Linfield and Bodo/Glimt will face off in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round at Windsor Park on Tuesday night with kickoff at 21:45.
Both sides started their Champions League qualification campaign in the first round where the Northern Irish champions, Linfield, seeing out The New Saints 2-1 on aggregate, while Bodo/Glimt, the Eliteserien champions, saw out KI Klaksvik 4-3 on aggregate.
Both sides faced scares in the first round with Linfield falling behind 1-0 in the first leg before claiming a 2-0 win in the second leg, while Bodo/Glimt claimed a 3-0 win in the first leg before falling to 3-1 defeat in the second leg.
The two will now want to move one step closer to the Champions League group stages and both will need to be at the best to advance. Bodo/Glimt come into the fixture of a 2-0 win over Ham-Kam in the Eliteserien at away, which gives them much needed confidence ahead of the clash, while Linfield are well-rested as they have not been in action since their second leg tie of the first round against The New Saints.
Linfield vs Bodo/Glimt head to head
This the first time the two will go head to head and we expect a closely-fought encounter, with both sides determined to pick an advantage over their opponents before the second leg next week. Take a look at their previous results;
Home
- Linfield 2-0 New Saints
- New Saints 1-0 Linfield
- Linfield 1-2 St Mirren
- Linfield 0-0 Newtown
- Linfield 2-0 Coleraine
Away
- Ham-Kam 0-2 Bodo/Glimt
- Klaksvik 3-1 Bodo/Glimt
- Bodo/Glimt 4-1 Sarpsborg
- Bodo/Glimt 3-0 Klaksvik
- Odd 3-2 Bodo/Glimt
Linfield team news
Linfield will be without Joel Cooper due a calf injury he picked up in the second leg against The New Saints.
Bodo/Glimt team news
Bodo/Glimt will be without Ola Solbakken due to a shoulder injury.
Prediction s and odds
- Double chance (2, X)
- Both sides to score
- Goals under 2.5
