Esbjerg are trusting their home fans to aid them in this fixture hosting HB Køge. Who will win at Blue Water Arena?
- Esbjerg have the fewest scored goals (8) in First Division
- All of HB Køge's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Esbjerg form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for Esbjerg, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in First Division, at their home stadium (Blue Water Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Blue Water Arena.
In their previous game, the manager R. Vrabec led his Esbjerg to a defeat in the First Division match away at Jammerbugt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Blue Water Arena. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at M. Larsen for missing a penalty kick versus Jammerbugt in the 67th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Ahead of that match, Esbjerg won a home game hosting Fremad Amager (2-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Esbjerg handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and two defeats.
The Esbjerg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Esbjerg have conceded 8 in these home matches.
HB Køge form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for HB Køge in their First Division matches away.
J. Rothmann, M. Elvius and E. Simonsen scored in Køge's previous match, the home game against Fredericia that ended 3-0.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lyngby.HB Køge are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visiting Køge have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Køge have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Esbjerg won seven, HB Køge triumphed in one and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  E. Sørensen 3 goals |   M. Lindemann Jensen 3 goals |  P. Larsen 2 goals |
Esbjerg missing players
HB Køge missing players
| Esbjerg | HB Køge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 90% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 41% |
- All of HB Køge's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Esbjerg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Esbjerg have the fewest scored goals (8) in First Division
- Esbjerg have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in First Division
- HB Køge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 Helsingør | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Lyngby | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Fredericia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Horsens | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Hvidovre | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Nykøbing | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Jammerbugt | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
| 8 | HB Køge | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Fremad Amager | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Esbjerg | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Vendsyssel | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Hobro | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 5 |