Vejle get ready to welcome Midtjylland for something different than the ordinary league football: The Landspokal Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
The visiting Midtjylland played their last game only three days ago, a Superliga match. That game was also an away game, at Brøndby. 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.
Vejle form and stats
Vejle participated in Landspokal Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.A good away victory last time out for Vejle, who won 1-0 against SønderjyskE. Some amazing scenes last match, when Albentosa scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time. Defender Albentosa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.8/10. Albentosa scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 14 of 18 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Superliga home game that ended 0-0 versus Nordsjælland.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus SønderjyskE in only three days. This game is also played here at Vejle Stadion.
Vejle have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Vejle have scored 4 goals and conceded 7 times.
Midtjylland form and stats
They also participated in Landspokal Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when SønderjyskE drew the shortest straw.Two away games in a row for Midtjylland, whose coach Henriksen could celebrate last time after the win against Brøndby. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Dreyer and that is impressive stuff! Dreyer, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.43. Dreyer scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus AaB in the Superliga.After this away game Midtjylland return home for a Superliga game against København. That game is only three sleeps after this.
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
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vejle zero wins, two draws and Midtjylland eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 10 goals |  J. dos Santos Júnior 8 goals |  A. Dreyer 6 goals |
Vejle missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Vejle | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 47 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 14 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 12.3 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
