HB Køge will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Esbjerg.
HB Køge and Esbjerg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
HB Køge form and stats
HB Køge's struggle is real here at Rishøj Stadion with only 4 points collected from 6 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.
Ahead of that match, HB Køge lost 0-1 at home to Midtjylland.
Køge have scored 2 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Esbjerg form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
It was a Landspokal Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Nykøbing wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Esbjerg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by Esbjerg in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Esbjerg - HB Køge 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: one win for HB Køge, two draws and five wins for Esbjerg. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.HB Køge missing players
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| HB Køge | Esbjerg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 50% | 83% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 89 | 35 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 64 | 147 |
| 35 | 13 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 22 | 53 |
| 31% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 41% | 36% |
- All of Esbjerg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Esbjerg have scored at least twice as many goals away as HB Køge have scored home.
- Esbjerg have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Esbjerg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- HB Køge has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in First Division
- HB Køge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- HB Køge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Silkeborg | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Fredericia | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Esbjerg | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Fremad Amager | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 6 | FC Helsingør | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | HB Køge | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Hobro | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Hvidovre | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 13 |
| 10 | Kolding IF | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | Vendsyssel | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -14 | 8 |
| 12 | Skive | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 3 |