Superliga: Midtjylland thought to get the better of Viborg

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

This has the potential to be an appealing fixture as Midtjylland have their presumed home advantage, while Viborg lead them by 6 points in the Superliga table.

Insights:
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals (18) in Superliga
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (9) in Superliga

Midtjylland and Viborg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Midtjylland form and stats

Midtjylland have played 5 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Midtjylland's last game was hosting København (placed 9th) and winning 2-1. Evander has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Ace! Midfield player Evander got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Evander scored one goal and hit five key passes.

Ahead of that fixture, a home win hosting Lazio in the Europa League. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Midtjylland matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats (from 9 games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Feyenoord in only four days. This game is also played here at MCH Arena.

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 (4 from 5 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Viborg form and stats

1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Viborg in their Superliga matches away.

Viborg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Brøndby that finished 0-0. Pedersen (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.02. Pedersen topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Horsens.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Viborg have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Midtjylland have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Viborg.

Top Goalscorers

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

Midtjylland missing players

Viborg missing players

Midtjylland Viborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 4 10
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 6
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
3 3 1 Lost L 1 3 3
18 4 2 Scored S 3 3 15
17 9 4 Conceded C 4 6 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 70%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
40% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 20%
30% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 30%
 
7.1 9.2 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.5 4.9
4.2 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 4.4
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.1 17.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.8 15
5.3 5.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 5.5
34% 14% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 16% 27%
 
10.6 8.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.8 12
4.1 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.9
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Midtjylland's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 most scored goals (18) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals in the first half (11) 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.
  • Viborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (9) in Superliga
  • Viborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Viborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Randers 10 6 4 0 16 8 5 4 1 0 8 4 5 2 3 0 8 4 8 22
2 Nordsjælland 10 6 2 2 15 9 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 20
3 Viborg 10 6 1 3 15 11 6 5 1 0 12 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 4 19
4 Silkeborg 10 5 1 4 16 12 4 3 0 1 7 3 6 2 1 3 9 9 4 16
5 AGF 10 5 1 4 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 2 0 3 5 5 4 16
6 Horsens 10 4 2 4 9 10 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 1 1 3 2 4 -1 14
7 Midtjylland 10 3 4 3 18 17 5 1 1 3 4 9 5 2 3 0 14 8 1 13
8 OB 10 4 1 5 12 17 6 2 0 4 6 12 4 2 1 1 6 5 -5 13
9 København 10 4 0 6 17 17 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 2 0 4 11 12 0 12
10 Brøndby 10 3 2 5 10 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 1 3 4 8 -5 11
11 AaB 10 2 3 5 9 14 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 1 0 4 5 9 -5 9
12 Lyngby 10 0 3 7 8 19 5 0 2 3 5 12 5 0 1 4 3 7 -11 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.