Superliga match prediction: Little separates Nordsjælland and Viborg in quality

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Right to Dream Park (10100 seats)

Nordsjælland are depending on their home advantage to aid them when playing this fixture hosting Viborg. Who wins at Right to Dream Park?

Insights:
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!

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Nordsjælland form and stats

With 2 Superliga wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Nordsjælland are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andreas Hansen not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Nordsjælland drew their last game, 0-0 away at Vejle. Nordsjælland's goalie Hansen played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Vejle with a stunning seven saves. The goalie Hansen was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.72 out of ten. Hansen topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting SønderjyskE in a game that was won 2-0.

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 five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

Nordsjælland has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Viborg form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Viborg have produced an overall stat of 4-5-2 so far.

Viborg played 1-1 against OB in their previous match. Sørensen was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.93. The defender Sørensen hit seven key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus AGF at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Viborg in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Viborg, two draws and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Viborg's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. Viborg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the result Viborg - Nordsjælland 2-2 entered in the official records. The referee had use for red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Kramer (Viborg). Nordsjælland-Viborg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nordsjælland six wins, Viborg one win, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NordsjællandS. Adingra
S. Adingra
7 goals
NordsjællandO. Villadsen
O. Villadsen
5 goals
ViborgJ. Jensen
J. Jensen
5 goals

Nordsjælland missing players

Viborg missing players

Nordsjælland Viborg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
6 3 0 Won W 1 5 8
8 6 4 Drew D 3 6 11
12 4 0 Lost L 0 2 7
29 16 3 Scored S 8 23 38
41 19 3 Conceded C 7 20 37
88% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 85% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
46% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 42%
35% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 46% 31%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 15%
54% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 85% 73%
23% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
35% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
5.1 5.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.8 6
4.7 5.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 4.7
1.8 1.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.9 12.8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 15.2 14.8
3.8 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.7
29% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 31%
 
12.5 11.3 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.2 13.9
5 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Viborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viborg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Viborg 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 København 22 14 6 2 43 13 11 6 4 1 19 7 11 8 2 1 24 6 30 48
2 Midtjylland 22 13 3 6 37 22 11 7 0 4 22 11 11 6 3 2 15 11 15 42
3 Brøndby 22 11 7 4 30 24 11 7 3 1 16 9 11 4 4 3 14 15 6 40
4 AaB 22 11 5 6 36 26 11 5 2 4 18 15 11 6 3 2 18 11 10 38
5 Randers 22 9 6 7 26 25 11 5 3 3 15 13 11 4 3 4 11 12 1 33
6 Silkeborg 22 7 10 5 34 21 11 4 4 3 14 8 11 3 6 2 20 13 13 31
7 Viborg 22 6 9 7 31 33 11 2 4 5 12 15 11 4 5 2 19 18 -2 27
8 AGF 22 6 8 8 24 29 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 2 4 5 9 16 -5 26
9 OB 22 4 9 9 31 35 11 3 4 4 20 16 11 1 5 5 11 19 -4 21
10 Nordsjælland 22 5 6 11 24 37 11 2 5 4 12 17 11 3 1 7 12 20 -13 21
11 Vejle 22 4 4 14 21 48 11 4 3 4 16 18 11 0 1 10 5 30 -27 16
12 SønderjyskE 22 2 7 13 17 41 11 2 4 5 11 22 11 0 3 8 6 19 -24 13

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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.