Slovenia and Denmark clash on Sunday to kick things off in Group C of Euro 2024 at the Stuttgart Arena.
SLO vs DEN Match Details
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2024
Time: 18:00 (CET), 21:30 (IST)
Venue: MHPArena, Stuttgart
SLO vs DEN Match Preview
Slovenia are appearing for just the second European Championship history after having the joint-longest gap between two tournaments for any side with 24 years. Their debut edition in 2000 ended with a bottom-place finish without winning a single game in their group and collecting just two points. Manager Matjaž Kek wishes to change that in Euro 2024 carrying the best generation of players Slovenia has produced so far. Kek’s team had a remarkable qualifying campaign, only finishing behind Denmark due to head-to-head, also upsetting Portugal in their six-game unbeaten run build-up to the tournament. However, Slovenia knows their chance for the knockouts is limited after being placed in the same group with the Danes again in the finals. Serbia and last edition’s finalists England are the other members. They open the tournament facing Denmark whom they last lost a game against and haven’t beaten them in six meetings. The side hopes to achieve a remarkable result in the first competitive meet. Here’s a detailed look at Slovenia Team Analysis for Euro 2024
Denmark’s Christain Eriksen suffered a serious health crisis in the last Euros which drove the team’s spirit resulting in a memorable run to the semifinals. Now with the star midfielder back to giving the best to his national team, the Danish Dynamite are hoping for another powerful display more so after failing at the group stage in the World Cup two years ago. Kasper Hjulmand’s team finished top of their group despite a tight qualifying campaign and stayed unbeaten for a year keeping the shock losses to Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland aside. Denmark beat Slovenia in that period and will face them again for the Euro 2024 opener wishing to maintain their three-game winning streak. The Euro 92 champions are targeting the top two in their group for absolute certainty of their spot in the last-16. Facing the side that eliminated them last time in England next followed by Serbia in the final game, Denmark knows any point dropped will ultimately prove to be costly at the end. Read more here Denmark Team Analysis Euro 2024
Recent Form (all competitions)
SLO: WDWWD
DEN: LDWWW
SLO vs DEN Predicted Lineups
Slovenia
Oblak; Stojanovic, Blazic, Bijol, Janza; Horvat, Gnezda Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar; Sesko, Sporar
Denmark
Schmeichel; Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard; Maehle, Hojbjerg, Hjulmand, Kristiansen; Eriksen; Hojlund, Damsgaard
SLO vs DEN Head-to-Head
Played: 6
SLO won: 0
Drawn: 1
DEN won: 5
SLO vs DEN Dream11 Match Prediction
Slovenia and Denmark will likely be involved in a gritty battle but the Danes might knick the victory using their tournament experience. We predict a 2-1 win.
SLO vs DEN Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Christian Eriksen
Vice-captain Pick: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
SLO vs DEN Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Oblak (Cr - 8)
DEF: Stojanovic (Cr - 8.5), Christensen (Cr - 8.5), Bijol (Cr - 8)
MID: Eriksen (Cr - 9), Hojbjerg (Cr - 8), Cerin (7.5), Mlakar (7)
FW: Sporar (Cr - 8), Hojlund (Cr - 8.5), Sesko (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
Captain: Christian Eriksen
