Denmark v Austria: Women’s EURO semi-final facts

• A new UEFA Women’s EURO finalists is positive as Denmark take on associate warn package Austria in Breda.

• Denmark’s 3 Group A games finished 1-0, victories opposite Belgium and Norway sandwiching a better by hosts a Netherlands. That left them second in a territory and confronting Group B winners Germany, though in a diversion deferred to Sunday due to complicated sleet in Rotterdam, Denmark dumbfounded a holders with a 2-1 quip victory.

• Austria surfaced Group C, as they degraded Switzerland 1-0, hold France 1-1 and saw off Iceland 3-0. In a quarter-finals in Tilburg on Sunday they kick Spain 5-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

Semi-final pedigree
• While Austria are in their initial large tournament, Denmark are in their sixth UEFA Women’s EURO semi-final.

• Denmark have mislaid all 5 prior semi-finals, some-more than any other nation:
2013: 1-1, 2-4pens v Norway
2001: 0-1 v Sweden
1993: 0-1 v Norway
1991: 0-0, 7-8pens v Norway
1984: 1-3agg v England

Previous meetings
• These teams’ usually prior rival matches were in 2013 qualifying, where Denmark won 3-0 during home with a Pernille Harder hat-trick. With initial place and a mark in Sweden already secure, they afterwards mislaid 3-1 in Austria, Verena Aschauer scoring and Nina Burder adding dual before a Nadia Nadim consolation. Austria went into a play-offs, losing to Russia.

• More recently they played in Weiner Neustadt on 6 Jul in a accessible won 4-2 by Austria, their initial feat opposite any of a nations in these finals given Mar 2014. Nicole Billa scored for Austria within 40 seconds and nonetheless Katrine Veje equalised, Sarah Zadrazil struck twice possibly side of another Billa idea before Stine Larsen pulled one back.

Miscellaneous
• Austria are a initial debutants to strech a semi-finals given a Netherlands in 2009. Since a introduction of a organisation theatre in 1997 no finals debutants have done it to a decider.

• Austria or Denmark will be a initial new finalists given Italy in 1993, and usually a sixth republic to make a decider; Sweden and England (first tournament, 1984), Norway (1987) and West Germany (1989) were a others along with a Azzurre.