SK Brann manager Eirik Horneland is anticipating a clash of styles in the Conference League qualifier against St Mirren.
The Norwegian club are in Paisley for the first leg of the third qualifying round on Thursday night and expects a difficult challenge against a "physical and very direct team".
St Mirren cruised into the third round with a 4-1 victory over Icelandic side Valur Reykjavik last week and from that match and the win over Hibs, Horneland is anticipating contrasting approaches to the fixture.
"This game will be a tough one," he said. “St Mirren have had two home matches so far this season and they have scored seven goals, that is a lot.
“Tomorrow will be two different styles of play so it will be interesting to see which style can get the game.
“St Mirren are a physical team, a very direct team and well-organised.
“We try to dominate the games with a passing game, we try to be a hard-pressing team, give away as little as we can for the opponent.
“On the ball we want to create, we want to make chances and be the best team – sometimes we are, sometimes we are not – we will wait and see if we can do it again.
“We certainly hope we can get our game going and St Mirren will be the same but it is two different styles of play and it will be interesting to see who can take the advantage.”
Read more:
-
Robinson on quiet St Mirren celebrations as sons enjoyed free drinks
-
Gayfield to Euro glory - Toyosi Olusanya's St Mirren redemption
Meanwhile, SK Brann captain Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen has insisted his side won't be overawed by the occasion in Paisley.
"No, we are used to playing on the big stage," said the centre-back. "Our home ground takes 15,000 and it's always big crowds so the players are looking forward to playing tomorrow at a good stadium here.
"I've seen some goals and talked a little bit with Sivet Heltne Nilsen, our former captain, and he says that it is a tough league with a lot of duels and direct football so I think we are ready to compete."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel