Superliga game information: OB against Nordsjælland

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Nordsjælland play their home games on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. Relevant results for Nordsjælland when playing on grass are 13 wins, 10 draws and 24 defeats from 47 matches. They have created 70 goals and conceded 89 times in these fixtures.

OB form and stats

The story so far in the Superliga for OB at their home stadium (Nature Energy Park) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. When OB hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SønderjyskE, Vejle and OB), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

OB's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Viborg (placed 8th). Hans Christian Bernat had a busy but productive day in the Viborg match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Issam Jebali was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Jebali scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Brøndby.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from OB's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from OB in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

Nordsjælland form and stats

Nordsjælland have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Nordsjælland, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Vejle game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Nordsjælland's last game was the home draw against Silkeborg (1-1). Goalkeeper Emmanuel Ogura made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Silkeborg. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Emmanuel Ogura got the top player rating of the team with 7.82/10. Ogura stopped the opponent with seven saves.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against AaB.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Nordsjælland playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nordsjælland have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. Nordsjælland's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H encounter ended Nordsjælland - OB 3-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): OB won four games, four matches ended in a draw and Nordsjælland got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

M. Frøkjær-Jensen 5 goals

S. Adingra 5 goals

O. Villadsen 4 goals

OB missing players

Nordsjælland missing players