National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's OB or Midtjylland that keep their silverware dream alive.
Midtjylland could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Superliga game only four sleeps ago.
OB form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.OB faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vejle (1-2). Midfielder Okosun was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Okosun had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).
Before that, OB drew at home versus SønderjyskE.OB have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; OB scored 4 goals and let in 6 goals during these three games.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland's mission in Landspokal Cup last season failed in the semi-finals against SønderjyskE.Isaksen, Evander and Dreyer scored in Midtjylland's previous match, the home game against Randers that ended 3-2. Evander got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Evander scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Silkeborg with the score of 4-1.It's a day of discovery for Midtjylland as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Midtjylland have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Midtjylland has scored 10 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
OB-Midtjylland H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: OB three wins, Midtjylland four wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 12 goals |   I. Jebali 10 goals |  J. dos Santos Júnior 8 goals |
OB missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| OB | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 50 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 14.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 13 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
