Denmark vs Portugal Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: Portugal's busy calendar vs Denmark's shorter run

Portugal have played ten matches recently across World Cup fixtures, friendlies and Nations League games, winning six, drawing three and losing just once. They've scored freely too, netting 15 goals against 5 conceded, including a comfortable 5-0 win over Uzbekistan and a tighter 1-0 win over Wales in their last outing.

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Denmark to win

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Denmark: 6 completed matches; Portugal: 11 completed matches.

Denmark

6 matches

Win

66.7% 4 / 6

Draw

16.7% 1 / 6

Loss

16.6% 1 / 6

Scored

13

Conceded

5

Difference

+8

Portugal

11 matches

Win

63.6% 7 / 11

Draw

27.3% 3 / 11

Loss

9.1% 1 / 11

Scored

17

Conceded

6

Difference

+11

Denmark's sample is smaller: five games, three wins, one draw and one defeat, with 11 goals scored and 5 conceded. Their most recent match ended in a 3-2 defeat away to Norway, breaking a run that had included a 5-0 win over Lithuania.

Portugal's numbers look the stronger of the two, though Denmark have shown they can score goals as well.

Comparative Team Statistics: Denmark vs Portugal

Head-to-head: recent meetings have gone both ways

The last time these sides met was in the Nations League last year, and it produced a split result. Portugal won 5-2 at home, then Denmark responded with a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture. Further back, Portugal edged a Euro 2012 meeting 3-2 away from home.

There's no clear pattern of one side dominating the other across the meetings we have on record.

Players to watch from the last meeting

From the sides' most recent meeting, João Félix scored for Portugal with Nuno Mendes providing an assist. For Denmark, Mikkel Damsgaard and Rasmus Højlund were both on the scoresheet.

Denmark:

Penalty cards:

G. Isaksen x 1

Portugal:

Best assist providers:

Nuno Mendes - 1

Denmark also picked up a handful of yellow cards in that same game, with Gustav Isaksen, Patrick Dorgu and Rasmus Kristensen all cautioned. That's just a snapshot from one match rather than a full team news picture.

How this one might play out

Portugal arrive with the better recent scoring record and go into this as favourites in the market. Denmark, playing at home, have shown they can find goals themselves, but their last outing ended in a three-goal defeat away to Norway.

Given both sides have been involved in matches with goals at both ends recently, this doesn't look like a fixture that's likely to be short on chances.