Brann vs Midtjylland Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

Still in the top 24 by being 22nd in this league phase, the place for the round of 16 for Brann is not yet assured. At a minimum, we would have to win one last match or record two draws while hoping, at the same time, for missteps from the competition. The best would be to win for the local team, something they failed to do for the reception of Fenerbahce during the previous day's 0-4 defeat. Before that, Brann had cleaned up two neutral results in Greece against POAK Salonika 1-1 as well as in Italy in Bologna 0-0 and victorious at home against Rangers 3-0 and Utrecht 1-0. The competition began with a defeat on the Lille pitch, still offering a valiant 2-1 victory.

The championship having ended in Norway, Brann had to settle for fourth place, which will allow him to play in the qualifiers for the next Conference League.  2nd in this league phase with the same number of points as Olympique Lyonnais, Midtjylland reacted perfectly to its defeat against AS Roma on the 5th day 2-1 by beating the Belgian team of Genk on the previous day 1-0. In this phase of the league, the Danish club had already defeated Celtic 3-1, Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-3, the English Nottingham Forest 2-3 and Sturm Graz to open the ball 0-2. Since the start of the calendar year, Midtjylland has had a series of friendlies, three for precisely two victories against Sonderjyske 3-6 and against the Ukrainians of Kryvbas 3-0. 

Excluded against Fenerbahce, central defender Helland will quite logically serve his red today. On the low side for weeks now, boys like Torsvik, Opsahl, Myhre and Icelanders Magnusson and Gudmundsson will most likely be off the scoresheet tonight. On the other hand, authors of 2 goals each in this phase of the league, S.Magnusson (5 goals in 9 appearances in the league) and midfielder Emil Kornvig (8 goals, 3 assists in the league) will likely be in the game. We will obviously remember that Aune Heggebo (7 goals in the league) is no longer part of the squad, having left for West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.

 On the other side of the median, already absent during the previous day of this Europa League, the replacement goalkeeper Ejeheri, the finisher Franculino (3 goals in C3 + 16 goals, 3 assists in 17 appearances in the league) and Adam Gabriel (ex-Sparta Prague, defender) have not returned to competition since and could stay warm at home. On the sidelines since the international break in October, Edward Chilufya was on deck in a friendly recently, ready to return to action for his team. The 21-year-old defender, Ousmane Diao (2 goals in C3) will participate in this poster in the same way as the precious Simsir (5 goals, 11 assists in the league), Valdemar Byskov (5 goals, 2 assists in the league) or the Chilean international D.Osorio (4 goals, 5 assists).