LIVE: Matildas claim binned ahead of do-or-die clash

Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson has slapped down speech of favouritism among the bookmakers connected the cusp of Australia's knockout clash with Denmark.

Gustavsson opened up connected the Matildas' information erstwhile asked astir the team's favouritism.

"I deliberation this squad has been precise wide going into this tourney that they don't play to beryllium anyone incorrect oregon play for outer reasons. They play for their 'why' and they privation something," Gustavsson said.

"(You) mightiness look astatine rankings and spot that we're favourites, but look astatine those teams ranked 10, 11, 12, 13 successful the world, look astatine wherever their players are playing. I'd accidental it's a 50-50 crippled successful that sense.

"These players person besides proven that erstwhile you play a crippled that is simply a do-or-die crippled it's backs against the wall. It's a do-or-die crippled (against Denmark). It was the circular of 32 erstwhile we played Canada, this is the circular of 16. It's this 1 moment, 1 crippled and the players cognize that.

"But they besides cognize their 'why' erstwhile they measurement onto the tract and arsenic Caitlin (Foord) said earlier, they are focused connected themselves and their performance, and they cognize if we execute arsenic bully arsenic we can, we cognize that we tin bushed anyone.

"But successful this World Cup I cognize for definite that if you don't, you tin suffer against anyone."