Portugal’s first match since record goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo’s retirement from international football ended in heavy defeat as Denmark stayed on course to join the Selecao in the Nations League quarter-finals with victory at the Estadio Municipal in Braga.
The Selecao are assured of a place in the quarter-finals in March and would have won Group A4 had they avoided defeat against a rival who started six points behind them in second place.
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Portugal team against Denmark
Portugal: Diogo Costa, Alberto, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Dalot, Ruben Neves, Vitinha, Pedro Neto, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Felix, Goncalo Ramos
Denmark team against Portugal in the League of Nations
Denmark: Hermansen, Bah, Andersen, Provstgaard, Maehle, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Isaksen, Damsgaard, Daramy, Hojlund
Portugal vs Denmark stats, Nations League form
- Portugal had won five and lost one of the last six meetings between these teams, including a 4-2 win in Copenhagen on Matchday 3.
- Their previous home game against Denmark had been a 5-2 extra-time win in the quarter-finals of the last edition to complete a 5-3 aggregate victory.
- The Selecao had trailed 3-2 on aggregate in that game before Francisco Trincao scored in the 86th and 91st minutes and Goncalo Ramos added another in the 115th.
- They had been unbeaten in their previous seven Nations League games (W6, D1) and their most recent 10 during the group stage (W8 D2).
- This was the first time he had started a Nations League campaign with four consecutive wins, Goncalo Ramos helping by scoring in his last three games in the competition.
- Twenty-two of Denmark’s last 23 Nations League games have featured at least one goal, while striker Hojlund has scored in four of his five games this campaign and each of his last three.
- Denmark have won five and lost 12 of the 19 meetings between the teams, with their two draws coming in 2010 World Cup qualifying in Copenhagen in September 2009 (1-1) and in Sheffield during the EURO 1996 group stage.