Denmark 3-0 Tunisia: What’s your prediction?

An exciting Denmark side open their World Cup campaign against Tunisia. The Danish have breezed past the qualifiers putting on an upbeat approach which saw them win nine straight games, while Tunisia kick off journey aiming to reach the second round for the very first time.

Denmark have one of the most polished midfield in the tournament and with the return of Christian Eriksen, they are expected to be a force to be reckoned with. Midfield fluidity and ball-playing centre-backs makes them potentially one of the best teams to watch in the World Cup.

On the other hand, Tunisia's key player would yet again have to be Wahbi Khazri. While it may be difficult for Tunisia to go toe-to-toe with Denmark, they would be looking to break quickly and at set-pieces to hurt the Danish; That is where usually Khazri comes in to produce something extraordinary.

When?

07:00 pm, Bangladesh time

Where?

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar,

Head-to-head

Matches 1

Denmark 1

Tunisia 0

Prediction: Denmark 3-0 Tunisia

Possible lineups

Denmark: (4-2-3-1) Schmeichel (GK), Maehle, Kjaer, Christensen, Wass, Damsgaard, Delaney, Hojbjerg, Skov Olsen, Eriksen, Dolberg

Tunisia: (4-1-4-1) Ben Said (GK), Maaloul, Bronn, Meriah, Drager, Skhiri, Khazri, Sass, Laidouni, Sliti, Jaziri

Following is a statbox on Denmark

FIFA Ranking: 10 (Oct. 6)

Odds: 33-1

Previous tournaments:

Denmark made their World Cup debut in Mexico in 1986 but did not appear again until 1998 in France, where they had their best performance by reaching the quarter-finals. Since then they have twice made the last 16 (2002, 2018), going out at the group stage in 2010 and missing the 2006 and 2014 tournaments.

How they qualified: Nine straight wins saw them cruise to victory in Group F, where they finished on 27 points, four ahead of second-placed Scotland. They scored 30 goals and conceded three.

Form guide:

After reaching the Euro 2020 semi-finals, losing to England, Denmark blasted through World Cup qualifying, winning nine straight games to book a spot in Qatar before beating France twice in the Nations League where they lost twice, to Croatia.

Following is a statbox on Tunisia

FIFA Ranking: 26

Odds: 300-1

Previous tournaments:

Tunisia have appeared in 5 World Cups. Although they never reached the second round, they recorded the first ever African victory in the World Cup in 1978, when they beat Mexico 3-1 in their first group match in Argentina before holding defending champions West Germany to a goalless draw.

Tunisia waited 40 years to win just their second World Cup game, when they defeated Panama four years ago in Russia.

How they qualified:

Tunisia cruised through the African qualifiers, winning four and drawing two in a group that also included Equatorial Guinea, Zambia and Mauritania. In the playoffs, Tunisia defeated Mali 1-0 on aggregate to reach their sixth World Cup.

Form guide:

After securing qualification comfortably in March, Tunisia started their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June with a home win over Equatorial Guinea and a draw against Botswana away from home.

They played another two games in June, defeating Chile 2-0 and Japan 3-0 in the Kirin Cup in Japan. They won again in the September friendly matches, defeating Comoros 1-0 before losing 5-1 to Brazil in France.