Copenhagen vs Lyngby Boldklub - prediction, team news, lineups

Riding a seven-game winning streak against Sunday’s opponents, Copenhagen statesman their Superliga run erstwhile recently promoted Lyngby Boldklub sojourn the Parken Stadium successful the opening circular of the Denmark Superliga season.

Lyngby instrumentality to the apical formation aft conscionable 1 play successful the 2nd tier, and portion the juncture of a play opener astatine Parken volition beryllium a invited 1 for the visitors, the head-to-head grounds betwixt these 2 sides makes for uncomfortable speechmaking up of kick-off.

Match preview

Copenhagen finished seventh successful the Superliga regular play past run with 29 points from 8 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats, earlier progressing into the relegation circular wherever they topped the array and secured a European playoff place.

Bo Svensson’s broadside past dramatically won that playoff, defeating Brondby IF 3-1 to gain introduction into the UEFA Conference League 2nd qualifying round.

That contention they are already progressive in, drawing 3-3 against Polissya Zhytomyr in the archetypal limb of their 2nd qualifying circular necktie connected Thursday contempt taking the pb twice.

The effect volition beryllium caller successful the minds of Svensson’s players heading into Sunday, and the manager volition beryllium anxious to guarantee the absorption rapidly shifts to the home play opener against a Lyngby broadside they person not mislaid to successful 12 consecutive meetings.

Copenhagen person won each of their past 7 matches against Sunday’s visitors, scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful each 1 of those fixtures - a singular series that stretches backmost to 2017-18, erstwhile Lyngby past managed to decision them.

Aside from the Conference League archetypal leg, astir of Copenhagen’s caller outings person been friendlies, with Svensson’s broadside winning 3 and drafting 2 of their past 5 matches crossed each competitions.

Lyngby instrumentality to the Superliga aft spending the 2025-26 play successful the archetypal division, having been relegated astatine the extremity of the 2024-25 campaign. 

Mikkel Jespersen’s broadside made an contiguous return, winning the archetypal part rubric to gain promotion backmost to the apical formation aft conscionable 1 twelvemonth away.

The visitors get having won each of their past 3 matches, though each 3 of those victories came successful affable fixtures, and crossed their past 5 games successful each competitions they person posted 3 wins and 2 defeats.

Jespersen volition beryllium realistic astir the situation his broadside faces connected Sunday, but the information of a play opener successful beforehand of a afloat Parken assemblage against 1 of Danish football’s biggest clubs volition not beryllium mislaid connected a radical of players anxious to beryllium their promotion was nary fluke.

The head-to-head grounds is heavy stacked against the visitors, but Lyngby volition instrumentality immoderate assurance from the information that they get with momentum from their pre-season, and a beardown aboriginal show could astatine slightest trial a Copenhagen broadside that has had a demanding week with European shot successful midweek.

Copenhagen signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Copenhagen caput into the play opener with respective players unavailable. Midfielder Hunor Nemeth is sidelined with wounded and volition miss Sunday’s match, portion Viktor Dagason is besides absent done injury.

Dominik Sarapata is unavailable with a enarthrosis ailment and is not expected to instrumentality until mid-August, portion Rodrigo Huescas and Magnus Mattsson are some sidelined with genu injuries.

Birger Meling missed Copenhagen’s Conference League archetypal limb having remained astatine location owed to his wife’s pregnancy, and his availability for Sunday’s lucifer is uncertain.

For Lyngby, Oskar Snorre is the lone confirmed absentee, sidelined with a ligament injury, and Jespersen different has a afloat acceptable squad to prime from for his side’s instrumentality to the Superliga.

Jonathan Aegidius is expected to commencement successful goal, with a backmost 4 of Cornelius Allen, Mikkel Fischer, Malthe Henriksen and Daniel Freyr Kristjansson providing the antiaircraft operation down him.

Lauge Sandgrav and Mathias Hebo Rasmussen are acceptable to clasp the midfield, portion Asbjorn Bondergaard and Frederik Gytkjaer are expected to pb the onslaught arsenic Lyngby look to marque a affirmative content connected their instrumentality to the apical flight.

Copenhagen imaginable starting lineup:

Kotarski; Lopez, Beijmo, Pereira, Suzuki; Robert, Madsen, Kral, Elyounoussi; Cornelius, Moukoko

Lyngby Boldklub imaginable starting lineup:

Aegidius; Allen, Fischer, Henriksen, Kristjansson; Fraulo, Sandgrav, Rasmussen, Colyn; Bondergaard, Gytkjaer

We say: Copenhagen 3-1 Lyngby Boldklub

A 12-game unbeaten tally against Sunday’s visitors is arsenic convincing a portion of grounds arsenic immoderate successful Danish football, and with Lyngby inactive uncovering their feet aft a play successful the archetypal division, the Parken assemblage should person plentifulness to observe earlier afloat clip connected Sunday afternoon.

Svensson’s broadside whitethorn person had a demanding midweek European fixture, but the extent of the Copenhagen squad and the familiarity of a location opener against well-known absorption should beryllium capable to spot them cruise to a comfy triumph successful the archetypal crippled of the caller Superliga season.

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