Brøndby-OB

Sunday 10/8 19.00

Brøndby (9th) are on the way to take over OB’s position as the media’s favourite for negative critique. Brøndby have looked frighteningly poor in the last three matches (three matches: two times against Club Brügge and one against Hobro, total score 0-7).  Head coach Frank is searching for the right formation and is making many changes to the line-up without finding something interesting to build upon. Offensively it is concerning how few chances Brøndby have been able to create. Striker Makienok and offensive midfielder Kahlenberg are both far away from the top form. Brøndby are very dependent on the performance by that duo. At the moment it appears like winger Alexander Szymanowski, who just returned from injury, is the only one with some ability to set up dangerous situations. New signing, winger Elba Rashani, has looked quite poor so far. Furthermore, other wingers Hasani and Hjulsager are both injured. Striker Johan Elmander could make his season debut here after returning to training Wednesday. He would surely be an upgrade. In defence, Brøndby have some serious problems. The new signing, Semb Berge does not appear to be the solution to Brøndby’s woes. The defence simply make to many stupid mistakes, and are also easily overrun. OB (11th) must be more optimistic after a fine display last weekend against AaB (1-1), where they should have won. OB have been quite poor so far, but a formation change gave OB new life. The new 3-4-3 improved OB both offensively and defensively. The two star players Emil Larsen and Rasmus Falk were put in more dangerous situations with the new formation. OB still lack a quality alternative to striker Bodul, but he might be able to assist his teammates better in the new formation. OB are for once completely without injuries, why optimism is high.

Brøndby have been so shockingly poor lately, that the only reasons for optimism here is the strong home support and the possible return of Elmander. OB’s Falk and Larsen should be able to take advantage of the poor Brøndby back-line. Therefore we suspect a match with many goals and possibly a surprising away win.

Ideas: Over 2.5 goals – 1.86 at Betfair

2 (Draw No Bet) – 2.75 at Unibet