Northern Ireland v Denmark: Back Irish to blank again

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Denmark supporters might have something to celebrate in Belfast tonight

Already qualified Denmark travel to already eliminated Northern Ireland and Tobias Gourlay expects the visitors to inflict more pain on their injury-hit hosts


Northern Ireland v Denmark
Monday 19:45 (Live on Viaplay Sports 1)

In Liechtenstein last night, Gerson Rodrigues got his goal but it was the only one Luxembourg managed, as they had a man sent off after 5 minutes. 1-0 wasn't enough to beat the handicap we'd set them.

We're in Denmark today. Group H winners Denmark still have a shot at securing a top seeding in Euro 2024, but they need to win this one and hope other results go their way. That should be a motivating factor for Kasper Hjulmand's men and we fancy them to get the result they want.

Northern Ireland are W2-D0-L7 in Group H and the only team they've avoided defeat against is San Marino. Five of those seven defeats have come by a 1-0 scoreline and they've failed to score in 6/7.

Most recently, Michael O'Neill's men lost 4-0 in Finland last week. The boss continues to deal with injuries this week, limiting his options for a change of personnel.

After a shaky start, the Danes have won their last five qualifiers. Hjulmand has a lengthy injury list of his own - Manchester United pair Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojland are among the absentees - but the combination of confidence and motivation should help them past today's opponents.

We'll take the visitors to win and we also like them to keep a clean sheet. The Irish have failed to score in 8/10 home qualifiers (excluding playoffs) since late 2019, so we'll also back Denmark to Win to Nil.

Given the absentees, the man most likely to fire the Danes to a win is Jonas Wind. The Wolfsburg forward has scored three times in Group H already and is averaging a couple of shots a game. Put him to score anytime in a Bet Builder with the Denmark win and you will be paid out at 2.6213/8.

Back Denmark Win To Nil @ 2.35/4

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Tobias Gourlay

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