The Esbjerg manager T. Bech attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Viborg and their manager J. Neestrup Hansen are in 1st place before this match.
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.
Esbjerg form and stats
Perfect First Division season at home so far for Esbjerg 2 wins from 2 appearances. Esbjerg has recorded two wins in a row here at Blue Water Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Esbjerg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fremad Amager's place. The match ended 3-2. Before that, Esbjerg had a home game versus FC Helsingør which ended with a victory 2-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Esbjerg's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Viborg form and stats
Viborg are still undefeated on their travels in the First Division. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. The fact that Viborg have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Viborg won their last game, 3-1 versus Vendsyssel played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at HB Køge.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Landspokal Cup trip to Hedensted.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Viborg has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Esbjerg victories, three draws and four Viborg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jensen 4 goals | S. Grønning 4 goals |   Y. Yakovenko 2 goals |
Esbjerg missing players
Viborg missing players
| Esbjerg | Viborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 22 | 69 |
| 28 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 44% | 48% |
- All of Viborg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Esbjerg have scored in all their matches so far.
- Esbjerg have won all their matches at home so far.
- Esbjerg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viborg has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in First Division
- Viborg has the most points from losing position (4) in First Division
- Viborg has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in First Division
- Viborg has the the best goal difference (+3) away in First Division
- Viborg have not yet lost a game.
- Viborg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Viborg have scored in all their matches so far.
- Viborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viborg is in the best form (4-1-0)
| Esbjerg | Last season | Viborg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 66 | ||
| 58 | 25 | Conceded | C | 20 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 84% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 42% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 67% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 25% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 407 | 198 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 416 | ||
| 131 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 161 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Esbjerg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Hobro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Fremad Amager | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | FC Helsingør | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Fredericia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Silkeborg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | HB Køge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Vendsyssel | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 10 | Kolding IF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| 11 | Hvidovre | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 0 |
| 12 | Skive | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
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