Esbjerg-Silkeborg

Monday 11/8 19.00

Esbjerg (10th) have had a terrible start to the season. In the Superliga they have played three matches and been the best team in all of them, but despite of this only managed to salvage one point. At the same time, Esbjerg were planning on a European adventure once again, but a very late goal (5 minutes into overtime) by Polish Ruch Chorzow ended the hopes (2-2 and Chorzow quailify on away goals). A terrible result since Esbjerg dominated the match entirely. Esbjerg will probably be highly motivated to take revenge after all these unlucky results. Esbjerg have a strong team that should be able to challenge for the top spots in the Danish Superliga, when all players are fit, which they are at the moment. However, some players might be fatigued after playing many matches over a short period. Silkeborg (12th) have not scored yet, and they have not really done well offensively. Defensively they have looked fine, but this is not surprising since they have some experienced veterans at the back. Offensively, they have some fine players in Jeppe Illum, Nicolaj Agger and Morten Beck and at some point they will surely start scoring once they get up to Superliga speed. In total, Silkeborg are just an average team that will face a long hard struggle to survive in the league. Strong midfielder Daniel A. Pedersen should return to full fitness for this match.

Esbjerg are usually a strong home team. At the same time they are significantly better than Silkeborg and highly motivated to revenge past results. Silkeborg will try to defend the draw, but we expect them to come up short here. In our opinion there is fine value in the home victory.

Recommendation: 1 – 1.81 at Betfair

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