Host nation Qatar take on the Netherlands in their final outing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage at Al Bayt Stadium on Monday afternoon.
Having suffered an early exit from this year’s edition of football’s biggest event, Félix Sánchez’s men will be looking to say goodbye in style.
Louis van Gaal’s men, for their part, set out to confirm their place in the round of 16 and their possible finish as winners of Group A.
Here, sports mole looks at how teams from the Netherlands and Qatar stack up ahead of Tuesday’s clash.
NETHERLANDS
The player most value:
Matthijs de Ligt (£60.8m)
Overall team value:
£510.1 million
Player with most caps:
Blind Daley (96)
Top scorer:
Memphis Payment (42)
Total limits:
713
Total goals:
108
Oldest player:
Remko Pasveer (39)
Youngest player:
Xavi Simons (19)
Average age:
26.6
COMPLETE SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Andries Noppert (Heerenveen), Remko Pasveer (Ajax)
Defenders: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Nathan Ake (Manchester City), Daley Blind (Ajax), Jurrien Timber (Ajax), Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan), Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan), Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich) ), Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielders: Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Steven Berghuis (Ajax), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta BC), Marten de Roon (Atalanta BC), Kenneth Taylor (Ajax), Xavi Simons (PSV Eindhoven)
Forward: Cody Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Memphis Depay (Barcelona), Steven Bergwijn (Ajax), Vincent Janssen (Antwerp), Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven), Noa Lang (Club Brugge), Wout Weghorst (Besiktas)
QATAR
The player most value:
Akram Afif (£3.5m)
Overall team value:
£13 million
Player with most caps:
Hassan Al Haydos (171)
Top scorer:
Almoez Ali (42)
Total limits:
1,500
Total goals:
193
Oldest player:
Abdulaziz Hatem (32)
Youngest player:
Jassem Jaber (20)
Average age:
26.9
COMPLETE SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Saad Al Sheeb (Al Sadd), Mishaal Barshim (Al Sadd), Youssef Hassan (Al-Gharafa)
Defenders: Ro-Ro (Al-Sadd), Abdul Karim Hassan (Al-Sadd), Tariq Salman (Al-Sadd), Musab Khader (Al-Sadd), Homam Ahmed (Al-Gharafa), Bassam Al-Rawi (Al-Duhail ), Boualem Khoukhi (Al-Sadd), Jassem Jaber (Al-Arabi), Ismaeel Muhammad (Al-Duhail)
Midfielders: Abdulaziz Hatem (Al-Rayyan), Muhammad Waad (Al Sadd), Ali Assadalla (Al Sadd), Salem Al Hajri (Al Sadd), Karim Boudiaf (Al-Duhail), Assim Madibo (Al-Duhail), Mustafa Tarek (Al sad)
Forward: Akram Afif (Al Sadd), Ahmed Alaaeldin (Al-Gharafa), Mohammed Muntari (Al-Duhail), Hassan Al-Haydos (Al Sadd), Khalid Muneer (Al-Wakra), Almoez Ali (Al-Duhail), Naif Al -Hadhrami (Al-Rayyan).
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