World Cup Betting Odds: Netherlands vs Ivory Coast Match Preview

The Netherlands head into their game against Côte d'Ivoire unbeaten in their last 13 competitive matches and will look to extend this against the Africans.

Côte d'Ivoire won lots of praise for their performance against Argentina, but coach Henri Michel has already made clear his feelings regarding the next Group C game, commenting, "We know that if we lose we have to go home and that was not why we came to Germany."

The only change that is expected in the African side's line up is the replacement of creative midfielder Bonaventure Kalou with Aruna Dindane, whilst the Dutch are likely to stay with the same line up that earned them a win against Serbia & Montenegro.

Dutch coach Marco van Basten has also revealed that he will not treat Côte d'Ivoire's leading scorer, Didier Drogba differently to any other srtiker insisting, "We have no special anti-Drogba plan."

Probable line-ups:

Netherlands: Van der Sar, Heitinga, Ooijer, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, Sneijder, Cocu, Van Persie, Van Nistelrooy, Robben.

Ivory Coast: Tizié, Eboué, K. Touré, Boka, Meite, Zokora, Akalé, Y. Toure, Dindane, Keita, Drogba