2022 World Cup/Group A: head-to-head, Senegal - Netherlands, Monday 21/11/2022 (17:00 CET)

With a squad estimated to be worth €587m according to the website Transfermarkt (as of 21/11/2022), the Netherlands' national team is valued at 2.6 times that of Senegal (€230m), as the two nations prepare to face each other on Monday 21/11/2022 for Matchday 1 of Group A of the 2022 World Cup at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha (kick-off at 17:00 CET).

The Netherlands have been finalists in the tournament three times (1974, 1978 and 2010) without winning it, and are ranked eighth in the FIFA rankings as of the start of the competition, while Senegal, reigning African champions (2021), whose best World Cup performance took them to the quarter-finals in 2002, are in 18^th place.

On social media (as of 01/11/2022), the Dutch national team has 4.4 million fans, the 10^th highest total of the 32 teams in the competition. Their Senegalese opponents are only 25^th with nearly one million followers. The Senegalese national team is present on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but not on TikTok, unlike their opponents who have an account on all four social networks.

The Netherlands' dominance is also…