Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FC Copenhagen & Midtjylland face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Landspokal Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither FC Copenhagen nor Midtjylland 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.
FC Copenhagen form and stats
Last season, Copenhagen went all the way and won Landspokal Cup. Will they do the same again this year? Midtjylland will try their best to defeat the reigning champions.FC Copenhagen have performed here at Parken this season with 5 wins from 7 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
The FC Copenhagen fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Hvidovre and win 4-0. As mentioned above, Copenhagen "killed" Hvidovre in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Sørensen was "man of the match" with a rating of 9.04 out of 10. The defender Sørensen hit five key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Manchester United in the Champions League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Copenhagen handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Copenhagen can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland was sent out of Landspokal Cup in the round of 16 last season.The visitors are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Midtjylland had fun at their own home (Parken) last time out, beating Lyngby 2-1. Gabriel and Osorio scored. Gabriel was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.32. The defender Gabriel scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus OB at their stadium, the result 2-1.Midtjylland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Midtjylland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Midtjylland have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Midtjylland have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Copenhagen.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bardghji 7 goals |  D. Cupido Gonçalves 5 goals |   K. Cho 5 goals |
FC Copenhagen missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| FC Copenhagen | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 25 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.5 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 44% | ||
| 11.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Copenhagen | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Brøndby | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 6 | AGF | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Lyngby | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 8 | Randers | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 9 | Viborg | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 10 | OB | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Vejle | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Hvidovre | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -21 | 3 |
