Football betting preview: Midtjylland favourites when Nordsjælland visits

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

2nd position in the Superliga table for Midtjylland so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Nordsjælland visits MCH Arena.

Insights:
  • Midtjylland have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the most points from losing position (11) in Superliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This pitch has grass, which is not Nordsjælland's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Nordsjælland have performed like this: Played 42 matches resulting in 12 wins, 12 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 68-78 (scored/conceded).

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Midtjylland form and stats

Midtjylland, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Superliga, are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at MCH Arena. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Midtjylland are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Midtjylland are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Nordsjælland. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against København.

Midtjylland are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.

The Midtjylland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Midtjylland have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-5-4 (11 played).

Nordsjælland won their last game, 3-2 versus Midtjylland played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Brøndby.

Nordsjælland goalie Peter Vindahl Jensen was high and low in the Midtjylland game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nordsjælland played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

Nordsjælland have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Nordsjælland have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Midtjylland and Nordsjælland have met before this season: Nordsjælland - Midtjylland 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Midtjylland wins - draws - Nordsjælland wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MidtjyllandS. Kaba
S. Kaba
10 goals
NordsjællandK. Sulemana
K. Sulemana
9 goals
MidtjyllandP. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
7 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Nordsjælland missing players

Midtjylland Nordsjælland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
16 10 2 Won W 1 3 10
5 1 0 Drew D 1 6 9
6 2 1 Lost L 2 4 8
46 25 5 Scored S 7 22 46
25 6 3 Conceded C 8 22 40
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 46% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 85%
48% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 59%
37% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 46% 44%
22% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 22%
44% 31% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 85% 70%
44% 62% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 15%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.7 13.5 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.4 11.7
5.1 5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4
34% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 45% 43%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Midtjylland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Midtjylland have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most clean sheets (12) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most points (25) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nordsjælland have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Nordsjælland have the most points from losing position (11) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland 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 Brøndby 22 14 3 5 40 24 11 7 3 1 22 13 11 7 0 4 18 11 16 45
2 Midtjylland 22 13 4 5 35 20 11 8 1 2 20 5 11 5 3 3 15 15 15 43
3 AGF 22 10 8 4 35 22 11 7 1 3 22 10 11 3 7 1 13 12 13 38
4 København 22 10 5 7 39 35 11 5 3 3 21 17 11 5 2 4 18 18 4 35
5 Randers 22 9 5 8 31 21 11 4 2 5 17 15 11 5 3 3 14 6 10 32
6 Nordsjælland 22 7 8 7 35 30 11 5 3 3 19 13 11 2 5 4 16 17 5 29
7 SønderjyskE 22 8 4 10 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 13 11 3 2 6 15 19 -2 28
8 OB 22 7 7 8 25 28 11 4 4 3 11 12 11 3 3 5 14 16 -3 28
9 AaB 22 7 7 8 24 30 11 4 3 4 12 15 11 3 4 4 12 15 -6 28
10 Vejle 22 6 6 10 25 37 11 3 4 4 13 16 11 3 2 6 12 21 -12 24
11 Lyngby 22 5 5 12 25 43 11 1 5 5 8 20 11 4 0 7 17 23 -18 20
12 Horsens 22 2 6 14 15 37 11 2 3 6 11 19 11 0 3 8 4 18 -22 12

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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.