Poland are winless in their last 12 meetings with Netherlands in all competitions (D5 L7), since a 2-0 home win in EURO 1980 qualifying.
This will be the first ever meeting between Poland and Netherlands at a major tournament. Coming into EURO 2024, only Germany (19) have beaten more different nations at the European Championship than Netherlands (17).
Poland are playing in a fifth consecutive UEFA European Championship, having qualified for none of the previous 12 editions. They’ve won just two of their 14 matches at the tournament (excluding shootouts), with both victories coming in the 2016 group stages (D7 L5).
The Netherlands are taking part in their 11th UEFA EURO. They won the tournament the last time it was held exclusively in Germany in 1988, beating the USSR in the final (2-0).
Exactly half of Poland’s games at the UEFA European Championship have finished level (7/14), the highest ratio of draws for any side to have played in more than one edition of the tournament.
Only Germany (6) have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA EURO more often than the Netherlands (4) since 1988. However, the Netherlands haven’t made it to the final four since 2004.
The Netherlands have scored on average 1.67 goals per game at the UEFA EURO (65 goals in 39 games), the highest ratio of any team at the tournament.
None of the Netherlands’ last 12 matches at the UEFA EURO has ended in a draw (W6 L6). The last time they drew a match at the tournament was in the quarter-finals in 2004, when they knocked out Sweden on penalties (0-0 aet, 5-4 pens).
Robert Lewandowski is Poland’s highest ever goalscorer at the UEFA European Championship, netting five of their 11 goals overall in the competition. He’s scored four of their last five goals at the tournament, including each of the last three.
Only Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes (7) assisted more goals in UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying than the Netherlands’ Denzel Dumfries (5), with the Dutchman averaging an assist every 101 minutes.