Portugal host Denmark in the UEFA Nations League. Portugal have been in excellent form through the year, winning the vast majority of their matches, while Denmark have had a more mixed spell with some big wins mixed in among some tougher nights.
The two sides actually met only a few weeks before this fixture, also in the Nations League, and goals flowed at both ends. That gives us a recent, direct pointer to work with heading into the return meeting.
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Recent Form
Portugal's last thirteen matches read nine wins, three draws and just one defeat, with twenty-three goals scored against only nine conceded. That's a team scoring heavily and defending tightly at the same time.
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Portugal: 13 completed matches; Denmark: 8 completed matches.
Portugal
- Win
- 69.2% 9 / 13
- Draw
- 23.1% 3 / 13
- Loss
- 7.7% 1 / 13
- Scored
- 23
- Conceded
- 9
- Difference
- +14
Denmark
- Win
- 62.5% 5 / 8
- Draw
- 12.5% 1 / 8
- Loss
- 25% 2 / 8
- Scored
- 16
- Conceded
- 9
- Difference
- +7
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Portugal | Norway | 04.10.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Denmark | Portugal | 01.10.2026 | 2-4 |
| UEFA Nations League | Norway | Portugal | 27.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| UEFA Nations League | Portugal | Wales | 24.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| World Cup | Portugal | Spain | 06.07.2026 | 0-1 |
| World Cup | Portugal | Croatia | 03.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| World Cup | Colombia | Portugal | 28.06.2026 | 0-0 |
| World Cup | Portugal | Uzbekistan | 23.06.2026 | 5-0 |
| World Cup | Portugal | Congo DR | 17.06.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies | Portugal | Nigeria | 10.06.2026 | 2-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Wales | Denmark | 04.10.2026 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Denmark | Portugal | 01.10.2026 | 2-4 |
| UEFA Nations League | Denmark | Wales | 27.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Norway | Denmark | 24.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies | Denmark | Ukraine | 07.06.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies | Congo DR | Denmark | 03.06.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Denmark | Lithuania | 10.06.2025 | 5-0 |
| Friendlies | Denmark | Northern Ireland | 07.06.2025 | 2-1 |
Denmark's sample is smaller at eight matches, but it shows five wins, one draw and two losses, with sixteen goals for and nine against. They can score goals too, just not quite as consistently as Portugal have managed.
Both teams have shown they can find the net regularly, which matters for how this one might play out.
Comparative Team Statistics: Portugal vs Denmark

Head-to-Head
There are four recorded meetings between these two, and the most recent came only weeks before this fixture, in this same Nations League, with Portugal winning 4-2 away in Denmark.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Nations League | Denmark | Portugal | 01.10.2026 | 2-4 |
| UEFA Nations League | Portugal | Denmark | 23.03.2025 | 5-2 |
| UEFA Nations League | Denmark | Portugal | 20.03.2025 | 1-0 |
| Euro Championship | Denmark | Portugal | 13.06.2012 | 2-3 |
Before that, the two sides split a pair of 2025 meetings, Portugal winning 5-2 at home and Denmark winning 1-0 on their own turf. A much older meeting from 2012 was a 3-2 Portugal win. Three of the four have produced goals at both ends.
Aside from the single 1-0 result, these meetings have tended to produce goals.
Players to Watch
Nuno Mendes has an assist on record in Portugal's recent matches, a small sign of his involvement in their attacking play.
On the Denmark side, Gustav Isaksen has picked up a yellow card in his recent outing. It's a minor detail rather than anything that points to availability either way.

Goals Could Flow Again
Put the recent form and head-to-head together and a pattern starts to show. Portugal have been scoring freely and conceding little, Denmark have been scoring reasonably well themselves, and their last three head-to-head meetings before the most recent 1-0 all produced goals at both ends.
