Football Results

The Danes played just one match and they drew with the third main competitor Switzerland, while Republic of Ireland had started with two victories with a clean sheet. Denmark and Republic of Ireland had met in the Nations League last year and both matches ended as a goalless draw.

Denmark

Denmark has seven-game unbeaten streak but it drew previous three. Near the end of the Nations League they played right with Republic of Ireland and the match ended as a draw, after which they surprisingly drew a friendly with Kosovo 2-2. They were even close to lose but they saved themselves with a goal scored in the added time. What to say about away match with Switzerland at the beginning of European qualifications. They were losing 3-0 just six minutes before the end but then they scored three goals and literally snatched draw from the jaws of defeat. Comparing to that mach, we expect that Hojbjerg and Durmisi play from the first minute.

Probable lineups Denmark: Schmeichel – Dalsgaard, Kjaer, M. Jorgensen, Durmisi – Schone, Delaney, Hojbjerg, Eriksen – Y. Poulsen, N. Jorgensen

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland played catastrophically in the Nations League where it won no matches, and on top of that Ireland played badly friendlies after that but when the qualification started, this team kicked into higher gear. More precisely, they made good results and have won rivals against whom they were absolute favourites, e.i. it would be a hard sell it we say that the Irish played brilliantly. They defeated feeble Gibraltar by only 1-0 at home and then repeated all that against Georgia at home. This is the first real challenge that will have to endure without Hourihane, who scored the only goal against Georgia, and forward McGoldric, but on the other hand S. Long is back in the starting line-up.

Probable lineups Republic of Ireland: Randolph – Coleman, Duffy, Keogh, Stevens – Hendrick, Whelan, McClean, Brady – Maguire, S. Long

Verdict:

Denmark barely managed to pull a draw with Switzerland but that has certainly raised their self-confidence. Republic of Ireland won two qualifiers but its rivals were much weaker and on top of it the Irish didn’t play well, so we will give advantage to the home team.

Pick: Asian handicap -1 Denmark 2.11 - 111/100 @1XBet