Netherlands vs France LIVE! Euro 2024 result, match stream, latest updates today

Netherlands vs France LIVE!

One of the biggest group-stage clashes of Euro 2024 takes place tonight in Leipzig as Les Bleus takes on the Dutch in Group D. All the build-up has been dominated by the fitness of Kylian Mbappe, who is in a race to feature after suffering a brutal broken nose in the closing stages of France’s win over Austria.

The star forward was initially expected to miss tonight’s game, his team’s toughest of the group stage, and subsequent reports suggested Mbappe would miss the remainder of the group stage, but Real Madrid’s newest signing is made of sterner stuff and is in contention to play.

And France will need him. Netherlands are also no pushovers, having lost just once in their last eight games, and came from behind to beat Poland in their tournament opener. Brian Brobbey is also in line to feature after missing the Poland game. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog.

Netherlands vs France latest updates

• Kick-off: 8pm, Red Bull Arena

• How to watch for free: BBC & iPlayer

• Netherlands starting XI confirmed

• France starting XI confirmed

• Score prediction: Les Bleus go marching on

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So, Netherlands were denied a big win over France by a controversial offside decision as an otherwise entertaining Euro 2024 served up its first stalemate.

Both teams have all but confirmed their spots in the knockout stages, needing just a one to be certain.

Poland become the first team eliminated.

Full-time!

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96min: That’s it! The first stalemate of the tournament!

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95min: France hack it clear.

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94min: Netherlands with one final roll of the dice, deep in the France half.

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91min: Five minutes added on.

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89min: Heart-in-mouth time for the Dutch as Rabiot bursts through the defence but his cross is nowhere near Coman in the area.

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87min: Still not clicking in attack for France, just like in the first game.

Rabiot is done in a heap after a tough tackle from Dumfries.

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85min: The Dutch are getting pushed further and further back.

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82min: Giroud tries a cheeky flick at the back post - he has previous, to be fair - but only sends the ball out for a goal kick.

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80min: I would assume Mbappe doesn’t come on if Giroud and Coman have ahead of him.

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79min: Now Weghorst is on for Depay, the Dutch fans like that sub. Another goalscoring cameo from the Burnley man?

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76min: Coman and Giroud are on for Dembele and Thuram.

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73min: Simons is clearly gutted, and now gets subbed off for Wijnaldum.

Geertruida is on for Frimpong and Veerman replaces Schouten.

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72min: Decision confirmed, no goal.

NO GOAL!

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69min: Netherlands think they have the lead but the offside flag is up!

Simons fired home after Depay was denied. Dumfries was in an offside position so the goal looks to be ruled out!

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68min: France are getting closer and closer! Dembele jinks right and then left and then fires over from the edge of the area.

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64min: Oh, Griezmann! Kante with a beautiful pass to the forward, who turns and pokes the ball towards the Dutch keeper as he loses his balance!

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63min: Ooof, Tchouameni glances a header over after a Dembele corner.

Close, but he got underneath it.

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61min: When is it Mbappe-o-clock?

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59min: Slow build-up from France almost bears fruit as Rabiot finds Thuram in space to have a pop, who fizzes five yards wide.

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57min: Rabiot sends a difficult half-volley over the bar. Still missing that final bit of quality at both ends of the pitch.

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55min: Depay into the wall.

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54min: Simons vs Dembele again but this time up the other end of the pitch as the young Dutchman wins a free kick about 30 yards out.

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51min: Superb from Simons to smother Dembele on the edge of the Dutch area after another slicing attack from France.

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48min: Dembele’s second touch is to send the ball trickling behind for a goal kick. Not a great start.

Second half

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46min: Back under way!

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We likely won’t see any changes at the break, but Dembele needs to do more for France.

Mbappe at some point?

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A frantic start led to a tame finish to the first half.Rabiot, or Griezmann, should have scored, but otherwise this game is still waiting to ignite.

Half-time

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47min: There’s the whistle!

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45min: One minute added on.

