Stats ahead of Northern Ireland v Denmark
Denmark are unbeaten in all six of their previous home matches against Northern Ireland in all competitions (W4 D2), keeping four clean sheets.Northern Ireland have won two of their last three games against Denmark (L1), after only winning one of their first 10 meetings with the Danes (D5 L4).Northern Ireland have won just one of their last 24 matches against nations ranked inside the top 25 of the FIFA rankings (D5 L18), though it was a win against Denmark in November 2023.Denmark have won 23 of their last 26 home matches in all competitions (D1 L2) and are unbeaten in each of their last 16 friendlies on home soil (W13 D3), since a 2-1 loss to France in October 2015.Northern Ireland are winless in each of their last three matches (D2 L1), their longest run since going five without victory between March and September 2023.Denmark have lost two of their four matches under manager Brian Riemer (W1 D1), the same number of defeats as they suffered across their final 16 games under their previous permanent manager Kasper Hjulmand (W9 D5).Christian Eriksen has been directly involved in four goals in his last five Denmark appearances, both scoring and assisting against Switzerland in October, and last time out against Portugal.Isaac Price has scored in each of his last three national team appearances, with David Healy in August 2007 the last player to score in four successive outings for Northern Ireland.All data provided by Opta
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