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The first encounter of the second round in group C of the World Cup in Russia, brings us two teams that had a different effect at the start of this championship, given that Denmark has celebrated with 1-0 over Peru, while Australia was defeated in the finish of the match with France with 2-1. But now it means that the popular “Socceros” are under much greater pressure in this duel with the Scandinavians, since a new defeat after the second round would probably eliminate them from the fight for the knockout stage. We should also add that these two teams have played three friendly matches over the past 12 years, and the Danes celebrated twice and the Australians once.

Denmark

But this is the first time these two teams are meeting in a big competition, so it will be very interesting to see who will be better, especially since we have already said that the Australians have the right to blunder after their defeat from France. On the other hand, the team of Denmark had a lot of luck to come to all three points in their duel with Peru because their opponents first missed a penalty shot at the end of the first half, then in the 59th minute after a great assistance of Eriksen the fleet-footed Poulsen hit the net of the Peruvian goalkeeper, which later turned out to be the key moment of this game.

However, coach Hareida, in addition to the final result, cannot be too pleased with what his players have shown in the first round, especially in the offensive part of the team, while their defence seemed very weak at moments and it did not look like that in the previous four friendly matches when they did not receive any goals. However, this time they have managed to keep their network intact with a lot of luck, but the big question is whether they will be lucky enough to do so in this duel with very offensive Australians, so Hareida has pointed out that they have to be more compact in defensive. Otherwise, the injured Christensen is questionable in that part of the team, while the experienced midfielder Kvist will surely miss the match for the same reason.

Probable lineups Denmark: Schmeichel – Dalsgaard, Kjaer, Christensen (Zanka), Larsen – Schone, Delaney – Y.Poulsen, Eriksen, Sisto – Jorgensen

Australia

When it comes to the team of Australia, we have already pointed out in the introduction that they were somewhat unluckily defeated in the first round with 2-1 by the favoured France, since they received the second goal in the finish of the match, namely in the 81st minute, and it was after Pogba scored and goal and the Australian defender Behich pointed the ball in the net of his own team. Otherwise, both of these team have scored one goal from a penalty, while we also have to point out that the Australians had almost the same possession of the ball as the French, who, in the opinion of many, have the best midfielders in the world. But, obviously, the experienced coach Marwijk has read the tactics of their opponents very well, so his midfielders have managed to stop the opponents' attacks at the very beginning.

On the other hand, they have mainly focused their attack on breaks and fast counter-attacks over the brilliant and fleet-footed Leckie and Kruse, so now against the Danes, we expect them to be the main weapon in the attack. However, van Marwijk has already announced that Juric should get the chance this time at the top of the attack instead of Nabbout, while the experienced Cahill should also get a few minutes on the field in the rest of the match. As for the rest of the team, it will probably remain the same as in the duel with France, with Leckie and Kruse should get much more offensive roles than in the first round.

Probable lineups Australia: Ryan – Risdon, Milligan, Sainsbury, Behich – Jedinak, Mooy – Leckie, Rogic, Kruse – Juric

Verdict:

Given that Australia would probably lose any chance for the round of sixteen with a defeat in this match, it is to be expected that they will take much more risk in their match with Denmark, which only means that there may be goals on both sides.

Pick: both teams to score 2.11 - 111/100 @1XBet