SønderjyskE-FC Copenhagen

Sunday 2/8 16.00

SønderjyskE (6th) have been a positive surprise. They have been the better side in the first two matches, which was quite surprising since they were two rather difficult matches (FC Nordsjælland away and FC Midtjylland at home). They lost the last match to FC Midtjylland (2-1) despite of keeping FC Midtjylland without any real scoring chances throughout the match. The point is that they defensively look quite strong and difficult to breakdown. However, they do not create much offensively and in our opinion they lack speed in order to pursue their favoured counter-attacking approach. An option could be using Silas Songani, but he has not been among the new head coach Jacob Michelsen’s favourites. SønderjyskE tend to struggle at home, since they are often forced out of their defensive comfort zone. They only managed to win two home games last season. FC Copenhagen (7th) look really interesting this season. They have made some quality signings and they have a brilliant defensive base, which makes them very difficult to beat. Offensively, they also look way stronger with the signings of some strong wingers (Verbic and Kusk). They will be a handful for most defenders in the league. Especially Verbic played great last weekend and made a good back like Ryan Johnson Laursen look bad. We are yet to see the quality of the new striker Federico Santander (starts Europa League match Wednesday night).

SønderjyskE have looked good in previous matches and been able to avoid conceding many chances. However, against FC Copenhagen’s powerful offence, they are unlikely to keep them down for the entire match. SønderjyskE will probably struggle to create chances as FC Copenhagen are so strong at the back that a fairly immobile Thomas Dalgaard will be easy to handle. FC Copenhagen should win this match-up at least 50% of the time.

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