FC Midtjylland and Ferencvaros face off in the first leg of their Champions League third round qualifier at the MCH Arena on Tuesday night.
Having reached the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in their history back in 2020-21, Danish champions Midtjylland are hoping to repeat the feat by making it through to this year's new look league phase format of the competition.
Thomas Thomasberg's team made light work of Andorran outfit Santa Coloma with a 4-0 aggregate success to secure their passage through to the third qualifying round.
The Wolves warmed up for this clash by claiming their first Danish Superliga win of the season on Saturday with a 2-0 win over AaB.
As for Ferencvaros they strolled to a 7-1 aggregate win over Welsh champions The New Saints to set up this showdown with Midtjylland
Pascal Jansen’s side kicked off their Hungarian title defence with a narrow 1-0 win over Kecskemeti on Saturday afternoon.
How the bookies view it: Danes to draw first blood
FC Midtjylland are 17/20 favourites on Bet 365 to bank a first leg lead ahead of next week’s return match in Budapest.
Ferencvaros make the trip to the MCH Arena as 31/10 (Bet 365) outsiders while an all square affair has been priced up at 13/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: History book blank
This will be the first time that FC Midtjylland and Ferencvaros have ever crossed paths on the continental circuit.
Ferencvaros last came up against Danish opposition when losing to FC Copenhagen during the preliminary stages of the Champions League two decades ago.
Players to watch: Buksa to make the net bulge?
Since joining the club from Lens for a relatively big fee over the summer, striker Adam Buksa already has two goals in two appearances in the Danish Superliga this season.
Adama Traoré hit a hat-trick for Ferencvaros against the New Saints and the Mali man will be out to do more damage against Midtjylland.
Predicted line-ups
Thomas Thomasberg is expected to name a similar team to the one that swept aside Santa Coloma with room to spare in the previous round.
Ferencvaros will be without striker Barnabas Varga after he suffered a head injury against Scotland while representing Hungary at Euro 2024.
FC Midtjylland: Olafsson; Anderson, Diao, M Sorensen, Jensen; Brynhildsen, O Sorensen, Castillo, Simsir; Buksa, Dju
Ferencvaros: Dibusz; Botka, Knoester, Cisse, Ramirez; Loncar, Abu Fani, A. Toth; Traore, Pesic, Kehinde
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing both teams to get on the scoresheet during this first leg clash looks worthy of interest at 11/10 on Bet 365.
Both sides scored relatively freely during the previous round and the duo each look capable of landing a blow on their respective defences.
On a similar line of reasoning to the above, siding with Over 2.25 goals on the Asian goal line also merits consideration at 19/20 on Bet 365
This bet would have generated profit from three of the pair’s four combined third round qualifiers and there is plenty of scope for a repeat on Tuesday night in Scandinavia.
This UEFA Champions League match between FC Midtjylland and Ferencvaros will be played on Aug 6, 2024 and kick off at 18:15. Check below for our tipsters best FC Midtjylland vs Ferencvaros prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
