Superliga match prediction: Little separates Midtjylland and København in quality

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Midtjylland and København clash at MCH Arena.

Insights:
  • Midtjylland have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Superliga
  • København have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Superliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Midtjylland form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Midtjylland at their home stadium (MCH Arena) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Midtjylland's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their home, ending 5-1 versus Lazio. The home team are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Evander got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Evander scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

1-1 away at Nordsjælland before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Midtjylland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Midtjylland as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Midtjylland has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Midtjylland here at MCH Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games).

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København form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

København delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sevilla in their previous game; a Champions League duel. Defender Diks was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Diks hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.

Prior to that match, the København manager Thorup faced defeat when travelling to OB and losing 1-2.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, København has managed 10 goals and let in 10 from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Midtjylland victories, three draws and three København wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KøbenhavnV. Claesson
V. Claesson
6 goals
MidtjyllandG. Isaksen
G. Isaksen
4 goals
MidtjyllandA. Dreyer
A. Dreyer
4 goals

Midtjylland missing players

København missing players

Midtjylland København
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 5 9
2 0 0 Won W 0 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
16 2 0 Scored S 0 10 16
16 8 2 Conceded C 0 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 78%
44% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 78%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 56%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 22%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 67%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 22%
22% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
7.4 10.5 13 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 7
3.6 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 4.2
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 18 21 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 16.6
5.4 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.6 6.4
33% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 28%
 
10.3 7.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
4.1 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of København's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Midtjylland's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • København have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • København have scored at least twice as many goals away as Midtjylland have scored home.
  • København have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • København have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Superliga
  • København have the most conceded goals (10) away in Superliga
  • København have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Superliga
  • København have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Superliga
  • København have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • København haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Midtjylland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Midtjylland have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Midtjylland have the fewest points (1) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Midtjylland have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Midtjylland have yet to win a game at home.
  • 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 9 6 2 1 15 8 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 3 1 0 8 3 7 20
2 Randers 9 5 4 0 13 6 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 2 3 0 8 4 7 19
3 Viborg 9 6 0 3 15 11 5 5 0 0 12 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 18
4 Silkeborg 9 5 1 3 14 9 4 3 0 1 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 16
5 AGF 9 4 1 4 11 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 2 0 3 5 5 2 13
6 København 9 4 0 5 16 15 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 2 0 3 10 10 1 12
7 Horsens 9 3 2 4 8 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 2 4 -2 11
8 Midtjylland 9 2 4 3 16 16 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 2 3 0 14 8 0 10
9 Brøndby 9 3 1 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 1 0 3 4 8 -5 10
10 OB 9 3 1 5 10 17 6 2 0 4 6 12 3 1 1 1 4 5 -7 10
11 AaB 9 2 3 4 8 11 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 1 0 3 4 6 -3 9
12 Lyngby 9 0 3 6 8 17 4 0 2 2 5 10 5 0 1 4 3 7 -9 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.