Superliga prediction and preview: Nordsjælland moderate favoured to beat Vejle

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.

Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland's results here at Right to Dream Park in the Superliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. When Nordsjælland hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SønderjyskE, Nordsjælland and OB), they have won 2 of 4 matches! The last three games played by Nordsjælland, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

An away draw last time out for Nordsjælland, facing SønderjyskE in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Pedersen made a successful contribution in the game against SønderjyskE, bringing on Andersen who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Frese, defender, was given a rating of 7.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Frese hit four key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus OB that ended 1-1.

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 7 games) they have won 0 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Nordsjælland has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nordsjælland defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Nordsjælland has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

Vejle form and stats

Vejle have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Superliga, after 0-1-10 (11 played).

Emmanouilidis scored in Vejle's previous match, the home game against AGF that ended 1-0. Ofori got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Ofori dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).

A 2-2 draw at Viborg's stadium before that.

Vejle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Goals are few and far between in Vejle's away league games. Only 5 goals from 11 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Vejle concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the sides met previously this season; Vejle - Nordsjælland 0-0. Coulibaly (Nordsjælland) was sent off when these teams last played each other. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nordsjælland victories, four draws and two Vejle wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Adingra 8 goals

O. Villadsen 5 goals

O. Antman 5 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Vejle missing players