Football background guide: Midtjylland favourites when Horsens arrive

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

Creeping up on the top sides is on the list when these two mid-table sides meet. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table position, Midtjylland in 5th and Horsens in 8th spot.

Insights:
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals (20) in Superliga
  • Horsens have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga

The hosts Midtjylland saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Feyenoord, so at least Midtjylland are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Midtjylland form and stats

Midtjylland's results here at MCH Arena in the Superliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The Midtjylland boss Herms and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Feyenoord in the Europa League. Defender Sviatchenko got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Sviatchenko scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting AGF and winning 1-0.

Midtjylland are traveling soon after this match as the Landspokal Cup match at FA 2000 awaits in three days.

Midtjylland aren't scoring a lot here at MCH Arena in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Midtjylland defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Horsens form and stats

Horsens have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 1-1-4 (6 played). Bitter travels for Horsens as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the AaB match.

Horsens delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against AaB (placed 11th) in their previous match. Goalkeeper Delač got the top player rating of the team with 7.8/10. Delač topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Horsens manager Askou faced defeat when travelling to Silkeborg and losing 1-2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Landspokal Cup trip to Hørsholm-Usserød.

Horsens are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 6 away games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded match between these teams is the Horsens - Midtjylland 3-3 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Midtjylland won seven, Horsens were winners in one and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MidtjyllandA. Dreyer
A. Dreyer
6 goals
MidtjyllandG. Isaksen
G. Isaksen
4 goals
MidtjyllandE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
3 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Horsens missing players

Midtjylland Horsens
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
4 1 1 Won W 1 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 3 1 Lost L 0 4 5
20 5 2 Scored S 1 3 10
18 10 3 Conceded C 0 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 42%
42% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 42%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
7 8.5 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.7 3.7
4.1 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 11 6.8 6.5
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 17.8 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.3 11.6
5.3 5.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.6
31% 15% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 13% 23%
 
10.4 8.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 22 17.2 15.1
3.8 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5 4.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Midtjylland's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Horsens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Superliga
  • Horsens have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
  • Horsens have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Superliga
  • Horsens have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Superliga
  • Horsens have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Superliga
  • Horsens have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals (20) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Midtjylland have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Midtjylland 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 Nordsjælland 12 7 3 2 19 11 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 24
2 Randers 12 6 4 2 19 14 6 4 1 1 10 7 6 2 3 1 9 7 5 22
3 Viborg 12 6 3 3 17 13 6 5 1 0 12 5 6 1 2 3 5 8 4 21
4 Silkeborg 12 6 2 4 19 14 5 4 0 1 9 4 7 2 2 3 10 10 5 20
5 Midtjylland 12 4 5 3 20 18 6 1 2 3 5 10 6 3 3 0 15 8 2 17
6 AGF 12 5 1 6 14 12 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 2 0 4 5 6 2 16
7 København 12 5 1 6 19 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 0 4 11 12 1 16
8 Horsens 12 4 3 5 10 12 6 3 2 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -2 15
9 Brøndby 12 4 3 5 16 20 6 2 2 2 9 10 6 2 1 3 7 10 -4 15
10 OB 12 4 3 5 14 19 7 2 1 4 7 13 5 2 2 1 7 6 -5 15
11 AaB 12 2 5 5 10 15 6 1 4 1 5 6 6 1 1 4 5 9 -5 11
12 Lyngby 12 0 5 7 12 23 6 0 3 3 6 13 6 0 2 4 6 10 -11 5

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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.