Union SG vs Bodo/Glimt - prediction, team news, lineups

Union SG and Bodo/Glimt volition some footwear disconnected their Champions League qualifying bids connected Tuesday, erstwhile they conscionable successful Belgium successful the archetypal limb of their third-qualifying-round tie.

The 2 teams some participate qualifying astatine this signifier and volition conflict for a spot successful the playoff circular - the last signifier earlier the league signifier commences.

Match preview

Union SG caput into their archetypal continental crippled of the 2026-27 play connected Tuesday with their sights acceptable connected taking a large measurement towards Champions League qualification, aft playing their archetypal competitory crippled astatine the weekend.

They earned introduction into qualifying for Europe's apical contention astatine this signifier acknowledgment to a second-placed decorativeness successful the Belgian Pro League past year, ending connected 53 points, 4 abbreviated of Club Brugge successful their bid to clasp the rubric that they won for the 12th clip successful 2025 and the archetypal clip successful 90 years.

That glory saw Les Unionistes suffice consecutive into the Champions League league signifier past term, but they failed to scope the knockout rounds, finishing 27th having lone missed retired connected the apical 24 and a playoff spot connected extremity quality arsenic they managed 9 points from 8 games courtesy of 3 wins alongside 5 defeats.

After a affirmative pre-season successful which they won 5 of six friendlies, culminating successful a 2-1 triumph implicit Lille, David Hubert's broadside began 2026-27 against Club Brugge successful the Belgian Super Cup connected Friday and secured the archetypal silverware of the term, drafting 1-1 successful mean clip acknowledgment to Kevin Mac Allister's 71st-minute leveller and prevailing successful the resultant punishment shootout.

They present instrumentality to European enactment with the hopes of making the astir of location vantage connected Tuesday and gaining an borderline successful their qualifying tie.

They look a pugnacious test, though, with their visitors besides kicking disconnected their European run successful the midst of a beardown tally of home form.

Bodo/Glimt besides participate Champions League qualifying successful the 3rd circular aft a second-placed decorativeness successful the Norwegian Eliteserien successful 2025, ending a constituent abbreviated of winners Viking.

That came alongside a memorable Champions League campaign, successful which Kjetil Knutsen's squad qualified for the playoff circular from the league signifier with a 23rd-placed finish, earlier signaling a historical 5-2 aggregate triumph implicit Inter Milan and yet falling abbreviated successful the circular of 16 to Sporting Lisbon aft 2 legs and other time.

The Superlaget present caput into continental enactment connected the backmost of a beardown commencement to their bid to regain the Eliteserien, present sitting apical successful a tally of 5 consecutive wins since the wintertime interruption without conceding, astir precocious hosting Lillestrom connected Friday and dishing retired a 4-0 beating with Ole Blomberg, Sondre Fet and Jens Petter Hauge connected the scoresheet alongside a Marlkus Karsbakk ain goal.

They volition present question to Belgium afloat of assurance with the hopes of bringing a pb backmost to Norway for adjacent week's 2nd limb to determination wrong 1 necktie of different league-phase attempt.

Union SG signifier (all competitions):

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Bodo/Glimt signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Union SG should tract a akin starting XI from past week's Super Cup win, with Vic Chambaere bound to proceed successful nett pursuing the departure of Kjell Scherpen to Ipswich Town.

Christian Burgess was different notable subordinate to depart implicit the summer, and Kevin Mac Allister, Massire Sylla and Ross Sykes should again enactment up successful a backmost three.

Promise David volition anticipation to pb the enactment from the outset, having scored a team-high tally of 15 goals past season, portion Darius Olaru started successful his competitory debut past clip retired with chap summertime accomplishment Relebohile Mofokeng featuring disconnected the bench.

Bodo/Glimt should besides debar widescale changes from their 4-0 triumph astatine the weekend, with Daniel Bassi, Hakon Evjen, August Mikkelsen and Ulrik Saltnes remaining sidelined by injuries.

Following the caller departure of apical scorer Kasper Hogh to Celtic, Ola Brynhildsen and Ole Blomberg should proceed to pb the attack.

They should again person enactment from Sondre Fet and Jens Petter Hauge, some of whom scored past clip retired with the second making it back-to-back goals, portion Norway planetary Patrick Berg is simply a mainstay astatine the basal of the midfield.

Union SG imaginable starting lineup:

Chambaere; Mac Allister, Sylla, Sykes; Patris, Zorgane, Van De Perre, Olaru, Smith; Fuseini, David

Bodo/Glimt imaginable starting lineup:

Haikin; Sjovold, Bjortuft, Aleesami, Bjorkan; Berg; Auklend, Fet, Hauge; Blomberg, Brynhildsen

We say: Union SG 1-1 Bodo/Glimt

We find it pugnacious to divided the 2 sides connected Tuesday and spot the archetypal limb ending level, with the visitors successful good home signifier but facing a pugnacious travel to Belgium.

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