Home and Away: Brann look to pile misery on Honefoss

Brann are looking to secure back to back wins here

Jonno Turner looks to build on two winners last Friday as he turns his attentions to action in Scandinavia...

We're off to Finland for our first pick of the week - as a resurgent Lahti host MyPA at the Lahden Stadion, looking to maintain their recent momentum.

The home side currently sit second bottom of the Veikkausliiga, but their results of late belie that position, and they are now unbeaten in three outings on their own patch.

Juha Malinen will be delighted with that upturn in form, and three clean sheets from five shows that the Mustat Kuhnurit rearguard appears to have learnt from some of the mistakes they showed earlier in the season.

Visitors MyPA go into this clash sitting sixth in the division, but have looked out of sorts of late, and have won just one of their last five ahead of this one.

The Myllykoski club has shipped nine goals in four outings, and that suggests that their hosts may be presented with a chance or two here.

Toni Korkeakunnas' side have not won in three visits to the Lahden Stadion, and that will have knocked confidence ahead of this game, in which a loss could see them fall as far as 10th place in the table - just one place above their hosts.

Bet 1: Lahti (HOME) @ 2.3

Staying in Scandinavia now, but switching our attentions to the Norwegian top flight, where Honefoss welcome Brann to Buskerud County.

The hosts line up for this one teetering on the edge of the relegation zone - and that position is the result of some mixed form which has seen them secure just one win from seven outings.

Leif Gunnar Smerud's charges have only taken maximum points once from five outings on their own patch, and that will have knocked confidence down at the AKA Arena ahead of this tie.

And with the home side sitting just two points from the bottom of the table, they will be feeling the pressure at the moment, as they aim to put more space between themselves and the danger zone.

Visitors Brann travel east from Bergen position in fifth place - and will be keen to regain some consistency following some mixed form in the Eliteserien.

Rune Skarsfjord's side have won six of their last 10 league outings, and when they have been playing well, they've looked excellent - as last week's 6-1 thrashing of Sandnes Ulf attests to.

But the Reds have struggled to maintain that form on a regular basis, and they will be desperate to put together back to back wins here in order to prove their doubters wrong and pile the pressure on the top four.

Bet 2: Brann (AWAY) @ 2.8

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