That recent 4-2 meeting a few weeks ago is the most relevant data point here, given it came in the same competition against largely the same group of players. It suggests neither side is set up to sit back completely against the other.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nélson Semedo | Portugal | 32 | Defender | 177 | 69 |
| Diogo Costa | Portugal | 27 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 82 |
| Rúben Dias | Portugal | 29 | Defender | 187 | 76 |
| João Félix | Portugal | 26 | Forward | 181 | 70 |
| Bernardo Silva | Portugal | 32 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| João Cancelo | Portugal | 32 | Defender | 182 | 74 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 41 | Forward | 187 | 83 |
| Diogo Dalot | Portugal | 27 | Defender | 183 | 78 |
| Gonçalo Guedes | Portugal | 29 | Forward | 179 | 68 |
| Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | 32 | Midfielder | 179 | 66 |
| José Sá | Portugal | 33 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 84 |
| Pedro Neto | Portugal | 26 | Forward | 174 | 62 |
| Rúben Neves | Portugal | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 78 |
| Pote | Portugal | 28 | Midfielder | 173 | 70 |
| Rafael Leão | Portugal | 27 | Forward | 188 | 81 |
| Ricardo Horta | Portugal | 32 | Attacker | 173 | 66 |
| João Palhinha | Portugal | 31 | Midfielder | 190 | 84 |
| Paulinho | Portugal | 33 | Attacker | 188 | 84 |
| Trincão | Portugal | 26 | Forward | 184 | 76 |
| Nuno Tavares | Portugal | 26 | Defender | 183 | 75 |
| Gonçalo Ramos | Portugal | 25 | Forward | 185 | 79 |
| Matheus Nunes | Portugal | 28 | Midfielder | 183 | 78 |
| Ricardo Velho | Portugal | 28 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 88 |
| Rui Silva | Portugal | 32 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 91 |
| Vitinha | Portugal | 26 | Midfielder | 172 | 64 |
| Fábio Silva | Portugal | 24 | Attacker | 185 | 75 |
| Francisco Conceição | Portugal | 23 | Forward | 170 | 64 |
| Tomás Araújo | Portugal | 24 | Defender | 187 | 81 |
| Samuel Soares | Portugal | 24 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 94 |
| Samú Costa | Portugal | 25 | Midfielder | 183 | 75 |
| Nuno Mendes | Portugal | 24 | Defender | 180 | 70 |
| Gonçalo Inácio | Portugal | 25 | Defender | 186 | 78 |
| António Silva | Portugal | 22 | Defender | 187 | 82 |
| João Neves | Portugal | 22 | Midfielder | 174 | 66 |
| Mateus Fernandes | Portugal | 22 | Midfielder | 178 | 72 |
| Renato Veiga | Portugal | 23 | Defender | 190 | 88 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Eriksen | Denmark | 34 | Midfielder | 182 | 76 |
| R. Kristensen | Denmark | 29 | Defender | 187 | 70 |
| M. Daramy | Denmark | 24 | Attacker | 180 | 76 |
| J. Wind | Denmark | 27 | Forward | 190 | 82 |
| J. Mæhle | Denmark | 29 | Defender | 185 | 79 |
| A. Christensen | Denmark | 30 | Defender | 189 | 84 |
| J. Andersen | Denmark | 30 | Defender | 192 | 86 |
| P. Højbjerg | Denmark | 31 | Midfielder | 185 | 84 |
| M. Hjulmand | Denmark | 27 | Midfielder | 185 | 77 |
| J. Stage | Denmark | 29 | Midfielder | 187 | 81 |
| A. Bah | Denmark | 28 | Defender | 183 | 76 |
| K. Høgh | Denmark | 25 | Attacker | 186 | 61 |
| M. Hermansen | Denmark | 26 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 81 |
| M. Damsgaard | Denmark | 26 | Midfielder | 180 | 66 |
| V. Nelsson | Denmark | 28 | Defender | 185 | 78 |
| A. Skov Olsen | Denmark | 26 | Attacker | 187 | 75 |
| N. Nartey | Denmark | 26 | Midfielder | 187 | 82 |
| G. Isaksen | Denmark | 25 | Attacker | 181 | 68 |
| M. Bidstrup | Denmark | 25 | Midfielder | 175 | 75 |
| V. Bak Jensen | Denmark | 23 | Defender | 175 | 68 |
| A. Grønbæk | Denmark | 25 | Midfielder | 176 | 65 |
| M. Kvistgaarden | Denmark | 24 | Attacker | 174 | 68 |
| A. Jungdal | Denmark | 24 | Goalkeeper | 195 | 82 |
| J. Trenskow | Denmark | 25 | Attacker | 178 | 64 |
| F. Jörgensen | Denmark | 24 | Goalkeeper | 192 | 85 |
| R. Højlund | Denmark | 23 | Attacker | 191 | 86 |
| A. Gaaei | Denmark | 23 | Defender | 183 | 73 |
| W. Osula | Denmark | 23 | Attacker | 180 | 81 |
| O. Provstgaard | Denmark | 23 | Defender | 194 | 70 |
| A. Daghim | Denmark | 21 | Attacker | 189 | 80 |
| P. Dorgu | Denmark | 21 | Midfielder | 185 | 68 |
| T. Jørgensen | Denmark | 20 | Midfielder | 177 | 70 |
| Victor Mow Froholdt | Denmark | 20 | Midfielder | 187 | 73 |
| L. Høgsberg | Denmark | 20 | Defender | 182 | 69 |
With both attacks in decent touch and a recent meeting between them producing six goals, there's a reasonable case for another open game here.
It's not a certainty given that one of their past meetings was a tight 1-0, but the balance of recent evidence leans toward goals rather than a stalemate.
