Malmo take on the visitors Vikingur Reykjavik in the first leg of round of 16 in UEFA Champions League qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, July 5th at Eleda Stadion (Malmö).
Malmo twice in a row, in 2020 and 2021, became the champion of the country. As a result, the Sky Blues already have 22 titles. But in the offseason, the author of recent successes, Jon-Dal Tomasson, left. The legendary Danish coach showed in Sweden that he is a good coach and deserved an invitation from Blackburn. He was replaced by Milos Milojevic, and the Serb is not doing well in a new place. Now the club no longer has the usual dominance in Allsvenskan. Moreover, in the spring he could not even just win twice in a row. And in May he made a frank failure, with 3 defeats in a row. However, the break for the meetings of the national teams helped here. It allowed to work on my mistakes and recall how to win. So it turned out to approach the start of the Euroseason in almost optimal conditions. The only question is, how ready are the Scandinavians to play on a new, tighter schedule?
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Vikingur became the champion of the country last year. It was the first such success in 30 years - before that, "gold" was taken back in 1991. And it is already obvious that the title will not be saved. Breidablik is now unconditionally dominant in Iceland, clinching victories. The rest will face a difficult struggle for a maximum of 2nd place. And here the capital club's chances for silver are not higher than those of the same Stjarnan or Valiur. Now they can focus on a unique chance to prove themselves in the Champions League. There, the Icelanders already have 2 victories, fortunately, the preliminary round of UEFA decided to hold it in Reykjavik. As a result, the "Vikings" literally took out the Estonian "Levadia" completely, defeating it 6-1. And in the next round, against the uncompromising Inter Escalades Ingason scored the only goal against the Andorrans in the middle of the 2nd half.
Both clubs represent countries that are not alien to each other, which are considered Scandinavian. But at the same time, before the current confrontation, they had not played a single friendly match with each other. Moreover, there were no official meetings. Bookmakers do not expect intrigue from this match. A more experienced and stronger club hosts an opponent on its own field and must decide everything there. We bet on the victory of "Malmo" with a handicap of "-2"
Prediction for the match: Malmo to win with -2.0 handicap.
