National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Horsens or Vejle that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Horsens and Vejle.
Horsens form and stats
Horsens was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Landspokal Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First Division this season. Horsens have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at CASA Arena Horsens. On the other hand, in the Landspokal Cup, Horsens has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
The Horsens fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at CASA Arena Horsens: A 0-1 defeat against Lyngby.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Vendsyssel that ended 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Horsens perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Horsens as a small favourite), we find five games. Horsens has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Horsens here at CASA Arena Horsens in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
Vejle form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vejle so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Vejle are still without points from their Superliga away games. 6 games, 6 defeats. Bitter travels for Vejle as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Horsens match.
Andrés Ponce scored in Vejle's previous match, the home game against Nordsjælland that ended 2-0. Goalkeeper Sten Grytebust got the top player rating of the team with 7.6/10. Grytebust stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Vejle manager P. Sørensen faced defeat when travelling to Brøndby and losing 2-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vejle playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Vejle wins, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Vejle defense as they have conceded 18 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Horsens one win, four draws and Vejle five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Tengstedt 6 goals | M. Jensen 4 goals |  T. Søndergaard Lange 4 goals |
Horsens missing players
Vejle missing players
| Horsens | Vejle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 36 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 27 | 54 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lyngby | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | FC Helsingør | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Fredericia | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Hvidovre | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Horsens | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Nykøbing | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Jammerbugt | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | HB Køge | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Esbjerg | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Vendsyssel | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Hobro | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Fremad Amager | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | København | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | AaB | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Randers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Brøndby | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | AGF | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 8 | OB | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Nordsjælland | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Viborg | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 12 | Vejle | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -21 | 5 |
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