Norway meets Finland here and with the stronger league and generally the better footballers it is no surprise that Odd are the favourites and they’ll certainly be expected to win the 1st leg with home advantage. They are currently 2nd in the Norwegian Eliteserien which is on its mid-season break. They were 2-1 winners at home to Strømsgodset in late May in their most recent match and have won 4 of their last 6 games overall.
They were pretty impressive in this competition last year seeing off 3 sides before losing an absolute goalfest against German giants Borussia Dortmund in the play-off round. They raced into a stunning 3-0 lead inside 20 minutes in the 1st Leg at home but defensively they were a shambles after that conceding 11 times over the 2 legs and going out 11-5 on aggregate.
Mariehamn’s only recent venture in the competition was in 2013 when they were beaten at this stage by Inter Baki despite drawing the away leg. Clearly they don’t have the European experience of their opponents but they too are going well again this year. They are level on points and in a two-way battle with HJK Helsinki for the Finnish Veikkausliiga. They are unbeaten in 4 matches and were 2-0 winners against PS Kemi in their most recent game 10 days ago.
This could be an entertaining game. Odd are quite a free-scoring team in Norway and showed they could find the back of the net against stronger opposition in this competition last season. There been over 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 home games and they are likely to be keen to work up a big advantage here to make the 2nd leg considerably less difficult. Therefore we could see quite an open game and backing there to be over 2.5 goals at 7/10 looks to offer good value as the gulf in class between the sides should prove obvious for all.
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