Portugal’s first match since record scorer Cristiano Ronaldo’s retirement from international football ended in a heavy defeat as Denmark stayed on course to join the Selecao in the Nations League quarter-finals with victory at the Estadio Municipal de Braga.
The Selecao are certain of a place in the quarter-finals in March and would have won Group A4 if they had avoided defeat to opponents who started six points behind them in second.
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Portugal team vs Denmark
Portugal: Diogo Costa, Alberto, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Dalot, Ruben Neves, Vitinha, Pedro Neto, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Felix, Goncalo Ramos
Denmark team vs Portugal in Nations League
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 win after extra time in the quarter-finals of the last edition to complete a 5-3 aggregate victory
- The Selecao had been 3-2 behind 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 preceding seven Nations League matches (W6 D1) and their most recent 10 during the group stage (W8 D2)
- This was the first time they have started a Nations League campaign with four straight wins, Goncalo Ramos helping by scoring in their last three games in the competition
- Twenty-two of Denmark’s last 23 Nations League matches have featured at least one goal, while forward Hojlund has scored in four of their five games in the current campaign and each of the last three
- Denmark have won five and lost 12 of the 19 meetings between the teams, with their two draws coming during World Cup 2010 qualifying in Copenhagen in September 2009 (1-1) and in Sheffield during the group stage of EURO 1996
