Denmark go up against China in a Group D game played out at HBF Park on Saturday. The upcoming clash will be their first outing in the World Cup.
We are entering the first round of the World Cup group stage with Denmark and China hoping this is only the first of many matches coming up.
While Denmark might encounter some resistance in their first match at the World Cup, we expect any efforts to stop the favorites from taking all three points to be fruitless. Opening the World Cup as such big outsiders for a win, China have little to lose at HBF Park. This being their first match of the tournament, they’ll have plenty of fighting spirit, though.
Form: Denmark vs China
Denmark Form
Denmark are enjoying their football currently with two out of three wins recently. It began with a 0-1 win against Sweden. They went on to beat Japan by 1-0, before their winning run ended in a 0-2 defeat to Spain. Denmark achieved success in seven of their last 10 internationals in all competitions, while zero ended in a draw and four in defeat.
Denmark are in eminent form in the goal-scoring department, banging in 14 goals in their previous ten matches in this tournament. This creates an average of 1.4 goals per game. They held on for a clean sheet in three of these, conceding 12 goals for an average of 1.2 per game.
China Form
Unbeaten in their last three matches, China got off to a superb start by beating Russia twice, 1-0 and 2-1. They played out a 2-2 draw against Colombia in their most recent outing. China claimed three wins in their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while also drawing five along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run.
China scored 12 goals in the last 10 internationals, averaging 1.2 a game. They conceded 1.1 goals on average, 11 in total, and kept five clean sheets.
We expect Denmark to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low-scoring home win. We expect the guests from China to put up a decent fight.
Denmark vs China Stats
- Denmark have won 3 of the last 4 matches without conceding a goal
- Denmark have won the last 4 matches in a row
- In 5 of the last 6 Denmark matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Denmark matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Denmark have not lost the last 4 matches in a row
- China have not won 11 of the last 13 matches
- In 6 of the last 7 China matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 China matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- China have not lost 5 of the last 7 matches
- China have not scored in the last 3 matches in a row
Current position in the World Cup table: Denmark vs China
Denmark vs China H2H
In the previous FIFA World Cup meeting between the two nations, China ran away winners with a 3-2 scoreline.
Denmark picked up zero wins in their previous one FIFA World Cup match against China, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies’ best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 4.33.
Topscorer
As the World Cup campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Denmark and China in this tournament. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.
WIN – DRAW – WIN
OVER – UNDER
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Denmark. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for China.
In the last encounter between Denmark and China over 2.5 goals was a winning bet, as Denmark scored twice and China bagged three goals.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
Denmark scored the first goal of the match an impressive eight times in the last ten home games. Curiously, China only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games.
In the last 10 games played, China opened to scoring only once, while Denmark scored the opener six times in their last 10 games.