Preview: Brondby vs Silkeborg - prediction, team news, lineups

Brondby will be bidding to begin their 2025-26 Danish Superliga campaign on a winning note when they welcome Silkeborg to JYSK Park on Sunday.

The home side, who have won Denmark's top flight on 11 occasions, finished third in the Danish Superliga last season, while Silkeborg were seventh in 2024-25.

Match preview

Brondby are the third-most successful side in Denmark's top flight, having lifted the trophy on 11 occasions, with their last success coming in 2020-21, while they were runners-up in 2023-24.

Drengene Fra Vestegnen finished third last term, which has seen them qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2025-26 Conference League, with the team due to take on HB over two legs.

Brondby's first leg of their European clash is next Thursday, but they will currently be focusing on making a winning start to their league campaign, with a title challenge the target this term.

Frederik Birk's side have been active during this summer's transfer window, with their standout signing proving to be Oliver Villadsen, who has made the move from Nuremberg.

Meanwhile, there have been some notable departures, including Yuito Suzuki to Freiburg and Mathais Kvistgaarden.

Silkeborg, meanwhile, finished seventh in the Danish Superliga last season, but they were third as recent as 2021-22, while the club won Denmark's top flight in 1993-94.

SIF have promoted some talented youngsters to their first-team squad for this term, but there have also been two fresh additions to their squad, with Rami Al Hajj and Leonel Montano arriving from Plymouth Argyle and Esbjerg respectively.

Kent Nielsen's side played five friendlies in preparation for the new campaign, but they only managed to post one victory and will enter this match off the back of a 4-1 defeat to St Pauli on July 15.

Silkeborg have not actually beaten Brondby in Denmark's top flight since July 2022, but the last two meetings between the two sides at this level of football have finished level, including a 2-2 draw in their last fixture on March 16.

Brondby form (all competitions):

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Silkeborg form (all competitions):

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Team News

Brondby are expected to have some new faces in their XI on Sunday, with Villadsen and Mats Kohlert both in line to feature at the back, while Kotaro Uchino and Sho Fukuda will hope to earn minutes in the final third of the field.

The team's three leading goalscorers from last season have departed, with Mileta Rajovic also moving on, but Nicolai Vallys has stayed, and the 27-year-old, who scored seven times in 2024-25, will feature in the final third.

Filip Bundgaard could join Fukuda in a front two, with Vallys operating in the number 10 spot.

As for Silkeborg, Montano and Al Hajj are both set to feature in the starting side following their arrivals.

Tonni Adamsen scored 23 times during an excellent 2024-25 campaign, and he will feature in the final third, while Pelle Mattsson will also be in the side.

However, Younes Bakiz, who netted 14 times last term, will miss the contest through injury. 

Brondby possible starting lineup:

Pentz; Villadsen, Alves, Lauritsen, Kohlert; Nartey, Tahirovic, Wass; Vallys; Bundgaard, Fukuda

Silkeborg possible starting lineup:

Larsen; Stuker, Ganchas, Madsen, Montano; Andersen, Oxenberg, Mattsson; Al Hajj, Simmelhack, Adamsen

We say: Brondby 2-2 Silkeborg

There have been 15 goals scored in the last three league meetings between the two sides, and we are expecting more goals on Sunday; Brondby have home advantage, but Silkeborg have enough quality to claim a point.

Written by
Matt Law

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