Germany’s race for a ninth major title continues on Saturday when they face Denmark in a round of 16 encounter. The two nations had contrasting runs at the group stage, Denmark drawing all three games and Germany winning two. Germany will now be eyeing a 10th regulation time win in 12 round of 16 matches at a major tournament. As hosts, they come here bearing the favorites tag and a seven-game unbeaten run in 2024. This run was however almost broken in their last game. They needed a late Niclas Fullkrug goal to salvage a 1-1 draw with Switzerland, even though they had already secured qualification. One area of concern for the Germans will be their defence, having managed just one clean sheet in their last four matches. Their Match Day 2 win over Hungary passes as the only time the Germans kept a clean sheet in nine European Championship matches.
Denmark finished second in Group C despite failing to win any of their three matches in the group. They drew all the matches, with the most recent ending 0-0 against Serbia. That came after identical 1-1 draws with England and Slovenia in their opening two matches. These results mean Denmark, who reached the semis in the last edition, have now failed to win in their last four Euro matches. They’ve also failed to beat Germany in their last four meetings, with the last two ending in draws. Denmark’s only competitive meeting with Germany in the last eight, happened to be a European Championship game. This was in 2012, and Germany registered a 2-1 win. Denmark. Can be tough to crack, and they come here unbeaten in their last seven matches. They’ve suffered just one defeat in their last 15 matches.
Our prediction for Germany v Denmark is for a draw at 90 minutes. These two nations come here on unbeaten runs. Denmark haven't lost any of their last seven matches, though four of them ended in draws. They have just one loss in their last 15 matches and can be quite a challenging opponent. Germany haven't lost in four matches against Denmark but three of those were draws. They had to battle to a draw with Switzerland in their final group game. In this game, we expect these two sides to end it all even in regular time.