Esbjerg-Brøndby

Sunday 28/9 19.00

Esbjerg (10th) missed out on a chance to get some momentum going by only drawing in Hobro (1-1). It is clear that Esbjerg are not at the level of the spring season. This is not unnatural since Esbjerg lost some important players in Kian Hansen (Nantes) and Peter Ankersen (Salzburg). However, based on the performances they should have earned more points. They have struggled with many injuries early in the season, and clearly lacked continuity. This is starting to improve with the same eleven being able to play every weekend over the past few rounds. However, the vital striker Martin Pusic is doubtful with a shoulder injury. Without him Esbjerg have no offensive firepower and is nothing more than an average team. Brøndby (7th) are also suffering. The addition of Daniel Agger surely improved Brøndby’s defence last weekend, but the offense is not in-sync at the moment. On paper they have some quality players, but they have proven way to easy to psych out, especially in away matches, where Brøndby have been weak. Brøndby should benefit from the return of attacker Johan Elmander from injury, but it is still not easy to see how the goals should arrive.

A match between two teams who are not really in the highest gear at the moment. We find this match quite difficult to predict, but if Pusic is absent the value is surely on the away side. Even if he is playing he might be affected by the injury, since his style involves a lot of physique. If we had to pick we would therefore choose betting on Brøndby in this very even match-up.

Idea: 2 (DNB) – 2.20 at Ladbrokes