As Motherwell's European adventure continues in the North or Norway tonight it is hoped that Craig Browns team can continue the good work and results they had in the last qualifying round vs Breidablik. The opponents are Aalesund , Norwegian cup holders and currently 4th in the Norwegian league.
Tonight match takes place in the excellent Color Line Stadium , capacity 10,778. When Motherwell take to the field tonight well AstroTurf , they will be hoping their superior European experience counts as this will be Aalesunds first ever game in a European competition. Its already been reported in the Scottish press that Steven Craigan and co will be up against man mountain Tor Hogne Aaroy , at 6 foot 8 and a half inches , hes Europe's tallest players and Aalesunds top scorer this season.
Motherwell will probably name an unchanged side that beat Breidablik 1-0 in Iceland last week , Craig Brown still hasn't had a chance to add to his squad although if "well" get through this tie its expected some money will be made free. Brown will also know that Aalesund will be a step up in class from breidablik although he will set his Motherwell team up to get that important away goal and hopefully keep it tight at the back.
Prediction - the 2 games "well" have played are really going to help them here , Aalesund are better than breidablik but the Motherwell management team will know that they hold the aces in terms of experience. How will Aalesund react to their first euro game?? , will they be nervous and invite Motherwell onto them?? or will they be more attacking trying to get the tie over in this first leg?? , I'm going for a 1-1 draw here as i think there is not much between the sides , a good result for Motherwell and for Scottish football.
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