Season ticket holders at CM Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nykøbing languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting HB Køge will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Nykøbing form and stats
The story so far in the First Division for Nykøbing at their home stadium (CM Arena) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Nykøbing are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Viborg. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fremad Amager (0-4).
A goal frenzy last time out for Nykøbing, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Viborg. Fun stuff to watch!
This is expected to be a close game, with Nykøbing perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nykøbing as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Nykøbing has won five of these, drawn four and lost two.
Nykøbing are traveling soon after this match as the First Division match at Vejle awaits in three days.
Nykøbing have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CM Arena with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
HB Køge form and stats
There's been little loot from HB Køge's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the First Division. HB Køge only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 8 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hvidovre (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The First Division match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Vejle.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by HB Køge in our archives, and the results are: one win for HB Køge, five draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Køge, the First Division home match versus Fremad Amager. Busy days.
Køge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). HB Køge have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: HB Køge - Nykøbing 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Nykøbing, two draws and three wins for HB Køge. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Helsted 15 goals |   M. Kristensen 8 goals | S. Koch 7 goals |
Nykøbing missing players
HB Køge missing players
| Nykøbing | HB Køge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 45 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 58 | 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 86% |
| 76% | 79% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 52% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 40% | 31% |
| 28% | 21% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 7% |
| 66% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 72% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 223 | 108 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 109 | 234 |
| 114 | 61 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 52 | 106 |
| 39% | 36% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 37% | 35% |
- HB Køge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nykøbing has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Nykøbing has the most conceded goals in the first half (31)
- Nykøbing has the most matches over the total-line (20)
- Nykøbing has the the worst goal difference (-4) at home
- Nykøbing 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 | Vejle | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 32 | 61 |
| 2 | Viborg | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 54 |
| 3 | Fredericia | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Kolding IF | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | Vendsyssel | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 41 |
| 6 | Fremad Amager | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 7 | Skive | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 8 | HB Køge | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | Hvidovre | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Nykøbing | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 32 | -13 | 32 |
| 11 | Næstved | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 25 |
| 12 | Roskilde | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 59 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 36 | -21 | 23 |
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