The final round of matches In Group B of the European Championship involves two of the host countries as Russia meet Denmark.
The game will be played at the Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, handing the Danes home advantage and they will be desperate to win this fixture for many reasons, including giving themselves a chance of qualification.
However, Russia will have other ideas and they come into this match sitting second in the group on 3 points. They started their campaign with a difficult fixture against Belgium and despite playing at home, they fell behind after only 10 minutes.
Belgium doubled their advantage 24 minutes later and added a third goal at the end of the game.
The fixture against Belgium was always going to be tough but Russia did not allow that loss to deter them in the following game against Finland.
A single goal scored just before half time was enough to win the game for Russia and they recorded their first victory in 7 attempts at the European Championship.
Having lost each of their 3 group games in 2016, this tournament has already been an improvement.
Trends show Russia have kept only one clean sheet in their last 10 European Championship matches. They have managed to score only 2 goals across their 4 most recent games in the competition.
Denmark come into the match having suffered a 2-1 defeat against Belgium on Thursday evening.
It was an emotional night in Copenhagen and Denmark was superb in the opening exchanges, scoring the first goal of the game after applying plenty of early pressure on the Belgian defence.
However, it was a different story in the second half and the introduction of Kevin De Bruyne changed the game.
The Manchester City midfielder created the equalising goal and then scored the winner in the 70th minute.
it was not a massive shock to see Denmark lose against Belgium but the big damage was done in the defeat against Finland.
It is impossible to criticise the Danish performance given the circumstances during the game and Denmark went on to lose the match 1-0, leaving them bottom of the group without a point to their name.
Trends show Denmark have won only 1 of their last 7 European Championship matches and have lost each of their last 4.
Looking ahead to the team news and Russia are likely to go with the same starting XI from the victory over Finland. The only change could be Mario Fernandes, who could come into the team in place of Vyacheslav Karavaev.
Denmark played with a back three against Belgium and it worked well at times, so they may keep the same shape.
Jens Stryger Larsen could come into the starting XI in place of Daniel Wass while Andreas Cornelius could start in attack.
This is a must win game for Denmark if they are to have any chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition.
Дзагоеву – 31 🥳Поздравляем Алана с днём рождения и желаем таких же классных голешников, как на ЕВРО-2012 👇#НашиПарни— Сборная России (@TeamRussia) June 17, 2021
Дзагоеву – 31 🥳Поздравляем Алана с днём рождения и желаем таких же классных голешников, как на ЕВРО-2012 👇#НашиПарни
Russia know a point should be enough to seal their progress but the Danes will be desperate to record a victory and could come out on top, winning with both teams scoring.