This is another tough one to call, with both sides struggling to impress at times and becoming overly reliant on one individual. In Lionel Messi and Arjen Robben, Argentina and Netherlands have two of the best players in the world and they've certainly had to deliver to get their respective teams to this stage.
If this turns into another head-to-head shoot-out between the two left footers, then anything could happen.
But both managers will be hoping for an improvement from the rest of their squad if they are to make it through to the final.
And in the fit again Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina arguably have more fire-power than the Netherlands even with injury doubts over Angel di Maria.
The Netherlands needed a dramatic penalty shootout to defeat Costa Rica in the quarter-finals, replacement stopper Tim Krul the hero after he came on to guide his country to the last four.
But it remains to be seen how much that has taken out of them going into Wednesday's game.
How do the two sides compare?
The Netherlands are yet to take home the world's greatest trophy while Argentina have wonit on two occasions.And if you look at the world rankings of the two respective sides, there's only one winner. Argentina are ranked at number five while the Netherlands are fifteenth.
The Netherlands are yet to take home the world's greatest trophy while Argentina have wonit on two occasions.And if you look at the world rankings of the two respective sides, there's only one winner. Argentina are ranked at number five while the Netherlands are fifteenth.
| Netherlands | Argentina | |
| Semi-final appearances | 4 | 4 |
| Semi-final wins | 3 | 4 |
| Number of World Cups | 0 | 2 |
| World Ranking | 15 | 5 |
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