Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Denmark
Match Time & Date:
5 September 2025
19:45
Prediction: 2-1
Scotland
After crushing Lithuania 5-0 in their last friendly game, Denmark will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Scotland in the opening match of their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Danes were producing fine performances in June friendlies, beating both Northern Ireland and Lithuania, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against a solid Scotland side. It has to be noted that all Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rasmus Hojlund, Kasper Dolberg, and Andreas Christensen made the cut.
The Scotts, on the other hand, aim to build on a splendid 4-0 win over Liechtenstein. Scotland are eyeing their first appearance at the World Cup finals since 1998 and given the number of high-profile players in Steve Clarke’s team, they are surely capable of securing a top-two finish in Group C. Denmark, though, are a real force to be reckoned with at home and we predict that they will pick up all three points from Friday’s clash. A man to watch in the away team will be Napoli ace Scott McTominay, with all Gannon Doak, Lyndon Dykes, and Aaron Hickey returning to the squad.
Highlighted Player (Christian Eriksen):
Christian Eriksen born on 14th of February 1992 is a Danish football who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur. Eriksen played in the youth of Odense BK and Ajax Amsterdam where he got picked up by Tottenham Hotspur after 3 seasons.
On 29th of August Eriksen got transferred for 13 million euro and is one of the most expensive Danish football players of all time. Christian Eriksen made his debut in March 2010 for the Danish national team and was the youngest player during the World Cup in 2010.
So far Eriksen played for over 200 club games for Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur. Eriksen is known for his great passing skills and game overview. In his career Eriksen managed to become national champion with Ajax 3 times and won several individual prices for being one of the most talented player of the moment.
Highlighted Team (Scotland):
Despite being part of United Kingdom Scotland participate in football competitions as an independent country. The Scots qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals, but the SFA eventually withdrew their entry as they were not British champions. Four years later Scotland national football team participated at the showpiece tournament in Switzerland, but they were eliminated in the group stages.
Scotland booked their place at the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, but they have not played a match at the finals of the major tournament since 1998. On the other hand, the Scotts participated at both Euro 1992 and Euro 1996, but they failed to qualify for the knockout stages at the tournaments in Sweden and England respectively. A number of Premier League stars played for the Scotland national football team in the past and Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch, Archie Gemmill and Lawrie Reilly are the footballers who made more than 50 appearances for Scotland, with Alan Hutton and Scott Brown joining the list recently.
The Scotts recorded their biggest win back in February 23, 1901, with the team rolling over Ireland 11-0. The team suffered their biggest defeat against Uruguay (0-7) in June, 1954. Gordon Strachan’s team welcome their opponents at Hampden Park.
Georgia 
Turkey
Bulgaria 
Spain
Liechtenstein
Belgium
Luxembourg 
Northern Ireland 
Netherlands 
Poland 
Slovakia 
Germany
