Ireland and the Netherlands will begin their T20 World Cup campaign on Monday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Both teams will look to make a winning start to their campaign and get crucial points under their bag in this Group B fixture.

We take a look at Match Prediction on the basis of current form, head to head, stats, and players to look out for in the upcoming match.

Current form for Ireland: W L W L L

Ireland won both their warm-up matches (not included in current form stats), which will give them a lot of confidence before they take on the Netherlands in their opening match of the tournament. Ireland had a convincing win over Papua New Guinea whereas they also won against Bangladesh, which will certainly give them a boost.

Current form for the Netherlands: W L W L W

The Netherlands won their warm-up match against Oman by four runs but lost against Scotland by 31 runs. The Netherlands will need to be at their best against Ireland and will certainly have their work cut out against the Irish team. The Men in Orange will look to come up with a collective effort.

Head to Head: Matches – 13, Won by Netherlands – 7, Won by Ireland – 4, A – 1, NR – 1.

The Netherlands clearly has the advantage over Ireland in the head-to-head battle.

Players to look out for: Stephan Myburgh, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate and Vivian Kingma will hold the key for the Netherlands.

Kevin O’Brien, Paul Stirling, Gareth Delany, Andrew Balbirinie, and Mark Adair will be the crucial players for Ireland.

Match Prediction: Given the current form and team balance, Ireland will enter the contest as favorites.