Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Viborg & Midtjylland face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Landspokal Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Viborg nor Midtjylland as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Viborg form and stats
Viborg participated in Landspokal Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.18 points is a decent return from 8 Superliga games here at Energi Viborg Arena for Viborg. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus AGF last time out and are looking for a victory here. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Grot, having bagged a goal in three games in a row. The versatile forward Grot outperformed all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Grot scored one goal and hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Silkeborg.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 Viborg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Viborg are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Brøndby awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Viborg in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Viborg have conceded only 6 goals.
Midtjylland form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Midtjylland, as they won the Landspokal Cup.The visitors are W3-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
There were no winners in Midtjylland's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Nordsjælland. Defender Andersson was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Andersson hit one key pass and won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that one, the victory at home against Sturm Graz in the Europa League (2-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Midtjylland playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Midtjylland wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Midtjylland have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Superliga match versus Randers. A rough calendar for the visitors!
The Midtjylland manager Herms has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. Midtjylland have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Midtjylland have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (2-4-0) when playing Viborg.Top Goalscorers
  J. Grot 8 goals |   A. Dreyer 8 goals |  E. da Silva Ferreira 4 goals |
Viborg missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Viborg | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Scored | S | 27 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.3 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 38% | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 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 |
