Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kolding IF & Esbjerg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Landspokal Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kolding IF form and stats
Kolding participated in Landspokal Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Vejle.The Kolding IF followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Skive and win 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Middelfart (2-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jammerbugt are coming to town in four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Kolding IF, who have participated in five training matches. Kolding IF have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Esbjerg form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Esbjerg's last game was the home draw against Jammerbugt (2-2). The draw against Jammerbugt came from a losing position. The Esbjerg manager Vind brought on Sørensen as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hobro at their stadium, the result 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Esbjerg manager Vind as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Brabrand.
Just as the home team, Esbjerg have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Esbjerg win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior four meetings involving these two teams are: one win for Kolding IF, two draws and one win for Esbjerg. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Kolding IF missing players
Esbjerg missing players
| Kolding IF | Esbjerg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 5.9 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
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