The league table is allowed to rest as OB and Midtjylland battle for Landspokal Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
OB form and stats
OB was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Landspokal Cup.When playing at home in the Superliga, OB have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Landspokal Cup for OB.
Happy days for OB in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Nordsjælland that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Lyngby with the scoreline 0-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AGF are coming to town in three days.
The OB fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. OB have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Midtjylland form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Midtjylland have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.
A loss against SønderjyskE was the result prior to that, in a Superliga home game.
Awer Mabil came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Randers last time out, making the manager B. Priske Pedersen feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Randers, was very satisfying as Awer Mabil scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Horsens in just three days.
Midtjylland has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Midtjylland have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): OB two wins, three draws and Midtjylland five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dreyer 5 goals |  S. Kaba 5 goals |  P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 5 goals |
OB missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| OB | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brøndby | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | AGF | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | København | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Randers | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | SønderjyskE | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | AaB | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | OB | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Vejle | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Nordsjælland | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Lyngby | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 12 | Horsens | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 6 |