🇳🇱 Netherlands 5–1 Spain 🇪🇸
2014 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
🇳🇱 Netherlands value €208M · value #11 · Elo #5
Robin van Persie €40M Arjen Robben €25M Wesley Sneijder €17M 5–1 Netherlands win
🇪🇸 Spain value €622M · value #1 · Elo #2
Andrés Iniesta €55M Cesc Fàbregas €50M Sergio Busquets €45M Goals
Netherlands ▲ Spain ▼ 0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' Robin van Persie 44' 44 Persie Arjen Robben 53' 53 Robben Stefan de Vrij 64' 64 Vrij Robin van Persie 72' 72 Persie Arjen Robben 80' 80 Robben Xabi Alonso 27' (pen) 27 Alonso
Starting line-ups
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🇳🇱 Netherlands
Jasper Cillessen · GK 1 Cillessen Ron Vlaar · CB 2 Vlaar Stefan de Vrij · CB 3 Vrij Bruno Martins Indi · CB 4 Indi Daley Blind · LWB 5 Blind Daryl Janmaat · RWB 7 Janmaat Wesley Sneijder · AM 10 Sneijder Nigel de Jong · CM 6 Jong Jonathan de Guzmán · CM 8 Guzmán Arjen Robben · CF 11 Robben Robin van Persie · CF 9 Persie 🇪🇸 Spain
Iker Casillas · GK 1 Casillas Sergio Ramos · CB 15 Ramos Jordi Alba · LB 18 Alba César Azpilicueta · RB 22 Azpilicueta Gerard Piqué · CB 3 Piqué Xabi Alonso · LM 14 Alonso Sergio Busquets · CM 16 Busquets Xavi · RM 8 Xavi Diego Costa · CF 19 Costa David Silva · RW 21 Silva Andrés Iniesta · LW 6 Iniesta Players sit in vertical bands (GK · defence · midfield · attack) by their listed position — no
left/right placement is inferred. Order within a band is squad-sheet order, not a formation.
Pre-match model (Elo→Poisson, 90-min W/D/L)
🇳🇱 Netherlands 20.7% draw 24.9% 54.4% Spain 🇪🇸
Model P(result)
20.7%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#63
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
2.27
−log₂ P(observed)
Netherlands's run W 🇪🇸 5–1 Spain, Group W 🇦🇺 3–2 Australia, Group W 🇨🇱 2–0 Chile, Group W 🇲🇽 2–1 Mexico, Round of 16 D 🇨🇷 0–0 Costa Rica, Quarter-final D 🇦🇷 0–0 Argentina, Semi-final W 🇧🇷 3–0 Brazil, Third place Spain's run L 🇳🇱 1–5 Netherlands, Group L 🇨🇱 0–2 Chile, Group W 🇦🇺 3–0 Australia, Group
Head-to-head at the World Cup