The visiting Esbjerg side should be favourites in this visit to Kolding IF, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their six league games this season.
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.
Kolding IF form and stats
Kolding IF have less points than they have played home games in the First Division so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Kolding, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A strong away win for Kolding IF against Utopia the last match. Before that, Kolding IF played out a First Division draw 1-1 when visiting Skive.
As mentioned above, Kolding "killed" Utopia in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kolding, as the First Division home game vs Hobro is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kolding IF at home in the league. 2 on target and 8 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Esbjerg form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the First Division away games so far for Esbjerg with six points collected from three matches.
The supporters enjoyed Esbjerg's previous game versus Silkeborg (placed 4th), a Landspokal Cup 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Viborg in the First Division.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hvidovre in just three days.
The Esbjerg manager T. Bech has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. Esbjerg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Kolding one win, one draw and Esbjerg one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Kolding IF missing players
Esbjerg missing players
| Kolding IF | Esbjerg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | 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 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | 22 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 48 | 87 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 34% |
- All of Esbjerg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Kolding IF's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Esbjerg have scored in all their matches so far.
- Esbjerg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kolding IF has the most conceded goals (16) in First Division
- Kolding IF has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in First Division
- Kolding IF have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kolding IF have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kolding IF have lost all their home matches so far.
- Kolding IF 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 | Viborg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Esbjerg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Fremad Amager | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | Silkeborg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Helsingør | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Fredericia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Hobro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | HB Køge | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Vendsyssel | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Hvidovre | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 3 |
| 11 | Skive | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
| 12 | Kolding IF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
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