Brøndby-FC Copenhagen

Saturday 28/9 16.00

Number 9 against number 11. Well, we guess no one expected this round 10 match to be a battle in the bottom when the league kicked off. Lately things have been improving for both teams so we should expect a match between two confident teams in front of a full stadium. Brøndby (11th) have two wins in a row. The wins have been “big” in the sense that they were fully deserved and showed that the new Brøndby got potential. Club favourite, the midfielder Thomas Kahlenberg, who is beginning to show his superior abilities with the ball, leads the new Brøndby. Winger Szymanowski looks like a signing with potential with two assists last weekend. Despite of this it is obvious that he needs to improve his decision-making; he has too many shots from difficult angles. Now Brøndby’s only concern is their defence that still looks like bottom-of-Superliga-quality, but this might change if rumours of a Dutch national are true (Boulahrouz). For this match Brøndby could be without several key players. Of them Kahlenberg and striker Makienok are the most doubtful and without the two of them, the home side’s chances looks grim. FC Copenhagen (9th) have not lost in seven matches and even though they are not exactly destroying opponents things definitely look better under new coach Solbakken. The players look more motivated under him and they are not quitting just because they are behind. This has led to late comebacks in their last two Superliga matches (vs. OB and Esbjerg). FC Copenhagen have some concerns defensively where they will be without Stadsgaard and Sigurdsson. It will be interesting to see how good the chemistry between the two new signings, Mellberg and Margreitter, is, since they are very likely to start in the central defence together. Good news for Copenhagen is the return of first keeper Wiland.

The injury situation of Brøndby is crucial. If they have a fully fit team we believe they stand of good chance of getting a win against their archrival. We expect the key players to play since we believe that Brøndby are just trying to confuse Copenhagen, so they do not know what to expect. We cannot know this for sure, so we decide to keep a Brøndby win as a betting idea only. Look for more updates.

Idea: 1 – 3.45 Betfair

UPDATE: Brøndby have called up all the questionable players in a 20-man squad for the match (18 can be used). With the large call up it could seem like they are still in doubt concerning a few players. Especially Makienok is very doubtful, but Brøndby have a decent (not perfect) cover in Zohore, who is the same type of player. FC Copenhagen are as expected without two central defenders, but goalkeeper Wiland returns. We stick to our idea: Brøndby should stand a good chance of getting the three points today.