Netherlands vs. USA Bet Builder Tips: Back Timber to rack up the fouls

The knockout stages of the World Cup gets underway this weekend with Netherlands taking on the USA in the first of two matches on Saturday. We’ve put together our best bet builder tips in the form of an 8/1 double with Paddy Power.
Louis van Gaal’s men finished top of Group A to secure their place in the last-16, while their opposition on Saturday, The USA, finished second in Group B which included England, Wales and Iran.
The Netherlands were well fancied to get out of the group with relative ease and the bookmakers have made them the 4/9 favourites to qualify for the quarter-finals, with USA available at 7/4.
In terms of the Match result market, The Netherlands can be backed at 10/11 to get the job done in 90 minutes. The draw is available at 23/10 with bet365, while a famous win for the USA can be sided with at 10/3 with most firms.
Netherlands vs USA Bet Builder Tips
Player fouls markets are proving to be popular with punters during this World Cup and our first selection in this Bet Builder is following that trend as we are backing Jurrien Timber of The Netherlands to commit 2+ fouls.
The Dutch defender, who plays his club football for Ajax, did not start his side’s opening game of the tournament but has been brought in for the last two against Qatar and Ecuador and should retain his spot here.
In the Champions League this season Timber averages 1.8 fouls per game, and across those two World Cup matches he has featured in so far, he has committed a whopping nine fouls, none of which were punished with a yellow card. Six of those fouls came against Ecuador and three against Qatar, and with 6/4 on show for him to make 2 or more against the USA this looks a well priced selection with Timber hopefully felling a few of the opposition players.
Cody Gakpo has been one of the star players at the tournament so far and became just the fourth man in Dutch history to score in three successive World Cup matches after his opening goal against Qatar on Tuesday.
The PSV Eindhoven man has been enjoying a fantastic season back home with 9 goals and 14 assists in just 14 appearances in the Eredivisie along with another three goals in the Europa League.
Confidence should be high for Gakpo and his goals so far now mean that it’s five goals in his last five starts for his national side. Again, 13/5 looks a generous price considering his recent goalscoring exploits, and by pairing that up with Timber’s fouls, we get to a very backable 8/1 with Betfair or Paddy Power.