Randers FC vs Brondby Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: two sides sliding

Brondby have won four of their last nine Superliga games, but the shape of that run stands out. They won four in a row through August before dropping their last four in a row, including defeats to Copenhagen, Midtjylland and Nordsjaelland. That's a proper slump heading into this one.

Randers FC: 20 completed matches; Brondby: 20 completed matches.

Randers FC

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

33

Difference

+3

Brondby

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

33

Difference

+6

Randers have been just as up and down. They beat Brondby and Aarhus within that same spell, but they've also lost five times in their last nine, including back-to-back league defeats to Odense and Sonderjyske most recently.

Neither side is arriving with any real momentum right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Randers FC vs Brondby

Head-to-head: tight overall, but Randers have the recent edge

These two have met plenty of times in recent seasons and it's usually been close, with a handful of draws mixed in among some high-scoring games either way. The most recent meeting, though, went firmly to Randers, who won 3-0 at Brondby's ground last month.

Before that result the sequence had been tighter, including a couple of scoreless draws, so one lopsided scoreline shouldn't be read as a settled pattern between these two.

Where they sit in the table

Brondby are currently fifth in the Superliga with 13 points from nine games. Randers sit three points and two places back in eighth, with 10 points from the same number of matches.

It's a fairly bunched middle of the table, so this isn't a huge gap in quality on paper.

Players to watch

Brondby's O. Hyseni leads their scoring with three goals so far, while Randers spread the goals more evenly, with Themsen, Mahmoud and Sankoh all on three apiece.

Randers FC:

Best scorers:

M. Themsen - 3

E. Mahmoud - 3

M. Sankoh - 3

Best assist providers:

L. Pedersen - 2

Penalty cards:

N. Hopland x 1 x 2

A. Henriksson x 1

L. Pedersen 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

Randers' Pedersen has chipped in with assists but has also picked up cards regularly, and a couple of Randers players already have red cards to their name from very limited minutes this season. None of that confirms who's actually available for this game, given it's still a month away.

How this one could go

With both sides wobbling domestically, this doesn't look like a match either team can call comfortable. Brondby need to stop their four-game slide, and Randers have their own defensive worries, having shipped four goals twice in their last nine outings.

The recent head-to-head result might give Randers a lift on home soil, but their own inconsistent form means that's no guarantee of control over the game.