Sonderjyske vs Randers FC Predictions

Sonderjyske finished last season in eleventh place, eight points and three positions behind their opening day opponents Randers, so will be looking to push on this time around and at least aim to challenge for a top-six finish. Randers only missed out on sixth place by two points and will fancy their chances of challenging for the European places this season, and three points and a clean sheet on the opening day would provide the perfect start.

The hosts had a mixed pre-season with wins against OB and Kolding B sandwiched between defeats to Malmo and Weiche Fiensburg. At the end of last season, Sonderjyske faced Randers twice in the space of a week producing a 1-1 draw at home and then losing 4-3 away. Randers remained unbeaten in their pre-season fixtures after drawing with both Esbjerg and AGF before finishing off with a 2-0 win over Viborg. One of the aspects of last season that cost Randers a top-six finish last season was their poor goals return as they only managed to score 29 goals in their 26 league games and ended the campaign with a -5 goal difference.

The recent head to head record between these two clubs and both teams form and performances since the tail-end of last season, suggests that both teams will score on Sunday and that the most likely result is a draw. Four of the last five meetings between these two clubs have seen both teams score and three of the last five encounters between the pair have ended in 1-1 draws. Both teams scored in four of Sonderjyske’s and five of Randers’ last six matches. Randers have seen three of their last five matches end in score draws, which is why we’re backing Sunday’s game to finish all square at 1-1.

Neither of these two clubs had players that finished in the top-ten goalscorers in the Superliga last season but Christian Jakobsen has netted 16 goals for Sonderjyske since arriving at the club in 2017, and Saba Lobzhanidze has scored 23 goals for Randers in 75 appearances. We’re confident that both teams will score on Sunday and have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1. Randers have drawn a lot of game of late but did finish above their hosts last season, while Sonderjyske have the home advantage on the opening day of the new season and games between these two clubs tend to, more often than not, end with both teams scoring.