Australia and Denmark face off in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Round of 16 on Monday afternoon for a place in the quarter-finals. It was at this stage in 2019 that saw Australia bowed out. That setback ended a run of three straight Women’s World Cup quarter-final berths. With or without their influential captain Sam Kerr the Matildas are seeking a fourth last-eight appearance. Australia booked their spot in the knockouts as Group B winners, ahead of Nigeria, Canada and the Republic of Ireland. The Matildas were in danger of being eliminated following their defeat against Nigeria, but they rallied in a win-or-bust game against Canada to qualify. They dispatched the Olympic champions 4-0 to book their spot in the last 16 for the fifth straight time. Meanwhile, Denmark qualified as runners-up in Group D, behind England and ahead of China PR and Haiti. Pernille Harder and Sanne Troelsgaard scored in either half to inspire De rod-hvide to a routine 2-0 win over Haiti in their final group game to qualify for the knockouts for the first time since 1995. However, for this game, I am expecting a win for Australia for the following reasons:

Firstly. In the group stage, Australia finished first with six points from three matches. The only bad match for them came in the second round against Nigeria (3-2 loss), but in the last round, they dominantly won 4-0 versus Canada and secured the first position. In that last game, they converted most of their goal-scoring opportunities. If they repeat that rate of conversion, Australia will have great chances to win against Denmark too. The ease with which they brushed aside the Olympic Champions is a testament to how good they are, and would have given a boost to their confidence going into the knockout rounds.

Secondly. Australia will have the advantage of having the home crowd strongly behind them. And in the absence of Sam Kerr, it’s Caitlin Foord who Australia have looked to and for good reason, the forward comes into this round of 16 matches having registered seven goals across her last 11 international matches. And, they will be hoping to draw inspiration from their previous meeting with the Danes when the Matildas came from behind to claim a 3-1 win in a friendly encounter.

Both teams showed some flaws, but Australia, in the decisive match versus Canada, showed how good they are, while Denmark really struggled in their win against lowly-placed Haiti. Australia would have been buoyed by their dominant performance in their final group game against Canada, and I think that they will go ahead to beat Denmark in this game and book their place in the quarter-finals.

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周一下午，澳大利亚和丹麦将在2023年女足世界杯16强赛中展开对决，争夺1 / 4决赛的席位。正是在2019年的这个阶段，澳大利亚退出了。这一挫折结束了女足在世界杯四分之一决赛中连续三次晋级的局面。不管有没有队长萨姆·科尔，马蒂尔达斯都在寻求第四次进入八强。澳大利亚以B组第一的身份锁定了淘汰赛席位，领先于尼日利亚、加拿大和爱尔兰。在输给尼日利亚队之后，马蒂尔达队一度面临被淘汰的危险，但他们在对阵加拿大的比赛中奋起反击，晋级世界杯。他们以4比0击败了奥运会冠军，连续第五次进入16强。与此同时，丹麦以D组亚军的身份出线，落后于英格兰，领先于中国和海地。在小组赛的最后一场比赛中，佩尼尔·哈德和桑娜·特洛尔斯加德分别在上半场和下半场各进一球，帮助球队以2:0击败海地，自1995年以来首次晋级淘汰赛。然而，对于这场比赛，我希望澳大利亚能赢，原因如下:

首先。在小组赛中，澳大利亚三场比赛积6分排名第一。唯一一场表现不佳的比赛是在第二轮与尼日利亚的比赛中(2 - 3负于对手)，但在上一轮中，他们以4-0战胜了加拿大，确保了第一的位置。在最后一场比赛中，他们转化了大部分进球机会。如果他们保持这样的转换率，澳大利亚也将有很大的机会战胜丹麦。他们轻松地击败了奥运会冠军，这证明了他们是多么的优秀，并将增强他们进入淘汰赛的信心。

其次。澳大利亚的优势在于拥有强大的主场球迷支持。在山姆·科尔缺席的情况下，澳大利亚期待的是凯特琳·福特，这是有充分理由的，这位前锋在最近11场国际比赛中打进7球，进入本轮16场比赛。而且，他们希望能从之前与丹麦人的友谊赛中获得灵感，当时马蒂尔达斯队在友谊赛中后来居上，以3-1获胜。

两支球队都有一些缺点，但澳大利亚队在与加拿大的决定性比赛中表现出了他们的实力，而丹麦队在战胜排名靠后的海地队时表现得非常艰难。澳大利亚队在小组赛最后一场对阵加拿大的比赛中表现出色，我认为他们将在这场比赛中击败丹麦队，进入四分之一决赛。

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