National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vejle or Horsens that keep their silverware dream alive.
Vejle have less rest than Horsens in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a First Division game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Vejle Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Horsens have had more rest.
Vejle form and stats
Vejle participated in Landspokal Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Midtjylland.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vejle Stadion as Vejle have scored 19 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the First Division are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Vejle's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Hillerød. Did Vejle get overconfident in their match against Hillerød? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Vejle in their last match as Hillerød's Witt scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
In the preceding match a 5-4 victory visiting Nykøbing.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 Vejle have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Vejle are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Vejle have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Horsens form and stats
Horsens's mission in Landspokal Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Horsens so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
The fans enjoyed Horsens's previous match versus Randers, a 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Horsens was the only team on the pitch versus Randers in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Sigurðarson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Sigurðarson scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, the Horsens manager Askou faced defeat when travelling to Nordsjælland and losing 0-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Horsens playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Horsens win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Horsens are hosting OB in the Superliga only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Horsens's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Horsens in these games.
Head 2 Head
Vejle have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Horsens.Top Goalscorers
  D. Emmanouilidis 8 goals |  K. Kirkegaard 7 goals |  R. Sukuta-Pasu 7 goals |
Vejle missing players
Horsens missing players
| Vejle | Horsens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 54 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vejle | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Hvidovre | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Næstved | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | FC Helsingør | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | SønderjyskE | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 6 | Vendsyssel | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | HB Køge | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Hillerød | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | Fremad Amager | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 10 | Hobro | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -12 | 15 |
| 11 | Fredericia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -10 | 12 |
| 12 | Nykøbing | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -20 | 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 | 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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