Malmo-Union Berlin is a match for the third day of the Europa League group stage: odds, where to watch it on TV and streaming
MALMO – UNION BERLIN | Thursday, 18:45
Winning to try and get back on track. Win to try and make sense of the second half of the round. Malmo and Union Berlin got off to a bad start in their Europa League adventure by losing both opening games of this grouping, which sees Royale Union SG leading together with Sporting Braga. And obviously nobody expected, especially as far as the Germans are concerned, that these two teams could lose against a formation, the Belgian one, which is defined as the Chievo of Europe. Yet this was the case and this challenge has so much the flavour of a last resort. Malmo, at their fourth participation in the EL, had never started so badly. While for Union, this is their first time in Europe’s second competition: a debut best forgotten.
On paper there is obviously a favourite team and it is the away team. Not only because of the quality on the pitch but also because the pace is different in Germany than in the Swedish league. And it is hard to understand how the team that is currently ahead of everyone in the Bundesliga – yes, Union is first in the league – can have such a different attitude between games at home and in Europe. Fischer’s troop certainly pays for inexperience, and there is no doubt about that, but also, as mentioned, the way they approach matches. If mentally you are not free, then it really does become more difficult.
Union Berlin to score against Schalke
The Prediction
Last beach, as mentioned. But the feeling this time is that Union Berlin can take the zero off the board and thus win their first game in the Europa League. The German troop has what it takes to do so and knows that a result other than an away win could be decisive in a negative sense. In short, everything points to a guest victory.
The likely line-up for Malmo v Union Berlin
- MALMO (4-2-3-1): Diawara; Ceesay, Nielsen, Hadzikadunic, Knudsen; Lewicki, Rieks; Sejdiu, Zeidan, Berget; Kiese Thelin.
- UNON BERLIN (3-3-2-2): Grill; Jaeckel, Knoche, Leite; Trimmel, Khedira, Ryerson; Schafer, Haberer; Becker, Siebatcheu.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
