Nordsjælland v Silkeborg betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Right to Dream Park (10100 seats)

Silkeborg have come here for an absorbing duel against the home team Nordsjælland. Get ready for the match with this in-depth Superliga preview!

Insights:
  • Nordsjælland have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Superliga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against HJK, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Silkeborg.

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Nordsjælland form and stats

Perfect Superliga season at home so far for Nordsjælland 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Nordsjælland bring valid hopes of a third.

Nordsjælland are confident in defense, having played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Nordsjælland travelled for their previous game, a trip to AaB that ended 0-0. The goalie Hansen was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.45 out of ten. Hansen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Nordsjælland had a home game versus Viborg which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nordsjælland have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

At Right to Dream Park, Nordsjælland has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Silkeborg form and stats

Things could have gone better for Silkeborg in their Superliga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Two away games in a row for Silkeborg, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against HJK in the Europa League. Until that loss this team had gained at least a draw from six league fixtures in a row.

Prior to that match, the Silkeborg manager Nielsen faced defeat when travelling to Viborg and losing 0-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Silkeborg playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Silkeborg win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

After this away game Silkeborg return home for a Europa League game against HJK. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Silkeborg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. In the opposite end, Silkeborg have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Nordsjælland victories, four draws and one Silkeborg win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SilkeborgN. Helenius
N. Helenius
4 goals
NordsjællandA. Schjelderup
A. Schjelderup
3 goals
NordsjællandM. Hansen
M. Hansen
2 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Silkeborg missing players

Nordsjælland Silkeborg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 3 5
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 3 0 Scored S 0 5 10
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 5 6
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 60%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
5.2 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.3 5.4
3.6 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6.8
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 11.4
4.6 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 4.8
35% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 42%
 
11.2 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10.8
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Silkeborg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nordsjælland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nordsjælland have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the the best goal difference (+6) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Nordsjælland have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nordsjælland is in the best form (4-1-0) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Superliga
  • Silkeborg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Silkeborg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Nordsjælland Last season Silkeborg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
8 5   Won W   5 13
12 7   Drew D   6 10
12 4   Lost L   5 9
38 21   Scored S   28 54
47 21   Conceded C   22 37
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
84% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 78%
44% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 56%
31% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
59% 62%   BTTS BTTS   81% 62%
22% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 25%
28% 25%   Failed to Score F T   12% 25%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.6
4.4 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.9
3 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.3 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 14.1
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.2
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%
 
12.6 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.9 11.5
4.7 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.5

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

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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.