England v Denmark preview

England have already got one win beneath their belt at this 12 months’s Ladies’s World Cup and discover themselves joint prime of the group with Denmark, whom they may tackle at 09:30 on Friday. Millie Brilliant and co will probably be eyeing up back-to-back wins to take the primary spot in Group D.

We preview the fixture under.

England should discover scoring boots

England kicked off their Ladies’s World Cup marketing campaign with a 1-0 win in opposition to Haiti on Saturday, however it was not as dominant a win as many would have anticipated.

Regardless of lots of England’s star gamers being unavailable for the event as a result of harm, folks nonetheless anticipating the Lionesses to thrash Haiti, and though they managed to have 75% of the possession, together with 21 pictures to Haiti’s seven, they solely managed to seek out the again of the web as soon as by way of a retaken penalty from Georgia Stanway.

Denmark will show to be a a lot harder check than Haiti and England might want to convert their possibilities if they’re to return away with a constructive end result on Friday morning. England are 3/10 favourites to return away with the win, odds which look to be based mostly extra on popularity than present kind.

Arsenal’s new star striker Alessia Russo will doubtless lead the road and her teammates will probably be counting on her to seek out the again of the web at 9/5. England did present good defensive resolve in opposition to Haiti and with captain Millie Brilliant marshalling the line of defense they’re 6/10 to maintain a clear sheet in opposition to Denmark.

Chelsea star to shine for Denmark

Denmark have been definitely not amongst the preliminary favourites to win the event however their 1-0 win over China of their first group sport sees them sit prime of Group D, albeit as a result of D comes earlier than E within the alphabet.

Denmark weren’t as dominant as they’d have hoped to be in opposition to China, solely managing a 1-0 win with the winner coming within the 89th minute by way of a 16-yard header which discovered its approach into the web previous some suspect goalkeeping.

Denmark have been on prime statistically however it wasn’t a rout as they stored 56% possession and took 13 pictures to China’s 9, however it was sufficient to see them over the road in the long run.

They head into this fixture at a backable value of 15/2, given the firepower they possess up prime in Chelsea Ladies’s star Pernille More durable, who’s 4/1 favorite to get on the scoresheet for her facet.

It’s anticipated to be an in depth fought match and Denmark truly develop into clear favourites at 11/20 with England topic to a -2 match purpose handicap. Each groups have struggled to attain to date and odds of seven/4 for beneath 1.5 match objectives might present might worth.

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