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Offside.win Conference League FC Midtjylland v AFC Ajax

FC Midtjylland v AFC Ajax

Conference League, League phase, Matchday 3. Kick-off Thursday 5 November, 17:45 UK time, at MCH Arena, Herning.

Our call

We looked at this match and did not find a call worth making. That can change as team news comes in: calls are looked at again every fifteen minutes until kick-off, so one can change or come down, and each closes when the match starts. the bet slip stays exactly as posted.

FC Midtjylland v AFC Ajax is one to leave alone. The likely outcome is priced too short to be worth taking, and nothing else is sure enough to call.

Preview

Ajax will dominate the ball here, but Midtjylland possess the clinical edge to punish them. The visitors control possession in most of their matches and reliably translate that dominance into superior chances, out-creating opponents in seven of their last ten outings. Yet Midtjylland thrive without the initiative, proving they can create better openings even when starved of possession. Meanwhile, the hosts enter in strong form with four wins from six, spearheaded by Arokodare in blistering touch after scoring in three straight games alongside his eleven goals. Ajax will control the tempo, but Midtjylland's sharp counter-attacking threat decides it.

Form

Head to head

Two meetings between them: AFC Ajax won two. Last time: AFC Ajax 3–1 FC Midtjylland, November 2020.

The table

FC Midtjylland are 25th and AFC Ajax 13th.

Expected line-ups

FC Midtjylland: Nordin Bakker, Victor Bak Jensen, Ousmane Diao, Mads Bech Sørensen, Rasmus Kristensen, Denil Castillo, Philip Billing, Kjell Wätjen, Stanley Iheanacho, Friday Etim, Gue-sung Cho.

AFC Ajax: Marc-André ter Stegen, Owen Wijndal, Youri Baas, Thilo Kehrer, Lucas Rosa, Julian Brandt, Jorthy Mokio, Sofyan Amrabat, Oscar Gloukh, Tolu Arokodare, Viktor Tsygankov.

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