Well here we go again , 4 days after the world cup final , the Scottish football season officially begins tonight with Motherwell taking on Icelandic cup holders and current league leaders Breidablik.
Motherwell go into tonight's game with a small squad , only new goalkeeper Darren Randolph looks like starting , manager Craig Brown will have to do without a host of players who have either been sold (Jim O,brien , Giles Coke) or players who have went back to their clubs from loan (John Ruddy , Lukas Lutkiewicz and Michael McGlinchey).
With 3 pre-season wins out of 3 , Motherwell will be confident but must be aware of the match time their opponents have , Breidablik are just about half way through their season , they are top scorers with 26 goals and sit top of the Icelandic league , top scorer Alfred Finnbogason has 8 goals , he is the dangerman , the Icelandic U21 internationalist has also 3 goals in 4 U21 games , Finnbogason is the man motherwell must stop is they are to get a result tonight. Motherwell must also keep an eye on goal scoring midfielder Kristinn Steindorsson who has 6 goals , the Icelandic team in total have 6 U21 players so this will not be an easy game.
As Motherwell enter their 3rd straight European adventure , the smart money is on a "well" win , they still have the core of the players who managed to get through 2 rounds in the europa league last season before being knocked out by Romanian giants Steaua , hopefully this experience counts tonight as it will be Breidabliks first ever game in Europe.
Prediction - as much as i would like Motherwell to get the win , i can only see them getting a scoring draw , the match fitness of the Icelandic team must have an effect on this game , if Motherwell were 10-11 games into their season then id expect a home win but tonight I'm going for 2-2 , i hope I'm wrong as Scotland need as many co-efficient points as we can get.
come on the "well"
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