Balanced ball game between Nordsjælland and Randers expected

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Randers's home stadium. The visitors last three games on artifical turf have ended in 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Nordsjælland form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for Nordsjælland at their home stadium (Right to Dream Park) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

No payout for Nordsjælland in their previous match, an away game at AGF that ended in defeat 1-3. Kamal Deen Sulemana, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.65 (out of 10). Sulemana hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that, Nordsjælland drew at home versus København.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nordsjælland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nordsjælland as a small favourite), we find six games. Nordsjælland has won two of these, drawn three and lost one.

A decent goal production from Nordsjælland in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Nordsjælland have conceded 13 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Randers form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Superliga, are W5-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Midtjylland in their previous outing. The Superliga match ended in a draw 1-1. Patrik Carlgren was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.04. The agile goalkeeper Carlgren stopped the opponent with eight saves. Patrik Carlgren had red hot gloves after the game against Midtjylland, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against SønderjyskE in the Landspokal Cup.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Randers playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Randers wins, one draw and two defeats.

The visiting Randers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Randers as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Randers - Nordsjælland 3-4. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Nordsjælland, two draws and two wins for Randers. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

K. Sulemana 10 goals

V. Hammershøj-Mistrati 9 goals

A. Kamara 9 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Randers missing players