The opening match in European Championship Group B sees Denmark take on Finland in Copenhagen on Saturday and the Danes start as firm favourites.

Group B Betting Update

Shop around for the best prices but as a guide Belgium are the favourites to top this quartet at around 8/11 with Denmark next best at 9/4, Russia 5/1 and Finland are trading at around 22/1. To make it out of the group Russia are roughly 4/10 and Finland can be backed at around 5/2.

Denmark

In qualifying for these finals Denmark finished as runners up to Switzerland by 1 point, unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 draws, scoring 23 goals and conceding just 6. Rep of Ireland were third with Georgia well back in fourth and Gibraltar were the whipping boys.

Denmark's World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign is already flying after wins in Israel (2-0), home to Moldova (8-0) and in Austria (4-0).

In a couple of recent warm ups Denmark drew 1-1 with Germany and beat Bosnia Herzegovina 2-0.

Denmark's odds to win the tournament are around 25/1

Finland

Finland finished as distant runners up to Italy in their qualification group with Greece, Bosnia Herzegovina and Armenia missing out and Lichtenstein were the also rans. They won 6 and lost 4 of their group qualifiers, scoring 16 goals and conceding 10. Finland lost twice to Italy but 4 home wins against their main rivals for the runners place saw them through.

World Cup 2022 qualifying has started with a couple of draws, 1-1 with Ukraine and 2-2 with Bosnia Herzegovina

The most notable recent friendly matches saw Finland lose to Switzerland (3-2), Sweden (2-0) and Estonia (1-0)

In the outright betting to win the tournament Finland are trading at around 500/1

The Betting

Denmark are trading at around 9/20 to win the game with the draw at 3/1 and Finland can be backed at around 8/1

A game of 3 goals or more is priced at 27/20 and it's 29/20 for both teams to score.

Note, odds are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

The Verdict:

With Belgium and Russia for company in this group Denmark can't afford to drop points against a Finland side who have had poor results in their warm ups.

With home advantage another factor I believe Denmark will get the job done in a game of at least 2 goals in total.

Bets: Match result and total match goals, Denmark win and over 1.5 total goals? yes at 9/10

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Note, odds are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

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