Superliga preview: Can AaB edge out victory against Viborg?

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Mon 25.October
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aalborg Portland Park (13800 seats)

A win is the only result that will do for the AaB followers in this Aalborg Portland Park clash with Viborg, having a robust lead on their opponents in the Superliga standings.

Insights:
  • AaB have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Superliga
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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AaB form and stats

AaB, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Superliga, have collected 12 points from their Superliga home games so far after 4-0-1. After failing to beat Midtjylland here at Aalborg Portland Park, AaB has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

In their previous game, the manager M. Cifuentes Corvillo led his AaB to a defeat in the Superliga match away at AGF. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aalborg Portland Park. Midfield player Pedro Ferreira got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Ferreira hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 55 successful passes (of 65 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting SønderjyskE in a game that was won 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AaB handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, zero draws and four defeats.

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

Goals decide football matches and AaB are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. Defensively AaB have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Viborg form and stats

1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Viborg playing as the away team in the Superliga this season. Sharing is caring, but Viborg are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

Viborg's last game was the home draw against Silkeborg (1-1). Defender Mads Lauritsen was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Lauritsen hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus København that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Viborg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, one draw and zero defeats.

Viborg find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Viborg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Viborg - AaB 2-3 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): AaB won five games, one match ended in a draw and Viborg managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

AaBI. Fossum
I. Fossum
5 goals
ViborgS. Grønning
S. Grønning
4 goals
AaBL. Prip Andreasen
L. Prip Andreasen
3 goals

AaB missing players

Viborg missing players

AaB Viborg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 6 12
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 1 4 6
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
18 10 6 Scored S 1 8 15
10 2 1 Conceded C 1 10 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
42% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 42%
25% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
42% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 83%
42% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
5.9 6.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.8 6.9
5.3 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.8 5.7
2.4 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 12 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.7 15.7
4.3 4.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 4.9
35% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 25%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • AaB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • AaB have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Superliga
  • AaB haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of Viborg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Viborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viborg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Viborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Midtjylland 12 9 1 2 23 7 6 5 0 1 15 3 6 4 1 1 8 4 16 28
2 København 12 7 4 1 26 9 6 2 3 1 9 6 6 5 1 0 17 3 17 25
3 AaB 12 6 3 3 18 10 5 4 0 1 10 2 7 2 3 2 8 8 8 21
4 Randers 12 6 3 3 16 13 6 2 3 1 7 7 6 4 0 2 9 6 3 21
5 Silkeborg 12 4 6 2 17 13 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 1 4 1 7 8 4 18
6 Brøndby 12 3 6 3 17 17 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 0 4 2 8 11 0 15
7 AGF 12 4 3 5 10 16 7 3 2 2 8 8 5 1 1 3 2 8 -6 15
8 OB 12 3 5 4 19 18 6 2 2 2 12 8 6 1 3 2 7 10 1 14
9 Nordsjælland 12 4 2 6 17 22 6 2 2 2 10 11 6 2 0 4 7 11 -5 14
10 Viborg 12 2 6 4 15 19 6 1 2 3 7 9 6 1 4 1 8 10 -4 12
11 SønderjyskE 12 2 3 7 6 17 6 2 2 2 5 7 6 0 1 5 1 10 -11 9
12 Vejle 12 0 2 10 9 32 6 0 2 4 5 14 6 0 0 6 4 18 -23 2

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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.