With a two-goal lead in hand from last week's first leg, Copenhagen will aim to seal their place in the third round of Champions League qualifying on Wednesday, when they host Breidablik at Parken Stadium.

The Danish champions reached the group stage of Europe's top club competition last year, and finishing off the job against their Nordic neighbours would take them one step closer to a return.

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Within a minute of their 2023-24 European campaign getting under way, Copenhagen went 1-0 up in last Tuesday's first leg at Kopavogsvollur, as Jordan Larsson struck an early opener.

Rasmus Falk then doubled the Danish side's advantage before the half-time break, and a goalless second half leaves them firmly in the driving seat when Breidablik come to town for this week's second leg.

Copenhagen are ultimately aiming to repeat the feats of a successful 2022-23 season, when they won the domestic double and made a decent attempt at progressing from the Champions League group stage.

Unbeaten at home against Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and eventual winners Manchester City, the Lions lost all three away games without scoring to finish bottom of the table. As a result, they have still made the knockout phase just once in the competition's current format, back in the 2010-11 campaign.

This year, they must yet overcome their Icelandic counterparts to set up a third-round tie with Sparta Prague, the winners of which would enter the all-important playoffs.

After kicking off the defence of their Danish Superliga title with a 2-1 win away to Lyngby - followed by Saturday's 3-2 success at Vejle, where Larsson scored the opener once again - Jacob Neestrup's men are certainly shaping up well for such a task.

By contrast with Wednesday's hosts, Breidablik are deep into their domestic season, sitting third in Iceland's Besta deild karla standings after a 1-1 draw against Stjarnan on Saturday.

Oskar Hrafn Thorvaldsson's side won the league by a 10-point margin last year, setting up an adventure into UEFA's premier club competition this summer.

After seeing off the champions of San Marino and Montenegro in a preliminary tournament hosted on home soil in Kopavogur, Breidablik then beat the Republic of Ireland's leading club Shamrock Rovers in the first qualifying round, but they now need an improbable comeback in Copenhagen to prolong their journey.

Defeat would mean demotion to the Europa League qualifiers, which at least provides a measure of consolation - and perhaps a more viable route into group-stage football for the very first time.