Spain vs Denmark Prediction & Betting Tips (12 October)

On cloud nine since the arrival on the bench of Luis de la Fuente at the end of the 2022 World Cup, Spain has won titles. In its still characteristic style, La Roja has added a lot of verticality to its game. This notably allowed it to win the last Nations League in June 2023. Last summer, Lamine Yamal's teammates even triumphed at the Euro 2024 . Leaders of their group, they then dominated Georgia in the 8th 4-1, Germany in the quarter 2-1 after extra time, France in the semi 2-1 and England in the final 2-1. Crowned with its title of European champion, Spain began this new edition of the Nations League last September with the intention of retaining its crown. Held in check in Serbia to start 0-0, La Roja then won in style in Switzerland three days later 1-4.

2nd in its Nations League group during the previous edition, Denmark narrowly missed qualification for the last square 1 point behind Croatia. This year, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's teammates got off to an excellent start during the last meeting. Indeed, they occupy the head of group 4 following victories obtained, at home each time, against Switzerland 2-0 and Serbia 2-0. Present at Euro 2024 this summer, Denmark, despite fairly lackluster performances, held on to 2nd place in its group which included England, Slovenia and Serbia, 3 draws. The journey ended in the round of 16 against the host country, Germany 2-0.

On the Spanish side, several elements are forced to withdraw from this gathering. This is the case of goalkeeper Unai Simon (Bilbao, 46 ​​sel), defenders Carvajal (Real Madrid, 51 sel) and Le Normand (Atlético Madrid, 19 sel) as well as midfielders Rodri (Manchester City, 57 sel) and Dani Olmo (Barcelona, ​​11 goals in 40 sels), who all played a major role during Euro 2024. We also note the absences of Barcelona's Fermin Lopez (2 sels), Gavi (27 sels) and Ferran Torres (21 goals in 48 sel). On the other hand, the essential wingers Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, ​​3 goals in 16 sel) and Nico Williams (Bilbao, 4 goals in 22 sel) are there as is captain Morata (AC Milan, 36 goals in 80 sel). The other executives Laporte (Al-Nassr, 37 sel), Fabian Ruiz (PSG, 31 sel) and Pedri (Barcelona, ​​26 sel) are there. For Switzerland, we can point out the absences of defenders Christensen (Barcelona, ​​74 sel) and Maehle (Wolfsburg, 11 goals in 49 sel) as well as midfielders Jensen (Brentford, 30 sel), Frendrup (Genoa, 1 sel) and O 'Riley (Brighton, 2nd).

The elements which contributed to the victories acquired in September necessarily scored points. This is particularly the case of goalkeeper Schmeichel (Celtic, 107 sel), defender Andersen (Fulham, 38 sel), midfield captain Hojbjerg (OM, 83 sel) and playmaker Eriksen (Manchester United, 42 goals in 136 sel). Scorer against Serbia on the 2nd day, winger Gronbaek (Rennes, 1 goal in 2 seasons) made a good debut with the national team. Forfeited during the last rally, striker Hojlund (Manchester United, 7 goals in 18 seasons) is back.