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Enlarge PhotoDenmark's Christian Poulsen (L), Simon Kjaer (2nd R) and Simon Poulsen (R) celebrate after their... Denmark play Japan in their final Group E match of the World Cup on Thursday.Where: Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg.
Capacity: 44,000
When: Thursday June 24, 2030 local (1830 GMT)
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
World ranking: Denmark 36, Japan 45
Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals:
* misses next match if booked
Denmark (4-4-2) Japan (4-5-1)
*1-Thomas Sorensen 34-88-0 21-Eiji Kawashima 27-12-0
4-Daniel Agger 25-34-3 *2-Yuki Abe 28-46-3
13-Per Kroldrup 30-30-0 22-Yuji Nakazawa 32-107-17
6-Lars Jacobsen 30-33-0 4-Tulio 29-41-8
15-Simon Poulsen 26-7-0 3-Yuichi Komano 28-55-0
2-Christian Poulsen 30-76-6 5-Yuto Nagatomo 23-28-3
10-Martin Jorgensen 34-98-12 16-Yo****o Okubo 28-52-5
8-Jesper Gronkjaer 32-80-5 7-Yasuhito Endo 30-96-8
19-Dennis Rommedahl 31-98-17 17-Makoto Hasebe 26-33-1
9-Jon Dahl Tomasson 33-111-51 8-Daisuke Matsui 29-25-1
11-Nicklas Bendtner 22-34-12 18-Keisuke Honda 24-17-5
Also available:
16-Stephan Andersen 28-7-0 1-Seigo Narazaki 34-76-0
22-Jesper Christiansen 32-11-0 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 34-117-0
12-Thomas Kahlenberg 27-33-3 12-Kisho Yano 26-19-2
23-Patrick Mtiliga 29-4-0 15-Yasuyuki Konno 27-37-0
5-William Kvist 25-14-0 13-Daiki Iwamasa 28-2-0
14-Jakob Poulsen 26-14-1 20-Junichi Inamoto 30-81-5
20-Thomas Enevoldsen 22-7-1 14-Kengo Nakamura 29-47-5
21-Christian Eriksen 18-4-0 6-Atsuto Uchida 22-31-1
7-Daniel Jensen 30-50-3 9-Shinji Okazaki 24-30-16
18-Soren Larsen 28-19-11 10-Shunsuke Nakamura 31-98-24
17-Mikkel Beckmann 26-6-0 11-Keiji Tamada 30-71-16
19-Takayuki Morimoto 22-6-1
Trainer - Morten Olsen Takeshi Okada
Injured - None
Suspended - 3-Simon Kjaer 21-11-0 None
Changes:
* Danish defender Per Kroldrup will replace suspended Simon Kjaer in the only probable change from the team that beat Cameroon.
* Japan coach Takeshi Okada is expected to name the same starting line-up for the third consecutive match.
Key stats:
* Danish coach Morten Olsen played in his country's only previous meeting with Japan.
* Denmark's 2-1 win over Cameroon in their last match was the first time they had come from behind to win a match at a World Cup.
Previous meeting:
28.07.71 Copenhagen Denmark 3 Japan 2
GROUP E STANDINGS:
P W D L F A PTS
* Netherlands 2 2 0 0 3 0 6
Japan 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
Denmark 2 1 0 1 2 3 3
Cameroon 2 0 0 2 1 3 0
* qualified for the second round.
Group results
June 14
Netherlands 2 Denmark 0
Japan 1 Cameroon 0
June 19
Netherlands 1 Japan 0
Cameroon 1 Denmark 2
Fixture
June 24
Cameroon v Netherlands, Cape Town 1830 GMT
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(Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by Tom Pilcher)
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