Australia vs. Denmark Bet Builder Tips: Four-legged bet for Wednesday's Group D eliminator
With France all but confirmed to top Group D, Australia have positioned themselves in the driving seat to finish second ahead of Wednesday's opponents Denmark should they avoid defeat.
Here are our best Bet Builder tips for the match using BoyleSports' multi betting feature.
Australia vs Denmark Odds
Australia vs Denmark Bet Builder Tips
Simply put this is a must win game for Kasper Hjulmand's side. Australia have a two-point advantage over the Danes going into Wednesday's head-to-head, and that should dictate exactly how it unfolds.
The Aussies will happily award possession to maintain a compact defensive shape and keep their opponents at bay. This will likely work to a tee for a good portion of this meeting as well. But Denmark's relentless wave after wave of attacks will eventually see the Socceroos falter.
Although they've yet to show it at this year's tournament, Denmark are a force to be reckoned with. There were glimpses on display during the European semi-finalists slender defeat to World champions France. The magnitude of this one is certainly the type to bring out a performance from them, which is why we're starting out this Bet Builder with a Denmark win.
The next leg looks to Christian Eriksen to hit over 1.5 shots in the match. Since making his return to the Premier League with Brentford and now at Manchester United, Christian Eriksen has found himself overpriced in the shots markets. The midfielder - who isn't afraid to have a pop from range - is on set-piece duties for both club and country, and has let off three shots in Qatar so far.
He successfully met this line in Denmark's most recent outing with France, and has had 2+ shots on 6/13 occasions in the Premier League this term. A lot of the Danish build-up play comes through Eriksen, who receives the ball in and around the opposition box multiple times during any given match.
With so much emphasis on the favourites to make something happen in this one, expect Eriksen to register a couple of shots on the Aussie goal.
We also like the look of Christian Eriksen to make at least one tackle. Despite being known for the technical aspects of his game the 30-year-old doesn't shy from his defensive duties.
While he can rely on club partner Casemiro and international teammate Hojbjerg to complete the majority of his side's grunt work, he's still averaging just under a tackle per game for United and Denmark.
For all of the Danes' expected dominance Australia will still have chances. And winning the ball in areas higher up the pitch could be pivotal in winning the tie for Denmark.
Completing our four-legged bet is for Jackson Irvine to have one shot himself. The Melbourne-born midfielder might be familiar to some UK football fans having enjoyed spells at Kilmarnock, Ross County, Burton Albion, Hull City and Hibernian before moving to the second division in Germany.
He's registered a shot in each of his games at this World Cup Finals, and Wednesday should provide him with another opportunity to get off an attempt on goal in one of his side's counter attacks.
