Kick-off: 1700, 12/07/2022
Stadium: Stadium MK
TV: BBC
Denmark and Finland suffered heavy defeats to start their European Championship campaigns and know a win is vital to their hopes of progressing.
Beaten finalists in 2017, Denmark were thumped 4-0 by Germany at Brentford while Finland went down 4-1 to Spain at this venue.
We feel the Danes are the stronger of the two so a win for the favourites at 1.37 is our opening Denmark Women vs Finland Women prediction.
Denmark Odds
Coach Lars Sondergaard admitted his side came up short at the first hurdle of Euro 2022.
He will also be without creative midfielder Kathrine Kuhl for this game after she was shown a second yellow card just moments before full-time against Germany.
Sondergaard said: “The game did not go the way we had hoped and there are lots of reasons for that.
“Firstly because Germany played really well, they pressed high and we tried to free ourselves from their press but that didn’t work and after a few good minutes we basically just went under.”
Denmark were beaten 4-2 by the Netherlands in the 2017 final – the furthest they have reached in nine editions.
They have been semi-finalists three times and twice finished third but now need a win if they are to have any chance of advancing to the last eight.
The Danes also have a decent record against Finland, losing just three of their 11 meetings.
Looking at the Denmark Women vs Finland Women odds, we like 3.25 for a Denmark win and both teams to score.
Finland Odds
Finland have not won a game at the European Championship since 2009 having been winless in 2013 and failing to qualify four years later.
Despite stunning the much-fancied Spaniards when Linda Sallstrom struck with just 50 seconds on the clock in the Group B opener, the Boreal Owls were no match for their opponents.
Next up are the Danes and although Finland have an inferior record in past meetings, they have won three and drawn one of the previous four.
Midfielder Olga Ahtinen said on www.uefa.com: “Denmark have very skilful players but they are a little bit different kind of team than Spain, maybe not so organised.
“We have been through the way they play and of course they are a familiar team to us with many familiar players.”
Goals have been a problem for the Finns, with four of their eight games in 2022 seeing them draw a blank.
With so much on the line, there could be goals in this one so a 2-1 Danish win at 8.25 completes our Denmark Women vs Finland Women betting tips.
Additional stats
Last result:
Germany 4-0 DENMARK
Spain 4-1 FINLAND – Sallstrom
Head-to-head: Denmark 1-1 Finland, Finland 1-0 Denmark, Finland 2-1 Denmark
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