Nordsjælland fights Midtjylland in Superliga battle

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 13:00 (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 24 points behind Midtjylland.

Nordsjælland and Midtjylland 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.

Happy, happy days for Midtjylland who are already winners of the Superliga. This could affect their motivation.

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Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland, who have the most scored goals (46) in Superliga, have performed here at Right to Dream Park this season with 7 wins from 12 Superliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

Nordsjælland drew their last game, also a home match. Brøndby (placed 4th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Esbjerg with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Nordsjælland manager F. Pedersen has got the team scoring with 24 from 12 home games in the league. Nordsjælland have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Midtjylland form and stats

Midtjylland, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Superliga, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 34 points collected from 12 Superliga games. 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Midtjylland has been amazing away for a time now, winning seven in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against København. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Midtjylland hope to make it five in this match.

The Midtjylland goalkeeper Jesper Hansen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 396 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Midtjylland play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Randers (placed 7th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus SønderjyskE.

The travelling fans enjoy Midtjylland's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. Midtjylland's manager B. Priske Pedersen has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Midtjylland - Nordsjælland 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Nordsjælland victories, three draws and seven Midtjylland wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NordsjællandM. Damsgaard
M. Damsgaard
10 goals
NordsjællandM. Kudus
M. Kudus
9 goals
NordsjællandI. Atanga
I. Atanga
7 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Midtjylland missing players

Nordsjælland Midtjylland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
11 7 0 Won W 4 11 20
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
8 2 2 Lost L 0 0 2
46 24 2 Scored S 8 21 41
34 10 4 Conceded C 1 4 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
92% 83% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 71%
75% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 46%
46% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
71% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 42%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 67% 54%
8% 17% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 8%
 
6.3 5.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.7 6.2
4 3.4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 4.1
1.8 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
324 167 29 Total Shots T S 59 176 368
123 55 5 Shots on Target S O 20 62 121
37% 44% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 34% 34%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Midtjylland has the fewest conceded goals (13)
  • Midtjylland has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Midtjylland has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
  • Midtjylland has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • Midtjylland has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Midtjylland has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • Midtjylland has the most matches under the total-line (16)
  • Midtjylland has the most points (34) away
  • Midtjylland has the the best goal difference (+17) away
  • Midtjylland has the the best goal difference (+28)
  • Midtjylland have not yet lost a game away.
  • Midtjylland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Midtjylland is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Nordsjælland has the most scored goals (46)
  • 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 24 20 2 2 41 13 12 9 1 2 20 9 12 11 1 0 21 4 28 62
2 København 24 16 2 6 41 27 12 10 1 1 26 11 12 6 1 5 15 16 14 50
3 AGF 23 12 4 7 37 25 11 6 2 3 20 12 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 40
4 Brøndby 24 12 3 9 44 34 12 8 1 3 26 17 12 4 2 6 18 17 10 39
5 Nordsjælland 24 11 5 8 46 34 12 7 3 2 24 10 12 4 2 6 22 24 12 38
6 AaB 24 11 4 9 41 29 12 7 2 3 22 12 12 4 2 6 19 17 12 37
7 Randers 23 10 4 9 37 31 12 7 3 2 22 11 11 3 1 7 15 20 6 34
8 Lyngby 24 9 4 11 28 39 12 8 1 3 18 16 12 1 3 8 10 23 -11 31
9 OB 24 8 6 10 31 28 12 5 3 4 18 13 12 3 3 6 13 15 3 30
10 Horsens 24 8 4 12 21 42 12 5 1 6 12 21 12 3 3 6 9 21 -21 28
11 SønderjyskE 24 6 8 10 29 41 12 4 4 4 15 18 12 2 4 6 14 23 -12 26
12 Hobro 24 2 13 9 22 33 12 1 8 3 10 15 12 1 5 6 12 18 -11 19
13 Esbjerg 24 4 5 15 20 40 12 3 3 6 13 17 12 1 2 9 7 23 -20 17
14 Silkeborg 24 3 6 15 29 51 12 2 2 8 14 25 12 1 4 7 15 26 -22 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.