AGF-Randers preview

Sunday 2/8 13.30

AGF (4th) have had a pretty good start and it is for a good reason. The summer signings have really improved their quality. AGF have a strong passing game and they seem fairly difficult to dominate. Offensively, the perhaps lack a player with some dribbling skills to create chances, but in Mate Vatsadze they have a very efficient striker. AGF will be without central defender Piscu, who is suspended. He will be replace by fellow new signing Josip Elez, who is expected to have the same level. Randers (5th) won 3-0 in the last match against FC Nordsjælland which was quite remarkable, but truth is that Randers were very efficient (4 shots on target) and played a rather poor match. They look solid at the back, but they have really been struggling in front of goal (evident in their Europa League campaign). A part of the explanation is the absence of the injured duo of Kasper Fisker (assist leader last season) and Mikael Ishak (top goalscorer last season). Randers are typically fairly strong in the centre of the pitch, but veteran Christian Keller has not impressed in the central midfield so far.

This looks like the most probable draw of the round with two teams that are better at hard and solid work than creativity and beautiful attacking football. Therefore we pick the draw here, but if we were to pick sides, we would probably go for AGF, since we expect them to take charge of the midfield and be in the driving seat.

Idea: X – 3.40 at Unibet