NEC Nijmegen vs Bodo/Glimt — Tips & Analysis

Bodo/Glimt +-0: Bodo/Glimt are simply the better team here. They have won 14 of their last 18 games and lost only one. They travel well too. Bodo have won 5 and tied 2 of their away games in this run. Overall they score almost 3 goals a game and let in under one. They have just come through a tie with Union Saint-Gilloise, tying 3-3 in Brussels and winning 3-2 at home, so this level does not scare them. NEC have earned their place. They knocked Olympiakos out with a 0-0 in Piraeus and a 2-1 at the Goffert. But they have won only 5 of their last 13 games, and the team news is bad. Both centre backs, Sandler and Schuurs, are out, and so are Ouaissa and Moslih. That is the heart of it. Bodo press high and score almost 3 goals a game. A patched up back line against that is a real problem. Bodo have also had 8 days rest to NEC's 4. A 1-2 to Bodo looks the most likely finish, with NEC getting one in a game that has chances at both ends. That result wins this pick. The Goffert will be loud and NEC have already knocked out a big name this summer. Bodo are without Evjen and Mikkelsen too. We still want Bodo to take the first leg.