National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Randers or Silkeborg that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football pitch has the surface grass, unlike Silkeborg's home ground. The latest 36 games by the away side on grass have seen 14 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Superliga. That game was also an away game, at AaB. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Randers form and stats
Last season their Landspokal Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against OB.4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Randers have to build on here at Cepheus Park Randers in the Superliga.
Randers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Horsens. As you see from the result above, Randers suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The attacking player Egho won the honour of being "man of the match" for Randers with a rating of 7.3/10. Egho scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against København with the scoreline 0-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Randers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Randers, as the Superliga home game vs Midtjylland is only four days away.
The Randers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Randers have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Silkeborg form and stats
Silkeborg's mission in Landspokal Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Silkeborg playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Silkeborg, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus AaB last time out. Mattsson came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against AaB last time out, making the manager Nielsen feel like a tactical genius. Busch was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Busch won 5 of 9 duels.
The game before was the Europa Conference League-duel against Anderlecht, a home defeat (0-2).
A new game in only three days for Silkeborg, the Superliga home match versus Lyngby. Busy days.
Silkeborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. As for defending, Silkeborg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Randers wins - draws - Silkeborg wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Egho 6 goals |   S. Jørgensen 6 goals |  N. Helenius 5 goals |
Randers missing players
Silkeborg missing players
| Randers | Silkeborg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 38% | ||
| 14.9 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.2 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nordsjælland | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Viborg | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | København | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Silkeborg | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | OB | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Randers | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | AGF | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Midtjylland | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Horsens | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Brøndby | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | AaB | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Lyngby | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 5 |
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