National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Esbjerg or AGF that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Esbjerg nor AGF as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Esbjerg form and stats
Esbjerg was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Landspokal Cup.Esbjerg's results here at Blue Water Arena in the Superliga have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The Esbjerg fans got no joy from their last match, a Superliga game also here at Blue Water Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Nordsjælland. Heartbreak before that as Esbjerg lost 0-2 at Lyngby's place.
Esbjerg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Esbjerg have conceded 17 goals.
AGF form and stats
AGF's mission in Landspokal Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, AGF have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Landspokal Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes AGF's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Randers game.
AGF played 0-0 against Hobro in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Horsens at their stadium, the result 2-1.
AGF find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. AGF have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Esbjerg two wins, two draws and AGF six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Mortensen 9 goals | M. Bundu 7 goals |  Y. Yakovenko 5 goals |
Esbjerg missing players
AGF missing players
| Esbjerg | AGF | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 28 | 52 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 291 | 136 | Total Shots | T S | 163 | 352 | ||
| 111 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 149 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 56 |
| 2 | København | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | AGF | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | AaB | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Randers | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Lyngby | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 9 | OB | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | SønderjyskE | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 11 | Horsens | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -22 | 25 |
| 12 | Hobro | 23 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
| 13 | Esbjerg | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
| 14 | Silkeborg | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -23 | 12 |
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