Nordsjælland look to Right to Dream Park supporters for inspiration before Horsens match

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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 Nordsjælland and Horsens.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Horsens's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Horsens have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 5-6 (scored/conceded).

Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland have collected 14 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-2-3.

A good away victory last time out for Nordsjælland, who won 1-0 against AGF (placed 4th). Before that, Nordsjælland drew at home versus AaB.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nordsjælland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.

A decent goal production from Nordsjælland in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Nordsjælland's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Horsens form and stats

There's been little loot from Horsens's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 9 away games in the Superliga. Horsens, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Superliga, only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Lirim Qamili and Nicolai Brock-Madsen scored in Horsens's previous match, the home game against AaB that ended 2-1. A 0-0 draw at Vejle's stadium before that.

Nicolai Brock-Madsen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against AaB last time out, making the manager J. Askou feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Nicolai Brock-Madsen scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat AaB.

Horsens are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Goals are few and far between in Horsens's away league games. Only 2 goals from 9 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Horsens rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Horsens - Nordsjælland 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Nordsjælland victories, four draws and one Horsens win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Francis 4 goals

K. Sulemana 4 goals

U. Yttergård Jenssen 3 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Horsens missing players