Australia vs Denmark
Denmark looks to qualify for the Round of 16 for the first time since 2002 when it faces Australia at 8:00 a.m. ET Thursday at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Danes edged Peru 1-0 in their opener, good for three points. That ties them with France in Group C. The Aussies, meanwhile, fell 2-1 in their first 2018 World Cup match. Denmark is posted at -105 for Thursday's tilt, meaning you would need to bet $105 to win $100 on a Denmark win. Australia is at +450 (risk $100 to win $450), while a draw is +265. The over-under on total goals scored in this World Cup 2018 game is two.
Before you make your 2018 World Cup picks, you need to see what European football expert David Sumpter has to say. Sumpter is an applied mathematician who wrote Soccermatics, the book that shows how math works inside the game. Together with experienced analysts, Sumpter developed the powerful Soccerbot model.
The Soccerbot reads all team performance data, calculates key metrics and predicts upcoming matches. In the nearly three seasons since it was born, the Soccerbot is up an impressive 1,800 percent on bookmakers' closing odds. The Soccerbot already called Brazil-Switzerland playing to a draw (+360), Argentina-Iceland ending in a draw (+385) and Iran upsetting Morocco (+275), just to name a few.
Now, Sumpter's model has examined Denmark-Australia and generated money-line and over-under World Cup picks.
We can tell you he's leaning over, but his more confident pick is on the money line. He's only sharing it over at SportsLine.
Sumpter knows Denmark avoided a potential calamity against Peru on Saturday. The Danes were outshot 17-10 and Peru had a penalty kick attempt sail high. Kasper Schmeichel had an impressive game in goal and Christian Eriksen found Yussuf Poulsen for the game's lone score in the 59th minute.
Regardless of how pretty the win was, it extended Denmark's unbeaten streak to 17 games. Denmark could clinch a spot in the 2018 World Cup knockout stage, assuming France downs Peru.
FIFA ranks Denmark No. 12 in the world, while Australia is No. 36. The Socceroos will look to avoid a second straight World Cup without a point tallied.
Australia, though, showed it belonged simply by hanging with France. The Aussies held possession for 49 percent of the time, losing on a goal in the 81st minute. If it can get on the board, the defense is good enough to force a draw or get a win.IT’S all on the line for the Socceroos on Day Eight when they line-up against Denmark to get the day’s proceedings underway.
Australia's chances of advancing out of the group stage will receive a major boost if they can topple their European opponents when the game kicks off at 10pm (AEST).
A loss and their hopes of remaining in Russia will then rely on results going their way.
France and Peru will then take to the pitch for the second game of the night with the South American’s also desperate for a victory.
The final match of the night will see Lionel Messi lead Argentina into battle against Croatia who currently lead Group D.After taking down Peru in their opening encounter, Denmark head into tonight’s clash against the Socceroos on the back of a less than ideal build-up.
Following the win, Danish defender Jonas Knudsen was boarding a plane and rushing back to hospital.
The reason wasn’t due to injury however, Knudsen was in fact desperate to make it back to his wife who went into labour and gave birth weeks before the expected date.
In remarkable circumstances that have emerged, the private jet Knudsen took to make it home was in fact paid for by his Danish teammates.
“We’re footballers but also human beings,” goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel told a media conference.
“I’m a father myself, I can’t imagine how big it must have been for Jonas to get the message but not be there. We wanted to help him, there are lots of fathers in the squad.
“You’ve got to look beyond football and to the human being, so we’d have done everything so he could go and see his newborn baby.”Tim Cahill has been a constant of Australian football for 15 years, yet on the eve of the Socceroos’ showdown with Denmark, he lurks as the great unknown.
The 38-year-old has so far been an onlooker in Russia, with no guarantee he’ll be involved against Denmark on Thursday night at Samara’s Cosmos Arena.
Fans clearly want to see the man who has on so many occasions dragged Australia across the line make an appearance against Denmark.
A poll asking fans to select their starting XI for the vital clash saw Cahill receive more votes than any other striker in the Australian team.
