National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Næstved or Midtjylland that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Næstved and Midtjylland.
Næstved form and stats
Næstved have not come this way in the Landspokal Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Frem and Bagsværd. Last season, Næstved's Landspokal Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Næstved have collected 2 points from their First Division home games so far after 0-2-3.
Næstved drew their last game, also a home match. Hillerød was the opponent, 2-2 the score. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Ladefoged, having scored in four consecutive matches.
1-1 away at Vendsyssel before that.Næstved are traveling soon after this match as the First Division match at Fredericia awaits in four days.
The Næstved fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Næstved have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Midtjylland form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Aabenraa in order to reach 3rd round of Landspokal Cup. They also participated in Landspokal Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Midtjylland in their Superliga matches away.
Midtjylland had fun at their own home (ProfaGroupPark) last time out, beating OB 2-1. Cho and Charles scored. Charles came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against OB last time out, making the manager Thomasberg feel like a tactical genius. The attacker Cho got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Cho scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Midtjylland travelled to Viborg and returned home with a draw after the Superliga game finished 2-2.Midtjylland have another match away in just three nights, a Superliga fixture vs FC Copenhagen. A gruelling schedule for the guests!
Midtjylland are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). The Midtjylland manager Thomasberg has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Cho 5 goals |   M. Riis Ladefoged 3 goals |  F. Ellegaard 2 goals |
Næstved missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Næstved | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 29 | 56 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.2 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 52% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 47% | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AaB | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Fredericia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Hobro | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Kolding IF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Horsens | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Vendsyssel | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | B 93 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | -8 | 11 |
| 9 | Hillerød | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | HB Køge | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 11 | FC Helsingør | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 8 |
| 12 | Næstved | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Copenhagen | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Silkeborg | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Nordsjælland | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Midtjylland | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | AGF | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Lyngby | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Viborg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 9 | Randers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | OB | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Vejle | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Hvidovre | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -11 | 3 |
