FC Midtjylland
vs
FC Copenhagen
Kick-off
18:30 GMT
01 November 2018
Following a busy start to the Danish Superliga season, cup action returns on Thursday night with arguably the biggest possible tie. Midtjylland and Copenhagen meet in the last 16 as one of the cup favourites will be dumped out.
Games between these two teams are always interesting and there hasn’t been a draw in the last six meetings. Midtjylland have won two, both of the last two after Copenhagen won four consecutively. They met in September and Midjtylland, who were hosting the match, ran out 3-1 winners after going in at half time a goal to the good. There have been over 3.5 goals in each of the last six meetings and both teams have scored on each of those occasions.
A place in the quarter-finals for Midtjylland would give them a great chance to win the cup and maybe even the double. They have Simon Okosun and Artem Dovbyk on the injury table with neither player expected to feature. Latest matches: FC Midtjylland
29.10.2018
Supe
FC Midtjylland
Brondby IF
3:2
W
20.10.2018
Supe
FC Nordsjalland
FC Midtjylland
1:4
W
07.10.2018
Supe
FC Midtjylland
Vendsyssel FF
3:0
W
29.09.2018
Supe
FC Midtjylland
Hobro IK
5:2
W
26.09.2018
DBU
Dalum IF
FC Midtjylland
1:2
W
Copenhagen are currently the team applying all the right pressure to Midtjylland in the league and they’d love to get one over on them in the cup. Their only absentee is Michael Luftner. Latest matches: FC Copenhagen
28.10.2018
Supe
FC Copenhagen
AGF Aarhus
4:2
W
25.10.2018
UEFA
FC Copenhagen
SK Slavia Prague
0:1
L
21.10.2018
Supe
Vejle BK
FC Copenhagen
1:3
W
07.10.2018
Supe
FC Copenhagen
Randers FC
4:0
W
04.10.2018
UEFA
FC Girondins Bordeaux
FC Copenhagen
1:2
W
This really has all the makings to be a Danish Cup classic with two in-form teams who tend to score goals whenever they meet. Both teams to score and over 2.5 goals looks like it should come in as it has done in each of the last six match-ups between the sides. It’s far too hard to pick a winner even if Midtjylland are slight favourites with home advantage.
01 November 2018 - 18:30 GMT
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