Malmö vs Víkingur Reykjavík betting tips: Champions League First Qualifying Round First Leg preview, predictions and odds

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Match preview

In this all-Nordic clash, the Champions of Sweden are overwhelming favourites to reach the next stage.

Malmö FF are the only Nordic club to have reached a European Cup Final, losing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest in 1979.

Slightly more recently, the Sky Blues featured in the Champions League group phase last season, their fifth UEFA group stage appearance since 2014.

So, Miloš Milojević's side are targeting group stage football once again, merely seeing this as the first hurdle to clear.

Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur won their first Icelandic title for 30 years last year and make the short trip for this game as massive underdogs.

Just to get this far, Arnar Gunnlaugsson's side had to win two preliminary round matches last month.

First, Víkingur demolished Levadia Tallinn 6-1 before a much more hard-fought 1-0 victory over Inter Club d'Escaldes three days later.

Before this, they'd lost all seven European ties they'd even played, so just getting this far is a momentous achievement.

Anything other than an emphatic home victory at Stadion would be a major shock.

The winners of this tie will meet Žalgiris Vilnius or Ballkani in the Champions League second qualifying round.

The losers get another chance, over in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round, where they'll take on the losers of TNS vs Linfield.

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