AaB welcomes Silkeborg to this second leg of the Landspokal Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
AaB's stadium, Aalborg Portland Park, has a grass surface. Silkeborg have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Silkeborg when playing on grass; 12 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses from 36 matches. They have scored {62 goals} in these games and conceded 53.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AaB and Silkeborg.
AaB form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The AaB followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Lyngby and win 1-0. Goalkeeper Mantl got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.31 out of ten. Mantl topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before, 1-1 away to Silkeborg (Landspokal Cup). The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how AaB have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Horsens in only three days. This game is also played here at Aalborg Portland Park.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for AaB, who have participated in six training matches. AaB have won 1 of these, drawn 3 and were beaten in 2 games.
Silkeborg form and stats
Silkeborg was sent out of Landspokal Cup in the 3rd round last season.There might be some fixture complaints from Silkeborg as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-3 against Midtjylland. Silkeborg did not look prepared in the first half against Midtjylland and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one. Brink got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Brink had 100 successful passes (of 105 total).
One match before, 1-1 at home against AaB in the Landspokal Cup.
A new game in only three days for Silkeborg, the Superliga home match versus OB. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Silkeborg have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from six fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Silkeborg have won at least one point in the last 8 matches (5-3-0) against AaB.Silkeborg - AaB 1-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous head-to-head game, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Adamsen 10 goals |   A. Goncalves Sousa 8 goals |  S. Jørgensen 6 goals |
AaB missing players
Silkeborg missing players
| AaB | Silkeborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
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