Soccer match preview: København confident before travelling to Silkeborg

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: JYSK park (10000 seats)

The visiting København side should be favourites in this visit to Silkeborg, as the away team holds a 36 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.

Silkeborg and København should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It should be mentioned that København play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for København on artifical turf are 5 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from six games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

Silkeborg have had a bad season and will be relegated from Superliga. København are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Silkeborg form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Superliga this season. Silkeborg, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Superliga, have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at JYSK park.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 222 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Okkels was the last player to find the net.

Silkeborg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus AaB (placed 5th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lyngby (0-1).

Silkeborg's goalkeeper Rafael Romo was extremely busy against AaB, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The Silkeborg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Silkeborg with 23 goals conceded in these matches.

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København form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, København have produced an overall stat of 6-0-5 so far.

It might be tough going out on the road again for København, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Esbjerg (placed 13th). The game before that, in the Atlantic Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against AGF.

København have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. København have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the København - Silkeborg 4-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Silkeborg won one, København won eight and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KøbenhavnP. Soteriou
P. Soteriou
9 goals
KøbenhavnD. N'Doye
D. N'Doye
8 goals
KøbenhavnJ. Older Wind
J. Older Wind
5 goals

Silkeborg missing players

København missing players

Silkeborg København
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 11 21
2 1 0 Won W 2 6 15
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
15 8 2 Lost L 2 5 5
25 11 1 Scored S 5 14 37
48 23 3 Conceded C 4 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
90% 90% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 76%
76% 80% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 67%
38% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
24% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
67% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 62%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 29%
33% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 14%
 
4.7 5.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.1 4.9
6.9 8.1 12 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.9
1.4 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
220 118 18 Total Shots T S 58 135 264
79 35 5 Shots on Target S O 14 46 92
32% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 40%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • København has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • København has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • København has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
  • København haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Silkeborg has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Silkeborg has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Silkeborg has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Silkeborg has the most conceded goals (23) at home
  • Silkeborg has the most conceded goals (48)
  • Silkeborg has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
  • Silkeborg has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
  • Silkeborg has the the worst goal difference (-23)
  • Silkeborg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Silkeborg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Silkeborg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Silkeborg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Silkeborg 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 Midtjylland 20 16 2 2 32 13 10 7 1 2 15 9 10 9 1 0 17 4 19 50
2 København 21 15 1 5 37 23 10 9 1 0 23 8 11 6 0 5 14 15 14 46
3 AGF 20 11 3 6 34 22 10 6 1 3 20 12 10 5 2 3 14 10 12 36
4 Brøndby 21 11 2 8 39 29 11 7 1 3 25 17 10 4 1 5 14 12 10 35
5 AaB 21 9 4 8 33 24 10 5 2 3 16 10 11 4 2 5 17 14 9 31
6 Randers 20 9 3 8 35 28 10 7 2 1 22 9 10 2 1 7 13 19 7 30
7 Nordsjælland 20 8 4 8 34 30 9 5 2 2 14 7 11 3 2 6 20 23 4 28
8 Lyngby 20 8 4 8 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 16 9 1 3 5 10 17 -7 28
9 OB 21 8 3 10 29 26 11 5 2 4 17 12 10 3 1 6 12 14 3 27
10 SønderjyskE 21 6 7 8 27 35 11 4 3 4 14 17 10 2 4 4 13 18 -8 25
11 Horsens 20 7 4 9 18 32 10 5 1 4 10 17 10 2 3 5 8 15 -14 25
12 Hobro 21 2 11 8 21 30 10 1 7 2 9 12 11 1 4 6 12 18 -9 17
13 Esbjerg 21 4 4 13 18 35 11 3 3 5 12 15 10 1 1 8 6 20 -17 16
14 Silkeborg 21 2 4 15 25 48 10 1 1 8 11 23 11 1 3 7 14 25 -23 10

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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.