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Thu 1 Oct 2026

Denmark v Portugal

29%Denmark
30%Draw
41%Portugal

Portugal, just.

Tested

Portugal win about 41 times in 100. The other 59: a draw (30) or a Denmark win (29).

Forecast by Vesta, published Thursday 1 October 2026, 17:41 CEST on our social channels, before kickoff.

Final score 2–4: Vesta gave this result 41%. The favourite came through.
3 or more goals41%
Both teams score48%
Expected goals1.0 v 1.3
Most likely score1-114% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals90%
2 or more goals68%
3 or more goals41%
4 or more goals21%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals10%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals20%
4 goals12%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals3%

Goals by team

Tested
Denmark: 1 or more65%
Denmark: 2 or more28%
Denmark: 3 or more9%
Portugal: 1 or more73%
Portugal: 2 or more37%
Portugal: 3 or more14%
Both teams score48%
At least one team does not score52%

Winning margin

Tested
Denmark by 3 or more3%
Denmark by 28%
Denmark by 118%
Draw30%
Portugal by 122%
Portugal by 212%
Portugal by 3 or more7%

Result combinations

Tested
Denmark win or draw59%
Either team wins (no draw)70%
Portugal win or draw71%

Clean sheets

Tested
Denmark keep a clean sheet27%
Portugal keep a clean sheet35%
Denmark win without conceding17%
Portugal win without conceding25%
No goals at all10%

The first goal

Model estimate
Denmark score first40%
Portugal score first49%
No goals10%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1527%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6012%
Minutes 61-758%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Denmark goals down, Portugal goals across. The outlined one happened.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
010.411.87.93.41.10.3
19.514.08.33.61.20.3
25.26.74.61.90.60.2
31.82.31.50.70.20.1
40.50.60.40.20.1·
50.10.10.1···

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half64%
A goal in the second half72%
Denmark ahead at half-time23%
Level at half-time46%
Portugal ahead at half-time30%
Denmark win the second half25%
Second half level41%
Portugal win the second half34%
More goals in the first half29%
More goals in the second half42%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Denmark ahead at half-time, Denmark win16%
Level at half-time, Denmark win11%
Portugal ahead at half-time, Denmark win1%
Denmark ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw20%
Portugal ahead at half-time, draw5%
Denmark ahead at half-time, Portugal win2%
Level at half-time, Portugal win15%
Portugal ahead at half-time, Portugal win24%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
DenmarkPortugal

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works