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Portugal and Denmark have announced their starting line-ups for their UEFA Nations League Matchday 5 encounter at the Estadio Municipal de Braga on Saturday. Portugal enters the fixture needing only to avoid defeat to secure first place in Group A4, having already guaranteed a spot in the March quarter-finals. Meanwhile, Denmark sits in second place, trailing by six points, and can also punch their ticket to the last eight with a victory, provided Norway fails to win its simultaneous home match against Wales. On Matchday 4, Portugal secured a 2-1 home victory over Norway, while Denmark claimed a 1-0 away win against Wales.
Confirmed Starting Line-Ups
Portugal will be without right-winger Francisco Conceicao, who is serving a suspension. The Selecao starting eleven features Diogo Costa, Alberto, Ruben Dias, Renato Veiga, Dalot, Ruben Neves, Vitinha, Pedro Neto, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Felix, and Goncalo Ramos. Substitutes for Portugal are yet to be confirmed.
Denmark’s starting line-up consists of Hermansen, Bah, Andersen, Provstgaard, Maehle, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Isaksen, Damsgaard, Daramy, and Hojlund. The Danish substitutes list will follow.
Broadcast and Viewing Information
Kick-off is scheduled for Saturday at 19:45 GMT, corresponding to 14:45 ET and 11:45 PT. In the United Kingdom, the match will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video for £2.49, with streaming available through the companion app. Viewers in the United States can watch the game on Fox, Fubo, and ViX. Supporters residing outside the UK and US can consult UEFA’s official Nations League broadcaster list to locate coverage in their respective regions.
Match Stats and Tournament Form
Historically, Portugal holds the upper hand with five wins and one loss in the last six encounters against Denmark, which includes a 4-2 victory in Copenhagen on Matchday 3. Their most recent home fixture against the Danish side resulted in a 5-2 win after extra time during the quarter-finals of the previous tournament edition, completing a 5-3 aggregate triumph. In that dramatic match, Portugal overcame a 3-2 aggregate deficit thanks to late goals from Francisco Trincao in the 86th and 91st minutes, followed by a 115th-minute strike from Goncalo Ramos.
Portugal enters this clash boasting a seven-match unbeaten run in the Nations League, alongside a 10-game unbeaten streak in the group stage consisting of six wins and one draw in the former, and eight wins and two draws in the latter. This campaign marks the first time Portugal has ever opened a Nations League tournament with four consecutive victories, powered in part by Goncalo Ramos finding the net in his last three tournament appearances. For Denmark, 21 out of their last 22 Nations League matches have produced at least one goal, and forward Rasmus Hojlund has scored in three of his four outings this campaign, including each of the last two.
Overall, Denmark has claimed four victories and suffered 12 defeats across 18 total meetings with Portugal. The only two stalemates between the two nations occurred during 2010 World Cup qualifying in Copenhagen in September 2009 with a 1-1 scoreline, and during the group stage of EURO 1996 in Sheffield.
