Could Defences Come Out on Top as Denmark Meet England in Group C?

Denmark vs England - 20/06/2024

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Could Defences Come Out on Top as Denmark Meet England in Group C?

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The second round of matches in the group stage of the European Championship are always important and that is certainly the case in Group C.

The game between Denmark and England will be played on the 20th of June at the Commerzbank-Arena. The Danes are currently second in Group C on 1 point while England are top of the group on 3 points.

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Denmark come into the game having been held to a 1-1 draw by Slovenia in their opening match of the tournament. It was the Danes who opened the scoring in the 17th minute to lead 1-0 at half time.

Denmark were the better team in the first half but Slovenia fought back strongly in the second period and equalised in the 77th minute to take a point.

The draw with Slovenia means Denmark are undefeated in their last 5 fixtures in all competitions. There were friendly wins over Faroe Islands, Sweden, and Norway at home plus a 0-0 draw with Switzerland.

The stats show Denmark were undefeated in 8 of their 10 European Championship qualifiers. They won 5 of their last 6 European Championship qualifying games. In terms of the European Championship, Denmark are undefeated in 4 of their 5 most recent matches. The only defeat came against England in extra-time at the semi-final stage in 2021, with the match ending level after 90 minutes.

England make the journey to the Commerzbank-Arena having overcome Serbia 1-0 in their opening group match of the tournament. England took early control of the game and scored in the 13th minute.

However, they failed to build on that lead and Serbia caused them more problems in the second half but England kept a clean sheet to win.

The victory over Serbia means England are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 fixtures in all competitions. There was a 3-0 home win in a friendly over Bosnia and a 2-2 draw at home in a friendly with Belgium. The defeat came at home against Iceland in a friendly and that was a shock result.

Trends show England were undefeated in their 8 European Championship qualifiers. They won 6 of those 8 games. England have won 5 of their 6 most recent European Championship matches and have seen under 2.5 goals scored in 6 of their last 8 fixtures in the competition.

England have won only 3 of their last 7 games against Denmark in all competitions.

Team news and Denmark are unlikely to make many changes from the team that started against Slovenia. One possible change could see Joakim Mæhle come in at left wingback in place of Victor Kristiansen.

England are also likely to go with the same XI from the first match against Serbia. It will be interesting to see if Trent Alexander-Arnold starts again in midfield alongside Declan Rice.

Previous fixtures between these two nations suggests we could be in for a close game. There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 3 of the last 4 meetings between Denmark and England so we predict we will see few goals in this match.