Danish Superliga 2020/21: Brondby vs Midtjylland

In the 6th game week of the 2020-21 Danish Superliga, league leaders Brondby hosted defending champions Midtjylland in a hugely anticipated clash. Brondby after having a perfect start to the season suffered their first defeat to second-placed SønderjyskE last week. They will be hoping to get back to winning way after this match.

Midtjylland, after improving their domestic form after a first game week loss came crashing down against Atalanta in their Champions League debut. They would also like to put that loss behind and continue their recent domestic form. This tactical analysis will look into the tactics deployed by both the teams. Let’s begin the analysis.

Lineups

Brondby lined up in their traditional 3-5-2 system that has been very successful for them this season. They made a single change from their 2-0 loss against SønderjyskE, bringing in Andrea Pavlovic for Simon Hedlund.

Midtjylland, on the other hand, made 4 changes to the side that lost 4-0 in the midweek against Atalanta. Winger Anderson, right-back Dion Cools, Evander and Bozhidar Kraev made their way into the lineup.

Brondby with possession

Brondby mostly looked to play out from the back when they had possession. Their tactics were to draw the Midtjylland’s midfield and forward line to the press high and then launch a long ball to the forwards and isolate them with the defensive lines in a 1v1 or 2v2 situation. In this example, we can see that Paulinho, the left-back goes higher to press the Brondby wing-back. Now another midfielder drop at the same time (black-circle) and Paulinho is left in two minds as to press them. The CB who has possession immediately launches a long ball.