Superliga game preview: AaB vs Midtjylland

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aalborg Portland Park (13800 seats)

The AaB & Midtjylland bosses Friis and Henriksen are both afraid of and looking forward to this very important fixture in the upper area of the Superliga league table.

Insights:
  • AaB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Midtjylland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Landspokal Cup.

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AaB form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what AaB have to build on here at Aalborg Portland Park in the Superliga. AaB has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Friis and the players.

AaB are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Silkeborg. A goal frenzy last time out for AaB, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Silkeborg. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Prip was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Prip scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 34 total).

Ahead of that match, AaB lost 1-2 at home to Silkeborg.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AaB as they are travelling to their away game against Randers in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from AaB in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. AaB's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Midtjylland form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Midtjylland has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The supporters enjoyed Midtjylland's previous fixture versus Vejle, a Landspokal Cup win (3-1) played at home.

A draw for Midtjylland before that, at their own venue hosting København (0-0).

A new game in only four days for Midtjylland, the Superliga home match versus Brøndby. Busy days.

Midtjylland find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Midtjylland - AaB 2-0. Ross (AaB) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. AaB-Midtjylland H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AaB two wins, Midtjylland seven wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AaBL. Prip Andreasen
L. Prip Andreasen
14 goals
MidtjyllandE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
10 goals
MidtjyllandJ. dos Santos Júnior
J. dos Santos Júnior
8 goals

AaB missing players

Midtjylland missing players

AaB Midtjylland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
13 6 1 Won W 2 8 17
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 4
10 6 2 Lost L 2 3 7
43 22 4 Scored S 4 21 48
35 18 4 Conceded C 4 14 27
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
50% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 50%
32% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 36%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
46% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 43%
39% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 39%
21% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 21%
 
6 7.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.2 5.1
5.4 4.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4 4.5
2.2 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11 11.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14.4 15.1
3.9 3.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.4 5.9
39% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 29%
 
13.4 12.7 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.8 10.3
4.6 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • AaB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AaB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Midtjylland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 København 22 14 6 2 43 13 11 6 4 1 19 7 11 8 2 1 24 6 30 48
2 Midtjylland 22 13 3 6 37 22 11 7 0 4 22 11 11 6 3 2 15 11 15 42
3 Brøndby 22 11 7 4 30 24 11 7 3 1 16 9 11 4 4 3 14 15 6 40
4 AaB 22 11 5 6 36 26 11 5 2 4 18 15 11 6 3 2 18 11 10 38
5 Randers 22 9 6 7 26 25 11 5 3 3 15 13 11 4 3 4 11 12 1 33
6 Silkeborg 22 7 10 5 34 21 11 4 4 3 14 8 11 3 6 2 20 13 13 31
7 Viborg 22 6 9 7 31 33 11 2 4 5 12 15 11 4 5 2 19 18 -2 27
8 AGF 22 6 8 8 24 29 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 2 4 5 9 16 -5 26
9 OB 22 4 9 9 31 35 11 3 4 4 20 16 11 1 5 5 11 19 -4 21
10 Nordsjælland 22 5 6 11 24 37 11 2 5 4 12 17 11 3 1 7 12 20 -13 21
11 Vejle 22 4 4 14 21 48 11 4 3 4 16 18 11 0 1 10 5 30 -27 16
12 SønderjyskE 22 2 7 13 17 41 11 2 4 5 11 22 11 0 3 8 6 19 -24 13

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Superligaen (The Danish Superliga) is the top level football league in Denmark. It has 14 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 182 matches to create a league table. This is followed by top and bottom half playoffs. The full season runs from July to May with a two month winter break.