Randers FC vs Brondby Predictions

After failing to take anything from their opening match, which they lost by two goals to one on the road, Randers will be hoping to do better now back in front of a home crowd, though beating a Brondby side that made light work of winning first time out won’t be easy.

Overall, Randers weren’t great last week; they failed to contain their opponents, while they weren’t quite at their best going forward, though we shouldn’t worry too much. Last season. Sunday’s hosts were tougher to beat at home than on the road, so they could easily do better in this fixture.

However, performing against the top sides is not something that Randers specialised in last campaign, even at home, as they lost each of their four home matches against sides that finished in the top four. It is a new season and things can certainly change, but such a record doesn’t bode well, especially ahead of a game against a side that ended the previous campaign with the second-best away record in the division.

While Randers lost last weekend, Brondby made light work of emerging victorious from their opening match. Not only did they brush aside Silkeborg, but they’re coming off the back of a campaign where they were very effective away against teams outside of the top four. Last season, Brondby lost just two of their 13 travelling matches against sides outside of the top four, winning nine of the other 11.

In truth, even on their own patch, this looks a big ask for Randers, who’ve always struggled against Brondby. The best option for punters at the current prices is ‘Brondby to Win & Under 3.5 Goals’.

At the end of the day, the visitors are stronger than their hosts, while they’re generally more accustomed to winning against lesser sides on the road than Brondby are at beating the better sides at home, as the records above show. That said, we shouldn’t expect the visitors to run riot, as in all their away wins against teams outside of the top four last season, they only scored more than twice on two occasions. Add in the fact that they’ve won three of their last four at this venue, keeping four clean sheets and scoring more than twice at no point, and backing the visitors to grind out a low-scoring win makes sense.