Esbjerg hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 13th position in the Superliga table. Visiting AaB holds 6th place with 37 pts.
Esbjerg and AaB should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Esbjerg have had a bad season and will be relegated from Superliga. AaB are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Esbjerg form and stats
Esbjerg's results here at Blue Water Arena in the Superliga have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Esbjerg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hobro (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Esbjerg lost 1-4 at home to AGF.
The hometeam coach L. Olsen made a successful contribution in the game against Hobro, bringing on Patrick Egelund who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Esbjerg has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Esbjerg have conceded 17 in these home matches.
AaB form and stats
As the visiting team in Superliga matches, AaB have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far.
AaB won their last game, 3-0 versus Lyngby played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs København.
It was a convincing performance from AaB when Lyngby were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Lucas Andersen, Tom Van Weert and Kasper Kusk scored their goals.
AaB are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. 17 goals have been conceded by AaB in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: AaB - Esbjerg 4-0. Esbjerg-AaB H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Esbjerg four wins, AaB five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Andersen 9 goals |  T. van Weert 7 goals |  Y. Yakovenko 5 goals |
Esbjerg missing players
AaB missing players
| Esbjerg | AaB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 40 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 54% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 58% | 67% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 38% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 288 | 126 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 153 | 317 |
| 92 | 51 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 66 | 123 |
| 22% | 25% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 33% |
- AaB have scored more than double the goals of Esbjerg.
- Esbjerg has the fewest scored goals (20)
- Esbjerg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Esbjerg 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 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 62 |
| 2 | København | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 | AGF | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 38 |
| 6 | AaB | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 37 |
| 7 | Randers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Lyngby | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 31 |
| 9 | OB | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Horsens | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -21 | 28 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Hobro | 24 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Esbjerg | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -20 | 17 |
| 14 | Silkeborg | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -22 | 15 |
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