Austria vs Denmark Match Analysis and Prediction

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Austria and Denmark will both be looking to continue their perfect starts in the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League during their encounter at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna on Monday.

Ralf Rangnick’s side saw off Croatia 3-0 on the opening matchday in League A Group 1, while Denmark managed to defeat reigning world champions France 2-1.

Marko Arnautovic, Michael Gregoritsch and Marcel Sabiter all helped Austria to a prolific opening-day victory and potentially signal the start of a new era for Rangnick.

Life has started on a positive note for Austria following their promotion from League B last season, and they find themselves at the top of the standings after one game, but the unforgiving schedule will soon kick in.

Finding the back of the net 14 times in their last five matches across all competitions, as well as scoring in each of their last eight Nations League matches, Austria face two encounters with Denmark either side of a clash with a France side who are looking to lay down a marker this month.

In a game where everything went wrong for France, who were without head coach Didier Deschamps following the death of his father, Denmark surprised the world champions by defeating them 2-1.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring for France, but a substitution from Kasper Hjulmand saw Andreas Cornelius come off the bench to score a 20-minute brace, with the second goal coming in the 88th minute of the game.

The Euro 2020 semi-finalists now head into Monday’s contest having secured 11 wins from their last 14 matches across all competitions, and it has been over a year since they last picked up a draw.

Denmark claimed a pair of 1-0 and 4-0 wins over Austria during the World Cup Qualifiers last year, but the new manager bounce is with the hosts under Rangnick.

Austria vs Denmark head to head

The two national teams have previously met on six occasions across all competitions, where Austria have claimed one victory while Denmark have won five. Austria have scored three goals and conceded 13 in the process. In their last meeting, Denmark claimed a 1-0 home win in a World Cup Qualifying match.

Austria 0-3 Denmark 09/10/91

Austria 2-1 Denmark 03/03/10

Denmark 2-0 Austria 16/10/18

Austria 0-4 Denmark 31/03/21

Denmark 1-0 Austria 12/10/21

Austria latest home form

Austria have recently been on good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. They played out a 2-2 draw with Scotland in their last home game in a friendly match. In their last five matches, they have scored 13 goals and conceded seven.

Austria 3-1 North Macedonia 13/06/21

Austria 0-1 Scotland 07/09/21

Austria 4-2 Israel 12/11/21

Austria 4-1 Moldova 15/11/21

Austria 2-2 Scotland 29/03/22

Austria latest away form

Austria have recently kept a patchy run of form on the road, having won just two of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Croatia 3-0 in their last away game in the UEFA Nations League. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded eight.

Israel 5-2 Austria 04/09/21

Faroe Islands 0-2 Austria 09/10/21

Denmark 1-0 Austria 12/10/21

Wales 2-1 Austria 24/03/22

Croatia 0-3 Austria 03/06/22

Denmark latest home form

Denmark have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Serbia 3-0 in their last home game in a friendly match. In their last five matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded just one.

Denmark 2-0 Scotland 01/09/21

Denmark 5-0 Israel 07/09/21

Denmark 1-0 Austria 12/10/21

Denmark 3-1 Faroe Islands 12/11/21

Denmark 3-0 Serbia 29/03/22

Denmark latest away form

Denmark have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having won three of their five most recent matches. They defeated France 2-1 in their last away game in the UEFA Nations League. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded seven.

Faroe Islands 0-1 Denmark 04/09/21

Moldova 0-4 Denmark 09/10/21

Scotland 2-0 Denmark 15/11/21

Netherlands 4-2 Denmark 26/03/22

France 1-2 Denmark 03/06/22

Austria news

David Alaba was absent last time out, with the defender granted extra time to recover after winning the Champions League final with Real Madrid and dealing with injury problems.

Philipp Lienhart missed out due to a fever, while Christoph Baumgartner, Gregoritsch and Christopher Trimmel are all competent options off the bench for Austria.

Denmark news

Andreas Cornelius is likely to be rewarded a start in Monday’s contest as Hjulmand remains cautious over Dolberg’s condition, while Christians Norgaard was not involved against France due to injury.

Hjulmand will keep changes to a minimum, but Mikkel Damsgaard is pushing to displace Daniel Wass in the wide areas.

Prediction and Odds

Momentum could hardly be in either camp at the moment, but the two sets of players will both be battling jellied legs following Friday’s exploits.

Denmark may have defeated Austria during World Cup qualification, but keeping out Rangnick’s prolific attackers is a hard task. So we are predicting a draw.

Odds: 1 2.30 X 1.80 2 2.15