Right to Dream Park: Nordsjælland vs Brøndby Superliga preview

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Right to Dream Park (10100 seats)

Nordsjælland will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Brøndby.

Nordsjælland and Brøndby 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.

Brøndby are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland, who have the most scored goals (44) in Superliga, are steadily winning Superliga games and points here at Right to Dream Park. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Nordsjælland after consecutive victories at their own ground.

It's back home for Nordsjælland, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Esbjerg away with the result 2-1. Mikkel Rygaard Jensen and Kudus Mohammed found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting SønderjyskE in a game that was won 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nordsjælland have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.

Nordsjælland can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 22 times. From these home matches, Nordsjælland have conceded only 8 goals.

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Brøndby form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Brøndby have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.

Impressive finishing from Simon Hedlund secured the home win 1-0 against Lyngby in their previous game. A 2-3 defeat away at AaB before that.

We have checked recent matches where Brøndby have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, zero draws and four defeats.

Brøndby find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Brøndby in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Brøndby - Nordsjælland 4-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Nordsjælland wins - draws - Brøndby wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NordsjællandM. Damsgaard
M. Damsgaard
9 goals
NordsjællandM. Kudus
M. Kudus
9 goals
NordsjællandI. Atanga
I. Atanga
6 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Brøndby missing players

Nordsjælland Brøndby
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 11 23
11 7 0 Won W 2 4 12
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
8 2 2 Lost L 1 6 9
44 22 0 Scored S 9 16 42
32 8 2 Conceded C 5 15 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 82% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 87%
74% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 74%
43% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 30%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 17%
70% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 65%
22% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 26%
9% 18% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
6.5 6.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.5 5.2
3.9 3.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.7
1.8 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
314 157 19 Total Shots T S 50 121 273
121 53 3 Shots on Target S O 18 47 103
36% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 41%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Brøndby has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
  • Brøndby haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nordsjælland has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home
  • Nordsjælland has the most scored goals (44)
  • Nordsjælland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Midtjylland 23 19 2 2 39 13 12 9 1 2 20 9 11 10 1 0 19 4 26 59
2 København 23 16 2 5 41 26 11 10 1 0 26 10 12 6 1 5 15 16 15 50
3 AGF 22 12 4 6 36 23 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 6 2 3 16 11 13 40
4 Brøndby 23 12 2 9 42 32 12 8 1 3 26 17 11 4 1 6 16 15 10 38
5 Nordsjælland 23 11 4 8 44 32 11 7 2 2 22 8 12 4 2 6 22 24 12 37
6 AaB 23 10 4 9 38 29 11 6 2 3 19 12 12 4 2 6 19 17 9 34
7 Randers 22 10 4 8 37 29 11 7 3 1 22 9 11 3 1 7 15 20 8 34
8 Lyngby 23 9 4 10 28 36 12 8 1 3 18 16 11 1 3 7 10 20 -8 31
9 OB 23 8 5 10 30 27 12 5 3 4 18 13 11 3 2 6 12 14 3 29
10 SønderjyskE 23 6 7 10 28 40 11 4 3 4 14 17 12 2 4 6 14 23 -12 25
11 Horsens 23 7 4 12 20 42 12 5 1 6 12 21 11 2 3 6 8 21 -22 25
12 Hobro 23 2 12 9 21 32 11 1 7 3 9 14 12 1 5 6 12 18 -11 18
13 Esbjerg 23 4 4 15 19 39 12 3 3 6 13 17 11 1 1 9 6 22 -20 16
14 Silkeborg 23 2 6 15 27 50 11 1 2 8 12 24 12 1 4 7 15 26 -23 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.