for both of them), and more than half the Swedish team weren’t deemed worthy of a rating.

This was a WC fixture with plenty of Premier League based players on either side.

Holland 5-1 Sweden player ratings Diario AS Newspaper

L’Equipe player ratings Holland 5-1 Sweden World Cup 2026

A 3.3/10 average player rating for the Swedish team from L’Equipe pretty much told the story of the afternoon, with several Swedish players, including defenders Isak Hien and Victor Lindelof and goalkeeper Nordfeldt given a 2/10 rating.

L’Equipe are also generally hard to please with their ratings, but they liked the impact West Ham’s Summerville made off the bench (he got 8/10 as a sub)

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Holland vs Japan 2-2 Newspaper Player Ratings World Cup 2026- AS Gazzetta Kicker

Here are the player ratings for Netherlands vs Japan from some of the big European sports newspapers. The Oranje vs Samurai Blue game ended in a 2-2 draw.

Netherlands 2 (Van Dijk, Summerville)
Japan 2 (Nakamura, Kamada)

Diario AS player ratings Netherlands 2-2 Japan 2026

No player on either side managed 3 stars- mostly 1 star ratings under the Spanish system with a bunch of two stars. A couple of the Japanese players- Taniguchi and Doan, weren’t even deemed worthy of a rating by the newspaper.

netherlands 2-2 japan 2026 player ratings

Gazzetta dello Sport player ratings Holland vs Japan 2-2 WC 2026

The Italian sports newspaper had West Ham forward Summerville as the pick of the Dutch players.

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