Turkey vs Holland LIVE: Stream, TV channel, kick-off time, team news for TONIGHT’S World Cup 2022 qualifier

TURKEY FORMATION

It appears like Turkey manager Senol Gunes has opted for a 4-3-3 formation as well against the Netherlands.

Ugurcan Çakır starts in goal with Zeki Celik at right-back and Umut Meraş at left-back while Leicester star Caglar Soyuncu and Liverpool loanee Ozan Kabak link up at centre-back.

Okay Yokuslu, Ozan Tufan, Hakan Calhanoglu team up in midfield.

Kenan Karaman, Yusuf Yazıcı and Burak Yılmaz lad the attack against the Netherlands

TURKEY XI

23 Cakır, 2 Çelik, 15 Kabak, 4 Soyuncu, 13 Meraş, 5 Yokuslu, 6 Tufan, 10 Calhanoglu, 19 Karaman, 11 Yazıcı, 17 Yılmaz

NETHERLANDS FORMATION

Netherlands manager Frank de Boer has opted for a 4-3-3 formation against Turkey.

Jasper Cillessen starts between the sticks with Fulham ace Kenny Tete at right-back and Owen Wijndal on the other side whereas Matthijs de Ligt and Daley Blind link up at centre-back.

Liverpool star midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum links up with Barcelona superstar Frenkie de Jong and Marten de Roon in midfield.

Steven Berhuis, Donyell Malen and Memphis Depay lead the attack

NETHERLANDS XI

1 Cillessen; 2 Tete, 3 De Ligt, 17 Blind, 5 Wijndal; 15 De Roon, 8 Wijnaldum, 21 F. De Jong; 11 Berghuis, 8 Malen, 10 Memphis

THE TEAM SHEETS ARE IN!!!

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The two nations’ first ever meeting took place way back in 1958 in an international friendly match in Holland that Turkey won 2-1.

Since then, the two countries have faced off a total of 12 times across all competitions of which the Netherlands have won a majority of five games compared to the Crescent-Stars’ three victories.

Their most recent meeting took place during the Euro 2016 qualifying round almost six years ago in Turkey which the hosts won 3-0 thanks to goals by Oguzhan Ozyakup, Arda Turan and Burak Yilmaz.

The game takes place in Constantinople but the hosts will be without their fiery home crowd due to coronavirus restrictions.

However, the Oranje are no strangers to their oppositions’ passionate fans as they have won twice in all of their five visits throughout the years, losing twice along the way

GOOD AFTERNOON FROM ISTANBUL

Welcome to our live coverage of the World Cup 2022 qualifying match between Turkey and the Netherlands at the Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadi.

The two national teams were recently drawn together along with Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro and Norway on Group G, from which only two teams can go through to the finals in Qatar next year.

Both squads, who are major group favourites, are also set to compete in the summer’s delayed Euro 2020 where the Netherlands are going to take on Austria, North Macedonia and Ukraine whereas Turkey will square off against Italy, Switzerland and Wales.

But the Euros will have to wait as the two nations will have to juggle the World Cup qualifiers during the international break due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Netherlands manager Frank de Boer, who took over in September replacing Ronald Koeman after he abruptly decided to join Barcelona, will be without Liverpool star defender Virgil van Dijk.

Van Dijk is still nursing an anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered in October at the Merseyside derby and his participation in the summer’s Euros is still uncertain.

However, De Boer received a major boost for tonight’s game as he will have Lyon star Memphis Depay available after the French government decided to make some exceptions to their traveling restrictions and mandatory quarantine regulations

Valencia goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has recently recovered from a muscle injury and is set to return between the sticks to replace Norwich ace Tim Krul.

Turkey manager Senol Gunes, though, will be without Leicester winger Cengiz Under as he is still nursing a knock and thus Lille player Yusuf Yazıci is expected to replace him