Malmo FF vs Twente prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-01-22 17:45.
[p]With no league action scheduled for Swedish champions Malmö until March, breaking into the qualification places in the final two UEFA Europa League (UEL) games is their sole focus. With three points separating them from the top-24 ahead of this round, victory may not be enough for the Swedes to put their fate in their own hands thanks to a four-match winless run in this competition (D1, L3). [/p]
[p]The sole draw in that run was actually Malmö’s last competitive home action back in mid-December, a 2-2 stalemate against Galatasaray which ended a run of five straight home UEL defeats without reply prior. Perhaps boosting confidence will be the fact that the hosts remain unbeaten after three previous home meetings against Dutch opponents (W1, D2), although this is their very first meeting with Twente.[/p]
[p]Whilst Twente’s European circumstances are almost identical to that of their hosts, they do travel here with match sharpness on their side as they continue to occupy the European places in the Eredivisie. With three points separating a glut of ten sides – including three qualification spots – ahead of this round, it’s all to play for for Twente, who travel to Sweden for the fifth time in Europe. [/p]
[p]Having never won a match within 90 minutes on Swedish shores (D1, L3), Twente could yet create a little slice of history here under Joseph Oosting. Doing so would require them to end a solid yet frustrating run of five consecutive draws – three of which ended goalless – in away UEL action, which is unsurprisingly their longest run of travelling stalemates in the competition’s history. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Erik Botheim has scored four times across his last five European appearances for Malmö, with three of those strikes arriving before half-time. For Twente, Sem Steijn arrives here having scored both home and away against Swedish side Hammarby last season, as well as four goals across his last three matches. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Malmö picked up exactly two yellow cards in all six of their Europa League matches this season. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]