Betting Tip
Copenhagen are a club on a different scale, and they are moving through qualifying accordingly. Bo Svensson inherited a team with regular European experience and a squad able to handle rotation without losing quality. The Danes have started the season confidently: six points from two Superliga rounds, wins over Lyngby (3:2) and Silkeborg (1:3), with a Mohamed Elyounoussi hat-trick.
The first game in Debrecen removed the doubts. Gabriel Pereira opened the scoring, the Brazilian Robert finished off the Hungarians before the break, and Andreas Cornelius rounded things off with a header in added time — 3:0. It was one-way traffic: nine shots to three, six on target to one from the opposition, and 66% of duels won.
The schedule also favours the hosts. After the trip to Hungary, Copenhagen did not play in the league and had a week to recover, with their next Superliga round only on 16 August. There is no need to conserve energy, the squad depth covers the absence of Rodrigo Huescas and the suspended Junnosuke Suzuki, while Thomas Delaney has returned to action.
Debrecen got past Pyunik in the previous Conference League round — 1:0 at home and 0:0 away. Two clean sheets can easily be taken for solid defending, but there is a gulf between the level of the Armenian club and that of Copenhagen. Gert Remmel is reshaping the team in the middle of the season, Maximilian Hofmann and Sergi Samper are out for four to five weeks, and Debrecen have just lost to Ujpest (2:4) in the league.
Balazs Dzsudzsak carries the attack with his class, but at 39 he will not overturn a three-goal deficit away from home. The visitors need a miracle, and they will play from a defensive base. Copenhagen will not sit back in front of their own fans — Svensson demands pressure and a quick opening goal. We are backing a Danish win.