The final round of matches in Group D of the 2022 World Cup will be played on the 30th of November and includes the meeting between Australia and Denmark. The match will be played at the Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah and Australia begin the game second in the group on 3 points while Denmark are in third place on 1 point.
Australia come into the match on the back of an excellent 1-0 win over Tunisia in their second fixture of the group. The only goal of the game was scored by Mitchell Duke in the 23rd minute and Australia kept out the Tunisian attack to win their first game of the competition.
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It was vital Australia took something from the match to keep their qualification hopes alive going into this fixture against Denmark.
Australia started the 2022 World Cup with a tough game against defending champions France. The Socceroo’s took a shock lead after only 9 minutes of the match but France quickly took control of proceedings before halftime. The French were 2-1 up at the interval and added two more goals in the second half to win the game 4-1.
Australia have won 6 of their last 7 games in all competitions, including friendly matches and the penalty shootout win over Peru in the World Cup playoffs. They have managed to score at least one goal in 6 of their last 7 matches.
Denmark know they have work to do if they are to qualify for the round of 16 having lost 2-1 against France in their second match of Group D. The Danes conceded the opening goal in the 61st minute but it took them only 7 minutes to strike back and equalise from a corner.
However, France responded and with only 4 minutes remaining on the clock, the French scored the winning goal.
That result means Denmark have only 1 point to their name having been held to a 0-0 draw by Tunisia in their opening World Cup fixture. It was a match the Danes were hoping to win but they could not breakthrough the Tunisian defence and they will be hoping for a better performance in this game.
Trends show Denmark have recorded 1 win from their last 4 matches. The win came at home against France in the Nations League and Denmark have scored at least one goal in 4 of their last 5 games in all competitions.
Team news and Australia have no injury or suspension concerns meaning they are likely to go with the same starting XI from the Tunisia match.
Denmark are without injured central midfielder Thomas Delaney. Kasper Hjulmand could start with Martin Braithwaite and Yussuf Poulsen in attack as the Danes look for more movement up-front.
Denmark come into this game as the favourites but could find it tough against a well organised Australia team. The Danes have looked decent defensively and should keep Australia at bay, meaning one goal would be enough for Denmark to win the match.