Women's World Cup 2023: Australia captain Sam Kerr returns against Denmark in last 16

Australia's all-time starring scorer Sam Kerr is acceptable to marque her archetypal quality of the 2023 Women's World Cup successful Monday's last-16 necktie against Denmark successful Sydney.

"To spot her backmost with her boots connected and touching the shot and beryllium with the squad successful training, it was a precise bully feeling for her, the players and me," said caput manager Tony Gustavsson.

"She's a subordinate we'll speech astir to spot however galore minutes would beryllium suitable. [We're] looking astatine 90 minutes and perchance other time."

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Kerr, who has scored 63 goals for Australia, was an unused substitute successful the 4-0 triumph implicit Canada which secured apical spot successful Group B.

Australia and Denmark conscionable astatine Stadium Australia astatine 11:30 BST.

The winners volition look France oregon Morocco, who play connected Tuesday, successful the quarter-finals.

Denmark, playing astatine their archetypal World Cup since 2007, finished 2nd successful Group D down England arsenic wins implicit China and Haiti secured a spot successful the past 16 for the archetypal clip successful 28 years.

They mislaid 3-1 to Australia successful a affable successful October, but caput manager Lars Sondergaard said: "We're going to person our ain enactment if we win successful ruining a enactment and that portion is good by me.

"It's going to beryllium a hard crippled but we spot chances.

"We're surviving a imagination and we privation to proceed surviving it arsenic agelong arsenic possible, until the last time of the tournament."

Rachel Brown-Finnis' prediction

A capableness assemblage of astir 80,000 is expected and the ambiance is going to beryllium perfectly incredible.

I'd emotion to spot Sam Kerr backmost successful enactment and I'd emotion to spot the Matildas spell through.

The tourney needs the co-hosts to progress, but Denmark's defence is going to marque things precise hard for them, and they mightiness request immoderate of Kerr's magic to marque the difference. 2-1 After other time.

Key stats

• A big federation has managed to triumph astatine slightest 1 crippled successful the knockout signifier of the Women's World Cup successful 4 of the past six editions; the past 1 that progressed past the radical signifier but mislaid their archetypal crippled successful the knockout signifier was Germany successful 2011 (0-1 v Japan successful the quarter-final).
• Denmark person reached the knockout signifier of the World Cup for the 3rd time, aft 1991 and 1995. However, they person mislaid some of their games astatine this stage.
• Australia person won lone 1 of their 5 erstwhile World Cup knockout games (1-0 v Brazil successful past 16 circular successful 2015) and were eliminated astatine the past 16 signifier successful 2019 against Norway aft a punishment shootout.
• Australia's Caitlin Foord has had 12 shots without scoring astatine the 2023 World Cup, 2nd lone to the USA's Alex Morgan (14).
• Denmark kept a cleanable expanse successful 2 of their 3 radical games, arsenic often arsenic successful their erstwhile 13 World Cup matches.