Superliga: Midtjylland expected to overwhelm Viborg

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Fri 04.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: MCH Arena (11809 seats)

Midtjylland reset their brains and bodies for this following their 2-2 result against OB, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Viborg?

Insights:
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals (19) at home in Superliga
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Midtjylland form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Superliga games here at MCH Arena for Midtjylland. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. The Midtjylland manager Henriksen might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

An away draw last time out for Midtjylland, facing OB in a game that ended 2-2. Brumado, an attacker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Brumado scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Midtjylland can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times.

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Viborg form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. It’s been three wins in a row for Viborg on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Home advantage was not enough for Viborg in their previous game as they lost hosting København, 0-2. The attacker Bakiz got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Bakiz hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Randers with the score of 1-0.

Viborg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Viborg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded match involving both these contenders is the Viborg - Midtjylland 0-2 played not long ago this season. Midtjylland-Viborg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Midtjylland four wins, Viborg one win, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MidtjyllandJ. dos Santos Júnior
J. dos Santos Júnior
8 goals
MidtjyllandE. da Silva Ferreira
E. da Silva Ferreira
5 goals
MidtjyllandE. Sviatchenko
E. Sviatchenko
4 goals

Midtjylland missing players

Viborg missing players

Midtjylland Viborg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
11 6 2 Won W 0 4 5
3 0 0 Drew D 2 4 8
5 3 1 Lost L 1 1 6
33 19 5 Scored S 3 17 27
20 9 2 Conceded C 6 14 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
53% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 42%
32% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 32%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 21%
42% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 74%
42% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
16% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
5.2 5.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.9 6
4.7 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.8 5.1
1.6 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.2 16.6 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14.7 15
5.7 6.4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 5.1
31% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 37% 28%
 
10.1 11 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 15.2 15.2
4.1 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Midtjylland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Midtjylland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Midtjylland have the most scored goals (19) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Superliga
  • Midtjylland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viborg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Viborg 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 København 19 11 6 2 38 13 9 4 4 1 15 7 10 7 2 1 23 6 25 39
2 Midtjylland 19 11 3 5 33 20 9 6 0 3 19 9 10 5 3 2 14 11 13 36
3 Brøndby 18 9 6 3 27 20 9 6 2 1 14 8 9 3 4 2 13 12 7 33
4 Silkeborg 19 7 10 2 33 17 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 3 6 1 19 11 16 31
5 AaB 19 9 4 6 30 24 9 4 1 4 15 15 10 5 3 2 15 9 6 31
6 Randers 19 8 5 6 23 20 10 4 3 3 13 12 9 4 2 3 10 8 3 29
7 AGF 19 6 6 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 12 9 10 2 3 5 8 15 -4 24
8 Viborg 19 5 8 6 27 29 10 1 4 5 10 15 9 4 4 1 17 14 -2 23
9 OB 19 4 8 7 27 28 10 3 4 3 18 13 9 1 4 4 9 15 -1 20
10 Nordsjælland 19 4 5 10 20 33 10 2 4 4 11 16 9 2 1 6 9 17 -13 17
11 Vejle 19 3 3 13 19 46 10 3 3 4 14 18 9 0 0 9 5 28 -27 12
12 SønderjyskE 18 2 4 12 13 36 9 2 2 5 8 19 9 0 2 7 5 17 -23 10

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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.