Netherlands
Manager Scout Report
4-3-3
Preferred formation
65'
Avg. first substitution
5
Avg. substitutions / game
4
Matches analysed
The tactical read
Netherlands typically set up in 4-3-3 and make their first change around minute 65 - roughly 5 substitutions per game. Expect the first-sub window around then, earlier if they're chasing the game.
Over the last 4 matches, the same shape held up in 3 of them. The quickest hook came at 46' at home to Sweden; the longest wait stretched to 72' away at Tunisia.
They've won more than they've lost across these 4 matches (2-2-0) - a manager riding momentum tends to stick with what's working, so don't expect wholesale changes to the plan.