Switzerland vs Denmark Predictions

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 an 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.

Denmark are a challenging team to beat, but a 2-2 draw away to Kosovo over the weekend doesn’t instil too much confidence after their first competitive game of the year. Denmark’s quality going forward does create a sense of belief over what this team could achieve, but whether they have enough quality to overthrow a solid enough Swiss defence that contains experienced campaigners like Stephan Lichtsteiner and Fabian Schär is the question – even Belgium couldn’t outscore them. Hence, while we like both teams for a goal, we feel only Switzerland have enough force to get a result.