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Switzerland continue their bid for EURO 2020 qualification on Tuesday. The Swiss have already secured a play-off spot for the tournament after an impressive Nations League campaign and they look to have brought that form forward after opening 2-0 win in Georgia on Saturday. Switzerland have only failed to qualify for one major tournament since the 2002 World Cup and reached the last 16 in Russia last summer so are favourites for a top two spot in qualifying Group D, which also includes the Republic of Ireland and Denmark.
Denmark have had some recent success of their own. A round of 16 exit to finalists Croatia in the 2018 World Cup was one of a few respectable results the Danes tallied up over the tournament – another being their 0-0 draw in the group stage to eventual winners France. Kasper Schmeichel, Christian Eriksen, Kasper Dolberg and Yussuf Poulsen are some notable names to have been called up to the most recent squad by manager Age Hareide, who has been in charge of the team since 2016.
Bookies make Switzerland the favourites here, but given Denmark’s recent results – the Danes have not lost a competitive match in 90 minutes since 2016 (W9 D8) – we prefer a bet on goals for this game. Switzerland’s matches see plenty of them and even without star man Xherdan Shaqiri and forward Haris Seferovic, who scored a hat-trick in their last home outing against Belgium (a 5-2 win), they were still able to score two away to Georgia over the weekend. Notably, Denmark’s impressive defensive form has largely been on their own turf – the Danes have kept a clean sheet in just two of their six qualifiers on the road since 2017.
Switzerland have registered massive growth in recent times and have not been scared of taking on established teams. They recently beat Belgium 5 – 2 while they have also pocked wins over Serbia, Iceland and drawn with Brazil in recent times. They have the quality and the talent, but the same applies to Denmark too, as they head to this game on a six – game unbeaten run, with three wins therein. Denmark have one loss in their last 15 matches, but will hope to pick a first win in six European Championship qualifiers; they have two losses and three draws in the last five. They have also failed to win any of the last three away matches in Euro qualifiers, having lost the recent two and drawn the other. They face a Swiss side with four losses in their last 15 matches but with three straight wins and clean sheets in Euro qualifiers. In 10 Euro qualifiers, Switzerland have managed eight wins and have 12 home wins in the last 16 Euro qualifiers.