Denmark begin their campaign in the Euro 2024 qualifiers with a Group H clash
with Finland. The Danes will fancy their chances of winning the entire group and
should have too much for the visitors.
Denmark come into this campaign looking to put their disappointing showing at the Qatar 2022 World Cup behind them. Highly fancied to reach the knockout phase following a solid qualifying run, they failed to win a single match and crashed out during the group stage.
The Danes will view Thursday’s clash as a fresh start and given the other teams in the group, will fancy their chances of automatic qualification. The good news is that Kasper Hjulmand’s men often do well in qualifiers and finished top of their group during the campaign for Qatar 2022.
A good start is likely to set the tone for Denmark during these qualifiers and will be looking to get things rolling in front of their fans. They have won seven of their last eight home matches across all competitions, keeping six clean sheets in that run.
Having missed out on the World Cup, Thursday’s clash will not be the first taste of action for Finland in 2023. They featured in two Friendlies in January, losing 2-0 to Sweden before suffering a 1-0 defeat to Estonia.
Both results mean Finland have now claimed just two wins in their last 13 matches across all competitions, a run stretching back to 2021. Markku Kanerva’s men have struggled to find their cutting edge in attack as evidenced by the two defeats in January.
Finland have also not been all that convincing on their travels with just one win in their last five away matches across all competitions. However, they have drawn their last two away matches playing out 1-1 scorelines with North Macedonia and Norway back in November.
Denmark come into this campaign looking to put their disappointing showing at the Qatar 2022 World Cup behind them. Highly fancied to reach the knockout phase following a solid qualifying run, they failed to win a single match and crashed out during the group stage.
The Danes will view Thursday’s clash as a fresh start and given the other teams in the group, will fancy their chances of automatic qualification. The good news is that Kasper Hjulmand’s men often do well in qualifiers and finished top of their group during the campaign for Qatar 2022.
A good start is likely to set the tone for Denmark during these qualifiers and will be looking to get things rolling in front of their fans. They have won seven of their last eight home matches across all competitions, keeping six clean sheets in that run.
Having missed out on the World Cup, Thursday’s clash will not be the first taste of action for Finland in 2023. They featured in two Friendlies in January, losing 2-0 to Sweden before suffering a 1-0 defeat to Estonia.
Both results mean Finland have now claimed just two wins in their last 13 matches across all competitions, a run stretching back to 2021. Markku Kanerva’s men have struggled to find their cutting edge in attack as evidenced by the two defeats in January.
Finland have also not been all that convincing on their travels with just one win in their last five away matches across all competitions. However, they have drawn their last two away matches playing out 1-1 scorelines with North Macedonia and Norway back in November.
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