Football Bet of the Day: Midtjylland to extend amazing run

Malmo v Midtjylland
Thursday 23 August, 18:00

Our Dynamo didn’t generate enough power last night, as the men from Kiev went down 3-1 at Ajax. A tough start to the week, but we move on.

We’ll head to Sweden for a Europa League qualifier between Malmo and Midtjylland, not quite a local derby, but certainly a regional one.

Malmo were edged out on away goals by Hungarian side MOL Vidi in the Champions League, and failure to qualify for the group stage of the Europa League would constitute a major setback. Domestically Malmo are on a charge, having won their last four games, but they are still 11 points adrift of the current Allsvenskan leaders AIK.

Midtjylland are the reigning Danish champions, but in their short history they are yet to reach the group stage of a European competition. They comfortably disposed of Welsh side The New Saints in the previous round of the UEL, having been dumped out of the Champions League by Kazakh side Astana.

I fancy goals here, with Both Teams To Score trading at [1.98]. These teams shared three goals in a recent friendly, six of Midtjylland’s last nine games have featured at least three goals, and Malmo have scored in 14 of their last 15 competitive matches. Incredibly, Midtjylland haven’t drawn a blank in a competitive away game for more than a year, a run of 28 matches.