Delightful dogfight as daring Brøndby duel with determined Viborg

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brøndby Stadion (29000 seats)

Superliga: Two sides in reasonably good shape get together for this game. Viborg with a tiny upper hand with their 3rd spot in the league table?

Insights:
  • Brøndby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga

This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Brøndby form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Brøndby at their home stadium (Brøndby Stadion) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Brøndby bring valid hopes of a third.

Brøndby are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Nordsjælland. Hermansen had a busy but productive day in the Nordsjælland match. Despite making ten saves the loss could not be prevented. Hermansen, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.54 out of 10 in that game. Hermansen saved a penalty.

Before that, Brøndby had a home game versus Silkeborg which ended with a victory 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Brøndby have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Brøndby have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brøndby Stadion with 20 goals in 11 league matches. Brøndby have conceded 18 from these games.

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Viborg form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Viborg have produced an overall stat of 5-2-4 so far.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Viborg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus København. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Achouri, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Achouri served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Nordsjælland.

Viborg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 6 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AaB in just four days.

Viborg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Viborg have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Brøndby and Viborg have faced off earlier this season: Brøndby - Viborg 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brøndby five wins, two draws and Viborg three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrøndbyO. Omoijuanfo
O. Omoijuanfo
8 goals
BrøndbyN. Vallys
N. Vallys
6 goals
ViborgC. Leemans
C. Leemans
5 goals

Brøndby missing players

Viborg missing players

Brøndby Viborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
8 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 7
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 5
32 20 3 Scored S 3 16 32
34 18 4 Conceded C 3 12 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 82%
50% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 55%
36% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 23%
23% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
59% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 64%
23% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 23%
 
5.6 6.6 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 4.5
5.5 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4
2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 1.9 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.4 16.1 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.7 13
5.2 6.3 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 5
28% 29% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 29%
 
13.9 13.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.7 12.1
4.9 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.6
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Brøndby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brøndby haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
  • Viborg 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 Nordsjælland 22 12 7 3 38 20 11 8 2 1 24 11 11 4 5 2 14 9 18 43
2 København 22 13 3 6 45 22 11 7 2 2 22 8 11 6 1 4 23 14 23 42
3 Viborg 22 10 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 13 11 5 2 4 16 12 7 37
4 AGF 22 10 5 7 26 20 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 5 2 4 11 9 6 35
5 Randers 22 8 8 6 28 30 11 5 2 4 12 13 11 3 6 2 16 17 -2 32
6 Brøndby 22 8 6 8 32 34 11 5 3 3 20 18 11 3 3 5 12 16 -2 30
7 Silkeborg 22 8 5 9 34 35 11 5 2 4 18 18 11 3 3 5 16 17 -1 29
8 Midtjylland 22 6 10 6 32 29 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 4 7 0 23 12 3 28
9 OB 22 7 7 8 27 38 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 3 4 4 14 22 -11 28
10 Horsens 22 6 5 11 26 37 11 5 3 3 19 19 11 1 2 8 7 18 -11 23
11 Lyngby 22 3 7 12 21 36 11 1 5 5 9 18 11 2 2 7 12 18 -15 16
12 AaB 22 3 6 13 18 33 11 1 5 5 7 13 11 2 1 8 11 20 -15 15

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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.