Delightful dogfight as daring København duel with determined Silkeborg

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Silkeborg have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 14-8-10 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.

The hosts København saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Superliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brøndby.

København form and stats

København are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Parken. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

København drew their last game, 1-1 away at Brøndby. Midfielder Biel was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Biel scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).

Before that, København played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Midtjylland.

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 København have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost four.

København are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Randers awaits in four days.

The København fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, København have conceded only 7 goals.

Silkeborg form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. Silkeborg have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

The supporters enjoyed Silkeborg's previous fixture versus Randers, a 1-0 win played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Helenius scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Randers. Midfield player Gojani was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Gojani hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 58 successful passes (of 65 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against AaB.

We have checked recent matches where Silkeborg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, five draws and two defeats.

Silkeborg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Silkeborg in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged history between these squads is the Silkeborg - København 3-1 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: København won five, Silkeborg were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Helenius 17 goals

P. Mas Jaume 11 goals

S. Jørgensen 11 goals

København missing players

Silkeborg missing players