Soccer match preview: Viborg confident before travelling to Vendsyssel

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Competition: Denmark First Division
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nord Energi Arena (7500 seats)

The visiting Viborg side should be favourites in this visit to Vendsyssel, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Vendsyssel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viborg has the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Vendsyssel form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Vendsyssel have to build on here at Nord Energi Arena in the First Division.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fabian Ehmann not having conceded a league goal in 229 minutes.

Vendsyssel shared the glory with Esbjerg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Vendsyssel won a home game hosting Fremad Amager (2-0).

Vendsyssel are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Vendsyssel are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nord Energi Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Viborg form and stats

Viborg, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division, have an excellent away record in the First Division so far with 4-4-0 from 8 games. Things are running smoothly for Viborg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hobro. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hobro game have they lost an away game, meaning Viborg has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

The Viborg goalkeeper Lucas Lund Pedersen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 209 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Viborg won their last game, 4-0 versus Fredericia played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Helsingør at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As you can tell from the results above, Viborg was very dominant against Fredericia, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with A. Jatta, S. Grønning, J. Mensah and T. Bech providing the goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Viborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Viborg as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Viborg - Vendsyssel 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vendsyssel three wins, one draw and Viborg six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ViborgS. Grønning
S. Grønning
11 goals
ViborgJ. Jensen
J. Jensen
9 goals
VendsysselM. Agger
M. Agger
6 goals

Vendsyssel missing players

Viborg missing players

Vendsyssel Viborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 1 8 17
4 4 1 Won W 1 4 12
3 1 1 Drew D 0 4 5
10 3 1 Lost L 0 0 0
17 11 4 Scored S 2 13 37
32 7 4 Conceded C 1 7 14
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
59% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 65%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 35%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 71%
24% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
29% 12% 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
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 9.1 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.4 10.9
3.4 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.8
30% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 45%
Key stats in First Division this season:
  • Vendsyssel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viborg has the fewest conceded goals (14) in First Division
  • Viborg has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in First Division
  • Viborg has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in First Division
  • Viborg has the most points from losing position (11) in First Division
  • Viborg has the most scored goals in the first half (19) 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 have scored more than double the goals of Vendsyssel.
  • Viborg 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 17 12 5 0 37 14 9 8 1 0 24 7 8 4 4 0 13 7 23 41
2 Esbjerg 17 12 3 2 28 16 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 7 1 1 16 9 12 39
3 Silkeborg 17 11 1 5 41 18 8 6 1 1 21 9 9 5 0 4 20 9 23 34
4 Fredericia 17 8 3 6 25 22 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 4 1 4 14 14 3 27
5 Fremad Amager 17 7 3 7 35 20 9 4 2 3 22 9 8 3 1 4 13 11 15 24
6 FC Helsingør 17 7 2 8 25 26 9 4 1 4 12 10 8 3 1 4 13 16 -1 23
7 Hobro 17 6 4 7 27 32 9 4 2 3 17 17 8 2 2 4 10 15 -5 22
8 HB Køge 17 6 4 7 16 21 9 2 2 5 5 13 8 4 2 2 11 8 -5 22
9 Hvidovre 17 6 1 10 20 33 8 1 0 7 6 18 9 5 1 3 14 15 -13 19
10 Vendsyssel 17 4 3 10 17 32 8 4 1 3 11 7 9 0 2 7 6 25 -15 15
11 Kolding IF 17 2 7 8 16 29 9 2 3 4 11 18 8 0 4 4 5 11 -13 13
12 Skive 17 1 4 12 13 37 8 0 3 5 6 19 9 1 1 7 7 18 -24 7

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