Midtjylland vs Slovan Bratislava Prediction and Betting Tips | August 21st 2024

Midtjylland and Slovan Bratislava will trade tackles in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League playoff tie on Wednesday. The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 2-1 away win over Lyngby in the Danish Superliga on Friday.

All three goals were scored in the second half, with Franculino putting the visitors ahead in the 64th minute while Lauge Sandgrav drew the game level nine minutes later. Aral Simsir scored the match-winner in the seventh minute of injury time.

The Wolves will turn their focus back to the continent, where they booked their spot in the playoff with a 3-1 aggregate win over Ferencvaros in the last round of the qualifiers. A 2-0 home win was followed by a 1-1 draw in Hungary.

Slovan, meanwhile, claimed maximum points with a 2-1 comeback home win over Kosice in the Slovakian Nike Liga. They went into the break behind courtesy of Zan Medved's 15th-minute penalty. David Strelec stepped off the bench to equalize in the 52nd minute while Tigren Barseghyan scored the match-winner in injury time.

The Sky Blues secured their spot in the Champions League playoff with a 2-0 aggregate win over APOEL. A 2-0 home win was followed by a goalless draw in Cyprus.

The winner of this tie advances to the Champions League league phase while the losers are transferred to the UEFA Europa League.

Midtjylland vs Slovan Bratislava Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
Midtjylland are unbeaten in their last eight home games across competitions (six wins).
Slovan are winless in seven previous games played in Denmark (three losses).
Midtjylland have lost just two of their last 14 home games in European competition (seven wins).
Slovan have won all five home games they have played at home in all competitions

Midtjylland vs Slovan Bratislava Prediction

Midjtylland have made a 10-game unbeaten start to the season. The Wolves have tended to struggle on their travels on the continent so a positive result in front of their fans could be crucial to their hopes of advancing.

Slovan Bratislava have never made it to the Champions League proper but are unbeaten in three away European games played this season (two draws).

We are backing the home side to claim a routine victory and clean sheet.

Prediction: Midtjylland 2-0 Slovan Bratislava

Midtjylland vs Slovan Bratislava Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Midtjylland to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No

Tip 3 - Under 2.5 goals