Played
June 14, 2012 12:00 AM SGT
L'viv Arena — L'viv
Referee: C. Thomson
Attendance: 31840
June 14, 2012 12:00 AM SGT
L'viv Arena — L'viv
Referee: C. Thomson
Attendance: 31840
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| Denmark | 4.50 | 56.00 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 250.00 | 4.50 | 4.94 |
| Draw | 3.40 | 13.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 17.00 | 3.55 | 3.45 |
| Portugal | 1.83 | 1.03 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 1.80 | 1.01 | 1.89 | 1.82 |
Denmark - Portugal Preview: Seleccao look to keep Euro dream alive against confident Danes
It's do or die for Paulo Bento's side on Wednesday as they prepare to face a Danish outfit, sitting pretty atop Group B courtesy of their shock maiden victory over Netherlands
By Karthick Arvinth
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DENMARK
 Andersen Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, S Poulsen Zimling, Kvist Rommedahl, Eriksen, Krohn-Dehli Bendtner |
PORTUGAL
 Rui Patricio Pereira, Pepe, Alves, Coentrao Meireles, Veloso, Moutinho Nani, Almeida, Ronaldo |
Denmark coach Morten Olsen has no fresh injury concerns ahead of Wednesday's Euro 2012 clash with Portugal in Lviv, with the 62-year-old likely to name the same starting XI that beat Netherlands 1-0 on Saturday to get the ball rolling in Group A.
Meanwhile for Portugal, striker Hugo Almeida has recovered from a bout of flu and could replace Helder Postiga in attack after the latter's largely ineffectual display in the 1-0 defeat to Germany, while winger Ricardo Quaresma has been passed fit after overcoming a leg muscle strain.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
- Denmark have won seven of their last nine matches, including the 2-1 qualifying win over Portugal in October last year.
- The Danes finished as group winners when pitted against Portugal in both Euro 2012 and 2010 World Cup qualifying.
- Denmark have won three of the last five meetings between the two sides - all over the past five years.
- Simon Poulsen and William Kvist received yellow cards against Netherlands and are a booking away from suspension.
- Portugal are yet to register a victory in 2012, having won just once in their last seven games, with only one goal scored in their last four.
- The 2004 finalists will meet Denmark for the 13th time, with their record in previous encounters reading W7 D2 L3.
- Nani (pictured right) has scored three times in four outings against Denmark.
- Fabio Coentrao and Helder Postiga will incur a ban with their next bookings.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Denmark 0-2 Portugal
- 17.38 %
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Denmark 1-2 Portugal
- 14.47 %
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Denmark 2-1 Portugal
- 10.13 %
| Euro 2012 (EC) | Jun 14, 2012 | Denmark 2 - Portugal 3 |
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| Euro 2012 (EC) | Oct 12, 2011 | Denmark 2 - Portugal 1 |
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| Euro 2012 (EC) | Oct 9, 2010 | Portugal 3 - Denmark 1 |
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| World Cup Qualification 2014 (Europe) (WCQE) | Sep 6, 2009 | Denmark 1 - Portugal 1 |
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| World Cup Qualification 2014 (Europe) (WCQE) | Sep 11, 2008 | Portugal 2 - Denmark 3 |
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| Mar 27, 2013 | Denmark 1 - Bulgaria 1 | WCQE |
| Mar 23, 2013 | Czech Republic 0 - Denmark 3 | WCQE |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Macedonia FYR 3 - Denmark 0 | FR |
| Jan 31, 2013 | Mexico 1 - Denmark 1 | FR |
| Jan 27, 2013 | Canada 0 - Denmark 4 | FR |
Portugal
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| Mar 27, 2013 | Azerbaijan 0 - Portugal 2 | WCQE |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Israel 3 - Portugal 3 | WCQE |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Portugal 2 - Ecuador 3 | FR |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Gabon 2 - Portugal 2 | FR |
| Oct 17, 2012 | Portugal 1 - Northern Ireland 1 | WCQE |
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| 1 | Stephan Andersen | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Simon Kjaer | Defender |
| 4 | Daniel Agger | Defender |
| 5 | Simon Busk Poulsen | Defender |
| 6 | Lars Jacobsen | Defender |
| 7 | William Kvist Jörgensen | Midfielder |
| 8 | Christian Eriksen | Midfielder |
| 21 | Niki Zimling | Midfielder |
| 9 | Michael Krohn-Dehli | Striker |
| 10 | Dennis Rommedahl | Striker |
| 11 | Nicklas Bendtner | Striker |
| 16 | Anders Lindegaard | Goalkeeper |
| 22 | Kasper Schmeichel | Goalkeeper |
| - | Andreas Bjelland | |
| 13 | Jores Okore | Defender |
| 18 | Daniel Wass | Defender |
| - | Christian Poulsen | |
| 14 | Lasse Schöne | Midfielder |
| 15 | M. Silberbauer | Midfielder |
| 19 | Jakob Poulsen | Midfielder |
| - | Thomas Kahlenberg | |
| 17 | Nicklas Pedersen | Striker |
| - | Tobias Pilegaard Mikkelsen |
| 12 | Rui Patricio | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Bruno Alves | Defender |
| 3 | Pepe | Defender |
| 5 | Fabio Coentrao | Defender |
| 21 | João Pereira | Defender |
| 4 | Miguel Veloso | Midfielder |
| 8 | Joao Moutinho | Midfielder |
| 16 | Raúl Meireles | Midfielder |
| 17 | Nani | Striker |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Striker |
| 23 | Hélder Postiga | Striker |
| 1 | Eduardo | Goalkeeper |
| 22 | Beto | Goalkeeper |
| 13 | Ricardo Costa | Defender |
| - | Rolando | |
| - | Miguel Lopes | |
| 6 | Custodio | Midfielder |
| - | Quaresma | |
| 15 | Rubén Micael | Midfielder |
| 20 | Hugo Viana | Midfielder |
| 9 | Hugo Almeida | Striker |
| 11 | Nélson Oliveira | Striker |
| 18 | Silvestre Varela | Striker |
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