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42min: It’s another long wait for the corner as Griezmann has drinks raining down on him... and then sends the corner into the first man.

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41min: Griezmann takes, and hits the wall.

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40min: Another free kick for France, closer this time, after a Van Dijk foul.

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39min: After a long pause, Griezmann takes and Van Dijk heads away.

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37min: Thuram vs De Vrij is becoming quite the battle. The defender won the first, the forward now the second to win a free kick on the edge of the area.

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35min: Frimpong the next Dutch attacker to be swallowed up by this France defence. Saliba, a brick wall.

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34min: That’s poor from Dembele, who robs the ball off Netherlands high up the pitch but his shimmy to the right and then left fool no-one and his shot is easily blocked.

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32min: Schouten booked for a foul on Griezmann. Looked a bit soft, that.

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29min: It’s all gone a bit tetchy. Misplaced passes, slower play. This is what France want, not the Dutch.

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25min: Rabiot does well to stop another surge forward from Depay, and is then fouled when trying to start a counter.

Both teams perhaps still rushing a tad.

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21min: The pace has slowed - it wasn’t hard - as the Netherlands try to wrestle back control. It’s been a fascinating start.

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19min: Comes to nothing.

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17min: France building some momentum now. That miss has fired them up. Griezmann wins a corner off Dumfries.

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14min: How. Have. France. Not. SCORED?!

Rabiot has the goal gaping after twisting away from the Dutch defence, but opts to pass to Griezmann instead, who was not expecting it and gets the ball stuck under his feet and falls over!

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12min: Quite a frantic opening in Leipzig. Very entertaining.

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10min: Dutch on top, just. They are showing no fear in running at the French defence, who are standing firm for now.

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8min: Depay hits the deck inside the area under pressure from Saliba, and the referee isn’t having it. Correct decision.

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6min: Van Dijk has already won four headers over the French attackers.

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4min: Up the other end, Griezmann tries his luck from distance which wins France a corner.

End to end.

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3min: Nothing comes from the corner.

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2min: A fantastic early chance for Netherlands as Frimpong bursts through the defence and forces Maignan into a fingertip save.

Kick-off!

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1min: Here we go!

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The Dutch anthem is equally impressive.

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National anthem time. France’s is so jaunty. Top tier.

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Right, here come the teams!

Rooney on playing with Depay

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The pair played together at Manchester United.

Rooney told BBC Sport: "You could never knock his work rate and commitment in training ... but he turned up to a reserve game once driving a Rolls-Royce and wearing a cowboy hat."

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As we approach kick-off, I’ve got more of a feeling that the Dutch may do something.

We have France to run out fairly comfortable winners in our prediction, but it will surely be much tighter than that - especially now Mbappe is out.

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Final preparations.

'France won't want to play Mbappe tonight'

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Julien Laurens on BBC Radio 5 Live: “In an ideal world Kylian Mbappe wouldn't play at all tonight, France still win and top the group and he doesn't play at all against Poland in Dortmund.

“That way he can be fully ready or as ready as possible for the last 16.

“He will want to play but France will not want to take any risks at all with him.”

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A penny for his thoughts.

One change apiece

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So, Kylian Mbappe will start on the bench after breaking his nose in their opening match versus Austria.

Aurelien Tchouameni comes into the midfield as the only change, Antoine Griezmann takes the captain’s armband.

Wout Weghorst again misses out for the Dutch despite his goalscoring cameo in their opener against Poland.

Jeremie Frimpong replaces Joey Veerman in the only change.

Team news in full

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Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Schouten, Reijnders, Simons; Frimpong, Depay, Gakpo

Subs: Bijlow, Flekken, Geertruida, De Ligt, Wijnaldum, Weghorst, Van de Ven, Veerman, Blind, Malen, Brobbey, Maatsen, Zirkzee, Bergwijn, Gravenberch

France XI: Maignan; Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez; Kante, Tchouameni; Dembele, Griezmann, Rabiot; Thuram

Subs: Samba, Areola, Pavard, Mendy, Camavinga, Giroud, Mbappe, Kolo Muani, Zaïre-Emery, Fofana, Coman, Clauss, Konate, Barcola

France XI

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Mbappe benched.

