Malmo take on the visitors Union Berlin in the round 3 match of UEFA Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 6th at Eleda Stadion (Malmö).
Malmö is not the same as last year. The Sky Blues used to play under Tomasson. But Yon-Dal left the project in the winter. The new season for the club did not start almost immediately, since the spring. And so it was in European competition. The Champions League, where a year ago they played in the group stage, ended in qualification with a relegation from Zalgiris - both matches were lost to the Lithuanians. At the same time, in the selection for the Europa League, the Scandinavians passed both Dudelange and Sivasspor. But after that, already in the group stage, the Swedes are still disappointing. First, they lost at home to the experienced Portuguese, Braga. And after that, they lost on the road with the same result, 0-2, and the debutants - Union (Saint-Gillois).
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Union (Berlin) clearly prioritizes domestic performances. The "Iron Union", with a fairly long and relatively glorious (during the GDR) history, was not so long ago in a dense shadow and outside the country's elite division. But in recent years, the capital's project has shown only constant progress: they reached the Bundesliga, gained a foothold there, and already in the year before last, they already made it to the European Cups. True, there was only the League of Conferences, and a fairly quick departure from there. Now, obviously, it is more important for Urs Fischer to play again in the national championship, where a lot is obtained. But at the same time, they openly sacrifices performances in the Europa League. The team that beat Cologne and RB Leipzig and shared points with Bayern managed to lose with identical scores, 0-1, to both Union (Saint-Gillois) and Braga. And it is unlikely that something will suddenly change in October - it seems that European cups are considered in Berlin as a ballast.
By and large, the Berlin Union remains a newcomer to European competition - last season was the debut. Then Malmö played in the Champions League, and it is not surprising that the Germans and the Swedes simply had no chance to cross. Union is considered as the favorite of this confrontation. But they don’t need anything here - we should bet on “less than 2.5 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
