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FC Astana vs Midtjylland Prediction & Betting tips
Astana and FC Midtjylland are dreaming of the many millions in the Champions League, but both the Kazakh and Danish champions will have to survive two qualifying rounds before they have a starting ticket for the main event. The mutual diptych is therefore of enormous importance to both clubs. The Kazakh people have a reputation to uphold in their own home, but the Danes fully rely on their Moneyball philosophy.
Astana:
The name Astana will be well known to cycling fans, but also in the football field, the Kazakh people are emphatically on the road. The blue gels, which were founded just nine years ago, won the last four national titles and last season were the first ever Kazakh club to overwinter in the Europa League. Particularly in their own field, the team certainly does not do it without merit in the European context. That is not surprising, because opponents have to travel thousands of kilometers to get to the Kazakhstan capital. Even the artificial grass in the Astana Arena often plays tricks on visitors. In the 2015-2016 season, the team reached the group stage of the Champions League, in which it managed to stay on its own against both Galatasaray (2-2), Atletico Madrid (0-0) and Benfica (2-2) .
The Astana players will in any case be fit. Because of the harsh winters, the Kazakh football season runs from early spring until late autumn, so the Kazakh Premier League is now about halfway. Particularly defensively, the team of trainer Roman Grigorchuk is a home, as in twenty league matches, the list-leader had to allow only twelve opponents. The team even kept the zero in the last four games. With 43 goals, Astana is also the most scoring club of Kazakhstan, although the team now has to do without its cannons of yesteryear. The Congolese Junior Kabananga now plays for the Saudi Al-Nassr. Ghanaian international Patrick Twumasi is still under contract in the Kazakh capital, but he has not played a match since May and is keen on a move to a bigger league. Reportedly, the Spanish Alaves is prepared to pay three million euros for him. It seems that he has already played his last match for Astana.
FC Midtjylland:
The Danish FC Midtjylland is the club of chairman Matthew Benham. As a professional gambler, the Englishman collected hundreds of millions and also has his own betting exchange with Matchbook. The running of a football club is approached in a similar way, because the course of the club is mainly determined on the basis of statistics – Moneyball in football. Besides FC Midtjylland, he also took over his childhood love, Brentford, although he has not yet managed to take the club from London to the Premier League.
However, Benham is very successful at FC Midtjylland. Last season, De Wolven crowned themselves as national champions for the second time in the club’s history and gave top prizes to such clubs as Brondby and FC Copenhagen. The new season in the Danish Super League is now two game rounds old, although FC Midtjylland has not got the right shape yet with just one point. Last weekend, the team of trainer Jess Thorup lost 2-1 at AaB. The many newcomers – FC Midtjylland made no less than fourteen purchases this summer – have yet to get used to each other. That bad start may sound like music in the ears of Rafael van der Vaart, who was sentenced to the second team last season by the Danes. The 109-time international chose eggs for his money and has now closed the door of the MCH Arena.