Midtjylland look to MCH Arena supporters for inspiration before Silkeborg match

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

No shortage of ups and downs for these teams so far this season, situated in positions near the midpoint of the Superliga table. Here's the Midtjylland - Silkeborg latest:

Insights:
  • Silkeborg is in the worst form (0-3-3)

Midtjylland's stadium, MCH Arena, has a grass surface. Silkeborg have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Silkeborg when playing on grass; 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses from 36 matches. They have scored {63 goals} in these games and conceded 50.

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!

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Midtjylland form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Superliga this season. Midtjylland have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at MCH Arena.

It's back home for Midtjylland, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Horsens away with the result 2-0. Isaksen found the net in that victory. The versatile forward Isaksen edged out all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.91 out of 10. Isaksen scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that, Midtjylland drew at home versus AaB.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Midtjylland's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 11 games, won 6 matches, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Midtjylland have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Silkeborg form and stats

Playing away, Silkeborg have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Silkeborg delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against AaB in their previous match; a Landspokal Cup duel.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting AaB in the Superliga.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 14 of this club's latest 17 league matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Silkeborg manager Nielsen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AaB.

Silkeborg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Silkeborg have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Silkeborg - Midtjylland 3-3, played this season. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Midtjylland, one draw and one win for Silkeborg. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

MidtjyllandG. Isaksen
G. Isaksen
11 goals
SilkeborgT. Adamsen
T. Adamsen
10 goals
SilkeborgS. Jørgensen
S. Jørgensen
6 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Silkeborg missing players

Midtjylland Silkeborg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 2 13 26
9 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
11 4 1 Drew D 0 4 7
6 6 1 Lost L 2 6 11
39 11 1 Scored S 3 17 38
31 18 2 Conceded C 5 20 42
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
42% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 46% 62%
31% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 31%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 15% 15%
58% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 69%
31% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
23% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 19%
 
5.7 6.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.9
4.8 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5
2 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15 17.1 21.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.8 12.2
5.5 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.9 4.2
27% 15% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 33% 35%
 
10.5 10.1 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.2 11.7
3.7 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.5 4.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Silkeborg have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Silkeborg is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 22 12 7 3 38 20 11 8 2 1 24 11 11 4 5 2 14 9 18 43
2 København 22 13 3 6 45 22 11 7 2 2 22 8 11 6 1 4 23 14 23 42
3 Viborg 22 10 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 13 11 5 2 4 16 12 7 37
4 AGF 22 10 5 7 26 20 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 5 2 4 11 9 6 35
5 Randers 22 8 8 6 28 30 11 5 2 4 12 13 11 3 6 2 16 17 -2 32
6 Brøndby 22 8 6 8 32 34 11 5 3 3 20 18 11 3 3 5 12 16 -2 30
7 Silkeborg 22 8 5 9 34 35 11 5 2 4 18 18 11 3 3 5 16 17 -1 29
8 Midtjylland 22 6 10 6 32 29 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 4 7 0 23 12 3 28
9 OB 22 7 7 8 27 38 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 3 4 4 14 22 -11 28
10 Horsens 22 6 5 11 26 37 11 5 3 3 19 19 11 1 2 8 7 18 -11 23
11 Lyngby 22 3 7 12 21 36 11 1 5 5 9 18 11 2 2 7 12 18 -15 16
12 AaB 22 3 6 13 18 33 11 1 5 5 7 13 11 2 1 8 11 20 -15 15

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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.