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Aaron Mooy vs Christian Eriksen: The battle to decide Australia's World Cup clash with Denmark

The Premier League playmakers get set to meet in Samara and their delivery from set-pieces could prove to be decisive

Denmark face Australia in their second World Cup Group C game on Thursday, with the match’s decisive battle likely to be between Christian Eriksen and Aaron Mooy.

The Danes opened their World Cup account with a 1-0 win over Peru, with the winning goal orchestrated by Eriksen, who set up Yussuf Poulsen to score following a counter-attack.

Australia, meanwhile, battled hard against France and were unlucky to lose 2-1 with the winner coming in the 80th minute via a deflected goal.