Odense vs Brondby Prediction & Betting Tips

Form guide: two teams pulling in different directions

Brondby's season looked strong not long ago, with four straight Superliga wins helping them up to fifth. Since then results have gone the other way, and their last four league games have all ended in defeat.

Odense: 20 completed matches; Brondby: 20 completed matches.

Odense

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

32

Difference

-2

Brondby

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

33

Difference

+6

Odense's form has been more stop-start. They've drawn three of their last five Superliga outings and were thumped 5-0 at home by FC Copenhagen in early September, though they also found a win away at Randers in between.

Neither side has strung together a run good enough to suggest real confidence heading into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: Odense vs Brondby

Head-to-head: recent meetings have favoured Brondby

In the two Superliga meetings last season, Brondby won both comfortably, taking a 5-1 home win and a 4-1 away success without much argument.

Their more recent friendly meetings have followed the same pattern, with Brondby winning 4-0 last July, and the only blemish being a 1-1 draw back in February.

That history is worth noting, but it's from an earlier stretch and doesn't reflect either team's current form.

League table: Brondby well clear for now

Brondby currently sit fifth with 13 points from nine matches, while Odense are down in ninth on 9 points from the same number of games.

That's a reasonable gap in the table, built mostly on Brondby's earlier winning run rather than anything recent, and Odense still have work to do to close it.

Key contributors and cards

Brondby's O. Hyseni is their top scorer this season with three goals in nine appearances, while Frøkjær-Jensen, Ejdum and Binks have each chipped in a couple of assists.

Odense:

Best assist providers:

A. Ahl-Holmström - 2

Penalty cards:

M. McCoy x 4

J. Gomez x 3

J. Berthel Askou x 3

Brondby:

Best scorers:

O. Hyseni - 3

Best assist providers:

M. Frøkjær-Jensen - 2

M. Ejdum - 2

L. Binks - 2

Penalty cards:

B. Slisz x 1 x 3

L. Binks x 4

M. Younis x 3

On discipline, Brondby's Slisz has already picked up a red card this season alongside three yellows, and Odense's McCoy leads the card count for his side with four yellows in nine games.

Nothing here points to an obvious absentee for either side, but the card counts suggest a niggly game is possible.

How this one could play out

Odense have shown they can be breached at home, having conceded five in one recent league fixture, and they've drawn as often as they've won lately.

Brondby, despite their four-match slide, still have the better recent head-to-head record and sit higher in the table, but a month out from kickoff there's time for either side's form to shift.

It's the kind of match where recent history and current form are pulling in opposite directions.