On March 23, Parken will host the match of the 1st round of selection for the European Football Championship, in which Denmark will meet with Finland. The start of the fight is scheduled for 21:45 Kyiv time.
Denmark
The team has been at its peak for a long time. The dramatic last Euro, of course, stands apart, when, having lost Eriksen at the start, the team stopped only in the semi-finals, losing with a scandal at Wembley to England. But last year was frankly unsuccessful for dynamite. First, he managed to lose 1st place in his group of the League of Nations – Croatia scored 1 point more. And then there was a de facto shame at the World Cup. There, starting with a goalless draw against Qatar, the team then lost not only to France, but also, in the decisive match, to Australia. Still, Kaspar Yulmand retained his post, but now this specialist needs to justify his trust by conducting a confident selection, which he has to enter with personnel losses – what is Christian Eriksen’s serious injury worth.
Finland
The team under Markku Kanerva was able to noticeably add. The peak was the exit to the last Euro, and directly, bypassing the play-offs. Yes, and in the next qualification, the eagle owls showed a good game, but at the same time they still lost not only to France, but also to Ukraine, but they fought quite on an equal footing with Bosnia. Dzeko and the company took revenge last year, within the framework of the League of Nations, taking, like the Romanians, 4 points. And only due to the maximum with Montenegro, twice 2-0, it turned out to keep a residence permit in the current division. Now, in the new selection, there will be a serious problem in defense at the start of the new selection. For various reasons, the leading defenders were not included in the application – 5 at once with 20+ match experience, led by Uronen. So the coaching staff will have to largely build this line almost from scratch.
head-to-head statistics
Taking advantage of the shock of the Danes, the Finns beat them at the Euro in the summer of 2021. Before that, in 5 matches, dynamite won four times, with a single draw.
Forecast
Bookmakers are confident in the victory of the hosts. Those need to be rehabilitated for the defeat at the Euro, and for the failure in Qatar. We recommend betting on Denmark with a handicap of -1.5 goals with a coefficient of – 2.06.
