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Football Bet of the Day: Things won't be smooth as Silk for the hosts

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Silkeborg v Esbjerg
Thursday May 24, 19:15

Underdogs to excel in playoff clash

Sweden wasn't quite as kind to us this time around, as Hacken drew 1-1 with AIK last night,leaving us a goal short. The frustrating thing is that the scoreline was 1-1 in the 56th minute. What's Swedish for "it's the hope that kills you?"
Anyway, we'll stay in Scandinavia, and take in a Danish promotion/relegation clash between Superliga strugglers Silkeborg and high-flying Esbjerg.
Esbjerg went down last season, but are making a decent fist of winning promotion at the first attempt. They finished second in the First Division, and only lost one of their last ten matches of the campaign.
Silkeborg won their final game of the first playoff section, but that was against the only team in their Superliga playoff group with a worse record than them, and they have only won one of their last six games. They finished the Superliga regular season with a run of just one victory in ten.
Esbjerg have the momentum, and have won four of their last five away games, so they certainly won't be overawed here. Silkeborg's price of 2.16 to win the first leg seems largely based on their Superliga status rather than current form, so I'll back the visitors to pick up a result on the Double Chance market.
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