Preview: FC Copenhagen the probable winner when Vejle visit

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parken (38065 seats)

FC Copenhagen are thought of as expected winners of this home fixture vs Vejle, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • FC Copenhagen have the most scored goals (22) in Superliga
  • Vejle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active game!

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FC Copenhagen form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for FC Copenhagen at their home stadium (Parken) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

The Copenhagen coach Hansen and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus AGF (placed 7th). Jelert was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Jelert hit one key pass and won 14 of 19 duels.

Preceding that match, a home loss in the Champions League against FC Bayern München. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FC Copenhagen home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for FC Copenhagen after this match as they are travelling to Manchester United for a Champions League game in only three days.

A decent goal production from FC Copenhagen in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Copenhagen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vejle form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vejle playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

Impressive finishing from Onugkha, Ezatolahi and N'Gbakoto secured the home win 3-1 against Hvidovre in their previous game. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league matches without winning. Ezatolahi got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Ezatolahi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Nordsjælland.

Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches.

Vejle have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Copenhagen have won or drawn the last 15 fixtures (11-4-0) facing Vejle.

Vejle - FC Copenhagen 2-3 was the product when these two sides previously played each other, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

FC CopenhagenR. Bardghji
R. Bardghji
6 goals
FC CopenhagenD. Cupido Gonçalves
D. Cupido Gonçalves
5 goals
VejleG. Onugkha
G. Onugkha
4 goals

FC Copenhagen missing players

Vejle missing players

FC Copenhagen Vejle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
7 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 2 0 Lost L 1 3 7
22 9 4 Scored S 1 5 12
14 6 1 Conceded C 2 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
64% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
45% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
64% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 73%
27% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
5.4 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 3.6
5.9 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 5.4
2.2 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.5 16.2 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 9.9
5.7 5.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.6
35% 31% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 30%
 
12.3 9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12 11.9
3.8 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5 4.3
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of FC Copenhagen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Copenhagen have the most scored goals (22) in Superliga
  • FC Copenhagen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vejle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Vejle 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 Brøndby 11 8 0 3 21 10 5 3 0 2 10 6 6 5 0 1 11 4 11 24
2 FC Copenhagen 11 7 2 2 22 14 5 3 0 2 9 6 6 4 2 0 13 8 8 23
3 Silkeborg 11 7 1 3 21 9 6 5 0 1 13 3 5 2 1 2 8 6 12 22
4 Nordsjælland 11 5 4 2 21 9 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 2 2 1 9 4 12 19
5 Midtjylland 11 5 3 3 15 15 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 7 10 0 18
6 Lyngby 11 4 3 4 13 17 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 5 12 -4 15
7 AGF 11 3 5 3 12 14 6 2 2 2 6 9 5 1 3 1 6 5 -2 14
8 Randers 11 3 4 4 12 21 5 2 2 1 5 8 6 1 2 3 7 13 -9 13
9 Viborg 11 3 3 5 11 17 5 2 3 0 8 6 6 1 0 5 3 11 -6 12
10 OB 11 3 2 6 16 18 6 0 2 4 6 12 5 3 0 2 10 6 -2 11
11 Vejle 11 2 2 7 12 16 6 1 1 4 7 9 5 1 1 3 5 7 -4 8
12 Hvidovre 11 0 3 8 4 20 5 0 0 5 1 13 6 0 3 3 3 7 -16 3

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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.