Netherlands XI

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Here’s the Dutch.

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Kylian Mbappe does NOT start. He is on the bench.

What Ronald Koeman has said

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The will-he-won't-he saga around Kylian Mbappe is far from the mind of Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman.

Mbappe terrorised the Dutch with four goals in two games against them in qualifying. Yet Koeman knows France have enough quality in their squad to cause problems whether Mbappe, who tested out a protective mask on Thursday, starts or not.

"France are such a strong team, that's even if he's not playing," the Dutch coach told reporters on Thursday.

"The substitute will be a great player as well. I can't really focus on this. All we can do is try to influence our team and to prepare ourselves as best as we can.

"Not everything depends on whether Mbappe is there or not. We know that he can be a game changer. He had a big influence on the last two games."

Latest odds

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The bookies are predicting a tighter game than us. The missing-Mbappe factor.

• Netherlands 21/10

• Draw 9/4

• France 11/8

(Odds via Betway.)

Predicted XIs

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Predicted Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Veerman, Schouten; Malen, Reijnders, Gakpo; Depay

Predicted France XI: Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Upamecano, Hernandez; Kante, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Coman; Thuram

Score prediction

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This will be a real litmus test of both teams’ ability to challenge for the trophy. France looked very good against Austria but only managed to score via an own goal, whereas a wasteful Oranje performance against Poland required late heroics.

France are the favourites in what could be a very open and entertaining game.

France to win, 3-1.

Latest on Kylian Mbappe

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Didier Deschamps confirmed on Thursday that Mbappe has made positive progress.

“Everything is going well, after the shock we had,” said the manager.

“He was able to take part is some light exercises yesterday and that will be the same this evening. Everything is evolving in the right direction. We'll do all we can to ensure that he'll be available tomorrow.

“Kylian will be wearing a mask. You don't need to know the details of this mask. I think [the media] have enough moles to know where the mask is coming from.”

It sounds like Mbappe will be on the bench tonight.

France team news

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France will give Kylian Mbappe as much time as possible to prove his fitness ahead of tonight's game.

A custom mask has been created to enable Mbappe, 25, to return to action as soon as possible and he has avoided surgery, meaning the skipper could feature this evening.

Reports initially varied as to when Mbappe will be able to play again with some in France suggesting he could miss a fortnight of action, meaning a return during the knockout stages.

Mbappe donned a mask bearing the colours of the French flag in training on the eve of the game but UEFA rules demand that he wears a mask “of a single colour” which “must not allow the team or manufacturer to be identified” during the match itself.

Deschamps could still call upon Kingsley Coman to start on the left wing against the Dutch, with Randal Kolo Muani and Bradley Barcola alternative options.

Netherlands team news

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Wout Weghorst is likely to remain a super-sub option for Netherlands despite scoring the late winner, but Xavi Simons could be dropped following his poor display in the Group D opener.

Donyell Malen and Jeremie Frimpong are both options to start in his place on the right wing with Memphis Depay expected to remain up top.

Brian Brobbey should be part of the squad after returning to training.

Where to watch Netherlands vs France

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TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on BBC One, with coverage beginning at 7.30pm BST ahead of an 8pm kick-off.

Live stream: Fans can also catch the contest live online for free via the BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer app and website.

Welcome

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Good evening and welcome to the Evening Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Euro 2025 group stage clash between Netherlands and France.

All the talk in the build-up has been around Kylian Mbappe’s broken nose, and whether he can - and will - play. He has returned to training, and is in contention.

Netherlands will be happy to not have the spotlight on them, as they have quietly impressed in the months before the tournament and came from behind to beat Poland in their first game.

But, with or without Mbappe, France are a whole different test. Kick-off in Leipzig is at 8pm.