Denmark v Tunisia predictions: Danes fancied for comfortable victory

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Denmark v Tunisia in the World Cup Group D on Tuesday.

Where to watch

ITV 1, 1pm Tuesday

Best bet

Denmark -1
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Denmark have improved hand over fist in recent years and they beat France home and away in the Nations League. They should have far too much for a Tunisia side who were blanked in three of their five Africa Cup of Nations matches earlier this year.

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Match preview

It is hard to make a case for any national team having improved more in the last four years than Denmark and they have transformed into genuine contenders to top Group D in Qatar.

They open their campaign against Tunisia, who have won just one of their last 12 matches in their last four World Cup campaigns.

The Eagles of Carthage have never made it beyond the group stage and look unlikely candidates to do so this time around.

Manager Jadel Kadri took over in January and will need to hit the ground running at the top level if his team are to get anything out of a clash with this strong Denmark side.

The Danes reached the semi-final of last year’s European Championships without Christian Eriksen, and their creative midfielder has since returned to full fitness and been in good form for his club side Manchester United.

He helped his nation to a strong recent Nations League campaign in which they beat France home and away and were victorious in four of their six encounters.

Kasper Hjulmand’s men also breezed through qualification, winning nine of their ten games and conceding just three goals.

The Scandinavians went unbeaten in 90 minutes at the last World Cup, losing out on a penalty shootout to finalists Croatia in the round of 16.

Given their rock-solid recent defensive record and the likelihood that Tunisia will struggle going forward, Denmark are fancied for a comfortable victory.

Tunisia scored five times in five games at the Africa Cup of Nations and four of those came in a win over Mauritania. The north Africans were beaten by Burkina Faso in the quarter-final of that tournament and lack the cutting edge of others in this group.

Denmark have scored at least twice in six of their last eight matches, against a tougher level of opposition than this, and they are fancied to overcome a one-goal deficit on the handicap as they stake an early claim to top this section.

Key stat

Denmark have scored at least two goals in six of their last eight games.

Team news

Denmark
Andreas Christensen is only just back from injury but should be fit enough to feature.

Tunisia
Ellyes Skhiri has suffered a cheekbone fracture but is expected to start wearing a custom fitted mask.

Probable teams

Denmark (4-3-3) Schmeichel; Wass, Christensen, Kjaer, Maehle; Eriksen, Delaney, Hojbjerg; Skov, Dolberg, Damsgaard

Tunisia (4-3-3) Dahmen; Drager, Talbi, Bronn, Abdi; Laidouni, Skhiri, Chaalali; Slimane, Msakni, Khazri

Inside info

Denmark

Top scorer in probable team Christian Eriksen
Star player Christian Eriksen
Penalty taker Christian Eriksen
Assist ace Mikel Damsgaard
Set-piece aerial threat Simon Kjaer
Card magnet Thomas Delaney

Tunisia

Top scorer in probable team Wabhi Khazri
Star player Wabhi Khazri
Penalty taker Wabhi Khazri
Assist ace Youssef Msanki
Set-piece aerial threat Montassar Talbi
Card magnet Ghailan Chaalali

Denmark v Tunisia Bet Builder

Mikel Damsgaard assist
Mikel Damsgaard was the star of Denmark's run to the Euros semi-final and registered five assists in six qualifiers.
Denmark to win
Denmark won nine of their ten qualifiers and beat France home and away in the Nations League.
Both teams not to score
Tunisia were blanked in three of their five Africa Cup of Nations games this year.

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