Ferencvaros vs Malmo FF prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2024-11-27 20:00.
[p]Ferencváros began their league-phase campaign in the UEFA Europa League (UEL) with two defeats, but have shown impressive resilience to recover by beating Nice 1-0 and Dynamo Kyiv 4-0. Their bouncebackability was also on show on Sunday as they rallied to draw 3-3 in the Hungarian top flight after going 3-0 down before half-time.[/p]
[p]With a decent record against Swedish clubs (W5, D4, L2), they renew hostilities with Malmö, who they beat 4-2 on aggregate in a two-legged European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final back in 1974/75! The Hungarians would go on to finish as runners-up that season, but they’ve found the going somewhat tougher in recent times, with that victory over Nice their first at home in five attempts in the equivalent UEL (D2, L2). [/p]
[p]Overall though, it’s been more of a struggle this campaign for Malmö, who have won just one of their four UEL league-phase games (L3), albeit the latest of those defeats came the week after they sealed a record-extending 27th Allsvenskan title. This means that, perhaps surprisingly, their 2-1 win over Qarabağ on matchday two remains their only victory in this competition since December 2019 (L11).[/p]
[p]Malmö’s last seven UEL main-draw away trips have all been decided by one-goal margins (W2, L5), so perhaps another tight affair should be expected here. If the Blues are looking for positives, they won their last match in Hungary 2-0 against Budapest Honvéd in a UEL qualifier in 2020/21, but to date, that has been their only triumph in five games on the road in the country (D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Barnabás Varga has scored three times across Ferencváros’ last three matches, with all of those goals coming between the 40th and 70th minutes, while Malmö’s Erik Botheim is a potential earlier scorer, after netting two of his last three goals before 20th minute.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: The half-time result in Ferencváros’ last four UEL home games has been replicated at full-time (W1, D1, L2).[/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]