Esbjerg and FC Helsingør are both riding high in the First Division with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Esbjerg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- FC Helsingør have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Esbjerg are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 3rd place whatever happens now. Helsingør have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 4th place no matter what happens.
Esbjerg form and stats
Esbjerg are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Blue Water Arena. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Esbjerg, their manager L. Vind and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Happy days for Esbjerg in their previous game, a First Division match away at HB Køge that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Preceding that match was the home game against Viborg that was lost 0-4.Esbjerg has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Esbjerg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Blue Water Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
FC Helsingør form and stats
Playing away, FC Helsingør have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the First Division this season. Helsingør love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Helsingør delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Silkeborg in their previous match; a First Division game. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Helsingør, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Fredericia.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Helsingør have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Helsingør have conceded 17 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was FC Helsingør - Esbjerg 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Esbjerg two wins, zero draws and FC Helsingør one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kjær 9 goals |   J. Kauko 8 goals |  J. Ankersen 6 goals |
Esbjerg missing players
FC Helsingør missing players
| Esbjerg | FC Helsingør | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 41 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 36 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 39 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 77% |
| 48% | 47% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 61% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 48% | 47% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 42% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 32% |
- Esbjerg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First Division
- FC Helsingør have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viborg | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 31 | 56 |
| 2 | Silkeborg | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 34 | 49 |
| 3 | Esbjerg | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | FC Helsingør | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Fredericia | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | HB Køge | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Fremad Amager | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 28 |
| 8 | Hobro | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Hvidovre | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -15 | 23 |
| 10 | Vendsyssel | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 29 | -21 | 16 |
| 11 | Kolding IF | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -21 | 14 |
| 12 | Skive | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -26 | 14 |
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