Hobro-FC Copenhagen

Sunday 26/10 17.00

Hobro (6th) showed last weekend in AaB (1-1) that despite of the big loss to FC Midtjylland (1-5), they are not suddenly turning into the team you beat easily. It definitely helped that Jonas Damborg returned to the central midfield. He is important for protecting the defence. However, the defence will be without left back Jacob Tjørnelund due to a head injury. Hobro have three possible alternatives for the position, but it will be a weakening since Tjørnelund has been rock solid. Hobro face a tough match here against FC Copenhagen, but with Hvilsom and Antipas in the offence, they will always have threats. FC Copenhagen (4th) are slowly improving. They are very difficult to score against at the moment. The defence looks better for each match, while the midfield is working hard. Add to this that the return of Nicolai Jørgensen and signing of Alexander Kacaniklic have improved the offense a lot. Now the only problem is the lack of quality in the finishing from lone striker Andreas Cornelius. If he gets some confidence FC Copenhagen could start a winning streak. No important injuries reported.

Hobro are not able to surprise the opponents like in the first rounds. They have not won in five matches, and despite of the quality of players like Hvilsom and Antipas we doubt they will win here. FC Copenhagen need to win matches in order to catch up with FC Midtjylland and they won’t make the same mistakes as in Parken (lost 0-3 to Hobro in beginning of August!). We believe that FC Copenhagen will be too much for Hobro this time around, and with Tjørnelund out, FC Copenhagen should good opportunities for attacking on the right flank.

Idea: 2 (1-0) – 2.75 at Tipico