Superliga game lowdown: Midtjylland vs Silkeborg

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

After league round 1 it's Midtjylland - Silkeborg 3-0 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second Superliga game of the season?

This field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Silkeborg's home ground. The former 37 games by the away side on grass have seen 14 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses.

These are busy days for the home side, as they played only four days ago in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Progres Niedercorn, was also a home game here at MCH Arena. The away team is better rested.

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Midtjylland form and stats

The previous season, Midtjylland's league stats were 6 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses, leading to 8th spot in the Superliga. During these 22 matches they scored {32 goals} and let in 29. Playing at home in the previous season Midtjylland managed 2-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {9 goals} and 17 conceded. The hosts won their first Superliga game here at MCH Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Midtjylland last season were 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 5 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jonas Lössl not having conceded a league goal in 191 minutes.

Midtjylland's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 vs Progres Niedercorn. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

Before that, Midtjylland had a Superliga home game versus Hvidovre which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 7 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Midtjylland are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Progres Niedercorn awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Midtjylland at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Silkeborg form and stats

Let's have a look at how Silkeborg performed last season in the Superliga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {35 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.

Silkeborg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Brøndby proved too strong as Silkeborg slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at JYSK park. Adamsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. Adamsen scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus AaB at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Head 2 Head

Midtjylland-Silkeborg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Midtjylland seven wins, Silkeborg one win, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the stars has been Isaksen with 7 goals scored against Silkeborg in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

MidtjyllandK. Cho
K. Cho
1 goals
SilkeborgT. Adamsen
T. Adamsen
1 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Silkeborg missing players

Midtjylland Silkeborg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 13
3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
20 20 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 23
8 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 11
12% 12% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
 
6 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Midtjylland Last season Silkeborg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   16 32
14 6   Won W   5 11
12 4   Drew D   4 8
7 6   Lost L   7 13
56 21   Scored S   19 44
39 21   Conceded C   23 49
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 81%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 56%
33% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
18% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 16%
58% 62%   BTTS BTTS   56% 59%
33% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 19%
18% 25%   Failed to Score F T   25% 22%
 
5.6 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.8 17.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12
5.6 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.3
30% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.2 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 11.4
3.6 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Copenhagen 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
2 Brøndby 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 AGF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Midtjylland 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 OB 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Randers 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Nordsjælland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Viborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lyngby 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Silkeborg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Vejle 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Hvidovre 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Midtjylland 10 7 2 1 55 39 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 3 1 1 11 6 16 51
2 OB 10 5 3 2 47 53 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 3 1 1 12 8 -6 46
3 Silkeborg 10 3 3 4 44 49 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 2 1 2 3 6 -5 41
4 Lyngby 10 3 3 4 30 49 5 3 1 1 7 8 5 0 2 3 2 5 -19 28
5 Horsens 10 1 2 7 33 58 5 0 2 3 2 9 5 1 0 4 5 12 -25 28
6 AaB 10 3 3 4 34 45 5 2 0 3 7 6 5 1 3 1 9 6 -11 27

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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.