Friendly International: Germany vs. Denmark Preview, Odds, Prediction

Germany and Denmark will provide one very interesting friendly international on Wednesday night. The two neighboring countries face one another on the neutral court in Innsbruck, Austria. Needless to say that Germany always aims for the trophy, and that Die Mannschaft comes to the upcoming EURO 2020 with the same ambitions, even though they find themselves in a small crisis. Denmark has an excellent group, and they are among the top European teams for quite some time. The former European champions from 1992 hope to make another sensation, as they have the quality for the same.

Preview

Germany (+105) suffered an atrocious disappointment at the last World Cup, exiting the competition already in the group stage. It was one of the biggest humiliations for this nation, which went to Russia as the reigning world champs from Brazil.

They have problems on the pitch, which is obvious. For instance, Spain demolished them in the UEFA Nations League back on November 6-0. In the most recent game played, which was in the World Cup qualifiers, Germany lost at home to North Macedonia, 1-2. This is something alarming.

Over the last 10 matches, they managed to keep clean sheets just twice, which is also a sign of weakness.

Denmark (+260) is totally the opposite of Germany when it comes to protecting their net. They’ve allowed goals in only three of the previous 17 matches played, and that is a fantastic achievement. We are free to say that the Danes have one of the top 3 defenses on the continent.

Such a massive advantage over other teams reflected on the scoreboard. In the recent 26 matches, Denmark posted two defeats, both of them against the No.1 team in the FIFA rankings, Belgium. Apart from that, Kasper Hjulmand’s side had 16 wins and 8 draws.

During this stretch, they would defeat England, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, Wales, Austria, etc.

Latest News

The players who appeared in the UEFA Champions League finals, won’t be eligible for Low in this game – Gundogan, Havertz, Rudiger, Werner. Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels are back under the national flag following a pause.

The Danish side will have pretty much all of their players ready to face the Germans.

Head to Head Games

In 1992, when Denmark won the EURO, Germany was across the field in the finals, The final result was 3-1 for the Danes, who consider that event as their biggest ever game.

More recently, these two times faced one another in 2017, in one friendly international match. The fans saw a 1-1 draw. Joshua Kimmich saved the Germans, with a goal two minutes before the end, while Christian Eriksen drew the first blood after 18 minutes of play.

Prediction

This is a friendly game, and we expect to see some experimenting. But even so, we assess that there won’t be too many goals involved, 2 or 3 at most. The odds on that are +100, which is excellent. The second riskier pick would be a draw. These two sides have a similar quality, even though Germany might have bigger names on the paper. Odds for this suggestion are significantly higher, +230, and they are worth taking a risk.