Two teams who have made vastly different starts to the 2024-25 Danish Superliga season go head-to-head in round four as Nordsjaelland welcome Lyngby Boldklub to Right to Dream Park on Sunday afternoon.
The home side are unbeaten after their first three matches, while the visitors still await their first win heading into this weekend's encounter.
Match preview
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Despite a relatively underwhelming pre-season which saw them lose back-to-back games against Eredivisie outfits AZ Alkmaar and FC Twente by a combined score of 8-2, Nordsjaelland kicked off their league campaign with a 3-0 victory over Aalborg.
Buoyed by their emphatic opening-day triumph, Jens Olsen's men then played out an entertaining 2-2 draw against defending champions Midtjylland in the subsequent outing on July 27.
The Tigers got themselves back to winning ways last time out with a narrow 1-0 victory over Vejle on Monday to move up to the summit of the Danish Superliga table, albeit only on goal difference.
Nordsjaelland have been solid at both ends of the pitch so far with two clean sheets and only two goals conceded from three matches, while their tally of six goals scored is only bettered by three teams in the entire division.
Sunday's hosts will now continue their quest to end a 12-year wait for domestic supremacy with all three points against an opposing side who are without a victory in the last 12 editions of this fixture across all competitions.
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Lyngby Boldklub just about avoided relegation last time out, and based on the evidence of their first three games so far, another frenetic battle for top-flight survival could be on the cards.
Morten Karlsen's men were on the wrong end of a 2-0 defeat in their season opener against FC Copenhagen, before recording their first points courtesy of a 1-1 stalemate against Sonderjyske.
De Kongebla came away empty-handed from their most recent outing against Brondby, which ended in a 2-0 loss on Sunday evening, leaving them bottom but two in the league standings.
Lyngby are one of four teams without a win this term and will need to get themselves back on track, but with consecutive matches against two of last season's top four to come, they could be in for further misery.
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Team News
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Benjamin Nygren made his return to action for Nordsjaelland last time out, and the forward— who scored six goals in his last six matches prior to injury— is one to keep an eye on here.
Given his side's defensive solidity of late, we expect Jens Olsen to name the same back four from last time out, with Peter Ankersen and Daniel Svensson occupying the full-back positions either side of Lucas Hey and Kian Hansen.
Danish trio Rezan Corlu, Mathias Rasmussen and Marcel Romer are all ruled out for Lyngby this weekend through respective injury problems.
Twenty-year-old Enock Otoo remains unavailable having not made any appearance for the away side since April due to a torn muscle.
Baptiste Rolland will have to wait a little longer for his debut as he continues to nurse a long-term injury which he picked up during pre-season.
Nordsjaelland possible starting lineup:
A Hansen; Ankersen, Hey, K Hansen, Svensson; Dorgeles, Tverskov, Sertdemir; Antman, Harder, Ingvartsen
Lyngby Boldklub possible starting lineup:
Storch; Lissens, Bjelland, Hamalainen; Storm, Dani, Sandgrav, Finnsson; Magnusson, Amon, Gytkjaer
We say: Nordsjaelland 3-1 Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby are on a rough patch heading into this one, and it is hard to see them coming away with a positive result.
We are tipping Nordsjaelland to display the gulf in class between both teams and emerge victorious from what should be a largely one-sided affair.
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