When is it? How can you watch it? What are the possible line-ups?
Denmark and England meet in their Second Group C match at UEFA EURO 2024.
Denmark and England at a glance
When: Friday 21 June (00:00 GMT+8 kick-off)
Where: Frankfurt Arena
What: UEFA EURO 2024 Group C Matchday 2
What do you need to know?
Denmark took the lead against Slovenia in their opening game, but were pegged back, the reaction following the 1-1 draw in Stuttgart suggesting that Kasper Hjulmand’s side were a little downcast. Their most recent encounter with England ended in a 2-1 defeat, after extra time, in the semi-finals of EURO 2020, but a Danish team packed with Premier League experience will not be overly intimidated by Gareth Southgate’s men, regardless of their pre-tournament billing.
Jude Bellingham headed the only goal of England’s first fixture early on, yet while the performance satisfied the national media, Denmark can take courage from the way Serbia fought back, taking the game to their opponents and ensuring that the prolific Harry Kane had an unusually quiet evening. Christian Eriksen has unlocked plenty of English defences during his time with Tottenham, Brentford and Man United, so Southgate will know that his side need to take the Danes very seriously.
Possible line-ups
Denmark: Schmeichel; Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard; Kristiansen, Nørgaard, Eriksen, Højbjerg, Mæhle; Højlund, Poulsen
England: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane
Form guide
Denmark:
Form (all competitions, most recent first): DWWWDL
England:
Form (all competitions, most recent first): WLWDLD
Expert predictions
Sture Sandø, Denmark reporter
Denmark are under pressure after conceding a late equaliser against Slovenia on Matchday 1. As if the stakes were not high enough already, the Danes are also a team looking for redemption after England beat them in extra time in the UEFA EURO 2020 semi-finals. Eriksen has already played more matches at this EURO than he did in 2021, as he says, and he looks like the man who will pull the strings on Thursday.
Joe Terry, England reporter
As already mentioned, these two sides are very familiar with each other and both are no doubt fully aware how tight a contest it will be. Both countries have developed since that game at Wembley, but the emergence of Bellingham adds England an enviable X factor at both ends of the pitch, as we saw on Sunday evening in Gelsenkirchen. With the nerves of the opening game behind them, I expect to see England manage their energy level better throughout the 90 minutes and build on the solid, if unspectacular, display against Serbia.
What the coaches say
Kasper Hjulmand, Denmark coach: “We have it in our power to have a fantastic game against England, where nobody expects us to win. Fortunes can change [in the blink of an eye], and who says it won’t? I believe it can be done. And then suddenly it’s a completely different situation.”
Gareth Southgate, England coach: “What do we expect from Denmark? A slightly different style of game, so they’ll pose us different questions. We have to use the ball as we did in the first half [against Serbia], really, and we’ll need to look back at their game and see whether there are any adjustments to what we need to do.”