- Nordsjaelland have not lost in five matches across all competitions, winning four times.
- St. Gallen have won three of their last five across all competitions, drawing once and losing once.
- Nordsjaelland have conceded just three goals in their last five home games (0.60 average).
Contrasting teams with contrasting styles
These are two teams playing very different football that have the potential to provide an entertaining game in Farum Park. Jens Foensskov Olsen has got his Nordsjaelland team playing a proactive, young, hungry brand of football from a 4-3-3 base and they are at their best when they can dominate possession and counter-press teams out of the game. They are also at their most effective when their three forwards combine to cut through teams with rapid passing and movement - or when Villum Berthelsen, their sharpest finisher, can hit the right spots, which he has done with three goals in three UEFA Conference League qualification matches.
FC St. Gallen are a more direct side that looks to hit on the counter-attack, and their coach, Enrico Maassen, has set them up in either a 3-1-4-2 or a 3-5-2 where the wing-backs provide a lot of energy and cover and the two strikers play off each other. Maassen's team like to take the game to teams when they can and Andrin Hunziker, who has three in two UEFA Conference League qualification matches, is their danger man.
Nordsjaelland can be trusted on home turf
St. Gallen have more of a bite on the road, where they have won three and lost two of their last five, than Nordsjaelland, who have a solid 4-0-1 record on their home turf across all competitions. However, both teams are in good form and the draw, which is available at 5/2, should not be overlooked here.
But we're going with the home side to get the win because they are on a run and a 5-0 thrashing of Valur in the second leg of their UEFA Conference League qualifier has given them a sharp edge going into this clash. St. Gallen are more vulnerable than their hosts at the back, conceding 14 goals in their last five on the road, so we'll take Nordsjaelland to nick it in a close run affair. Both teams to score is a touch of odds-on at 1/2, but we'll play a little bigger to take over 2.5 goals at 31/50 because we're expecting this to be a back-and-forth kind of game.