The all-time Socceroos leading goalscorer hasn’t scored at club level in over a year, managing fewer than three hours on the pitch during that time. But Cahilll’s international record cannot be ignored.
He’s netted 50 goals for Australia, scoring in every calendar year since 2004, most recently against Syria in October to keep the Socceroos on the road to qualification.
Before you make your 2018 World Cup picks, you need to see what European football expert David Sumpter has to say. Sumpter is an applied mathematician who wrote Soccermatics, the book that shows how math works inside the game. Together with experienced analysts, Sumpter developed the powerful Soccerbot model.
The Soccerbot reads all team performance data, calculates key metrics and predicts upcoming matches. In the nearly three seasons since it was born, the Soccerbot is up an impressive 1,800 percent on bookmakers' closing odds. The Soccerbot already called Brazil-Switzerland playing to a draw (+360), Argentina-Iceland ending in a draw (+385) and Iran upsetting Morocco (+275), just to name a few.
Now, Sumpter's model has examined Denmark-Australia and generated money-line and over-under World Cup picks.
We can tell you he's leaning over, but his more confident pick is on the money line. He's only sharing it over at SportsLine.
Sumpter knows Denmark avoided a potential calamity against Peru on Saturday. The Danes were outshot 17-10 and Peru had a penalty kick attempt sail high. Kasper Schmeichel had an impressive game in goal and Christian Eriksen found Yussuf Poulsen for the game's lone score in the 59th minute.
Regardless of how pretty the win was, it extended Denmark's unbeaten streak to 17 games. Denmark could clinch a spot in the 2018 World Cup knockout stage, assuming France downs Peru.
FIFA ranks Denmark No. 12 in the world, while Australia is No. 36. The Socceroos will look to avoid a second straight World Cup without a point tallied.
Australia, though, showed it belonged simply by hanging with France. The Aussies held possession for 49 percent of the time, losing on a goal in the 81st minute. If it can get on the board, the defense is good enough to force a draw or get a win.IT’S all on the line for the Socceroos on Day Eight when they line-up against Denmark to get the day’s proceedings underway.
Australia's chances of advancing out of the group stage will receive a major boost if they can topple their European opponents when the game kicks off at 10pm (AEST).
A loss and their hopes of remaining in Russia will then rely on results going their way.
France and Peru will then take to the pitch for the second game of the night with the South American’s also desperate for a victory.
The final match of the night will see Lionel Messi lead Argentina into battle against Croatia who currently lead Group D.After taking down Peru in their opening encounter, Denmark head into tonight’s clash against the Socceroos on the back of a less than ideal build-up.
Following the win, Danish defender Jonas Knudsen was boarding a plane and rushing back to hospital.
The reason wasn’t due to injury however, Knudsen was in fact desperate to make it back to his wife who went into labour and gave birth weeks before the expected date.
In remarkable circumstances that have emerged, the private jet Knudsen took to make it home was in fact paid for by his Danish teammates.
“We’re footballers but also human beings,” goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel told a media conference.
“I’m a father myself, I can’t imagine how big it must have been for Jonas to get the message but not be there. We wanted to help him, there are lots of fathers in the squad.
“You’ve got to look beyond football and to the human being, so we’d have done everything so he could go and see his newborn baby.”Tim Cahill has been a constant of Australian football for 15 years, yet on the eve of the Socceroos’ showdown with Denmark, he lurks as the great unknown.
The 38-year-old has so far been an onlooker in Russia, with no guarantee he’ll be involved against Denmark on Thursday night at Samara’s Cosmos Arena.
Fans clearly want to see the man who has on so many occasions dragged Australia across the line make an appearance against Denmark.
A poll asking fans to select their starting XI for the vital clash saw Cahill receive more votes than any other striker in the Australian team.
The all-time Socceroos leading goalscorer hasn’t scored at club level in over a year, managing fewer than three hours on the pitch during that time. But Cahilll’s international record cannot be ignored.
He’s netted 50 goals for Australia, scoring in every calendar year since 2004, most recently against Syria in October to keep the Socceroos on the road to qualification.
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