Football betting preview: Vejle with moderate expectations before welcoming Midtjylland

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vejle Stadion (10250 seats)

Vejle will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Midtjylland.

Insights:
  • Vejle has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland is in the best form (4-1-1)

The visiting Midtjylland played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Atalanta. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Vejle form and stats

Vejle have played 5 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Vejle manager C. Gâlcă might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Vejle lost their last game at Horsens (placed 11th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Vejle lost 0-2 at home to Brøndby.

A decent goal production from Vejle in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Vejle are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).

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Midtjylland form and stats

As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Midtjylland, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Superliga, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.

Midtjylland are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Atalanta. A draw for Midtjylland before that, at their own venue hosting AaB (0-0).

A quick return to home after this game, as Midtjylland are hosting Liverpool in the Champions League only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Midtjylland's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The Midtjylland manager B. Priske Pedersen has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: zero - two - six (Vejle wins - draws - Midtjylland wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VejleA. Goncalves Sousa
A. Goncalves Sousa
5 goals
MidtjyllandP. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija
5 goals
MidtjyllandA. Dreyer
A. Dreyer
4 goals

Vejle missing players

Midtjylland missing players

Vejle Midtjylland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
17 9 4 Scored S 2 8 17
19 10 3 Conceded C 1 11 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
70% 80% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
60% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
30% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
70% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 50%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 15 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 17 16.5
4.6 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.2 5.6
37% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 30%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • All of Midtjylland's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Vejle's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Midtjylland has the most clean sheets (4) in Superliga
  • Midtjylland have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Midtjylland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Midtjylland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Midtjylland is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Vejle has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Superliga
  • Vejle has the most points from losing position (8) in Superliga
  • Vejle has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Superliga
  • Vejle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Vejle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vejle 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 Brøndby 10 7 0 3 21 14 5 4 0 1 14 8 5 3 0 2 7 6 7 21
2 Midtjylland 10 6 2 2 17 12 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 2 1 2 8 11 5 20
3 SønderjyskE 10 5 3 2 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 18
4 Nordsjælland 10 4 4 2 20 13 5 4 1 0 13 4 5 0 3 2 7 9 7 16
5 AaB 10 4 4 2 11 11 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 2 2 1 5 5 0 16
6 AGF 10 4 3 3 18 14 5 3 0 2 12 7 5 1 3 1 6 7 4 15
7 Vejle 10 4 2 4 17 19 5 2 1 2 9 10 5 2 1 2 8 9 -2 14
8 Randers 10 4 1 5 14 11 5 1 1 3 6 8 5 3 0 2 8 3 3 13
9 København 10 4 1 5 18 20 5 2 0 3 10 10 5 2 1 2 8 10 -2 13
10 OB 10 3 2 5 14 17 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 0 4 8 12 -3 11
11 Horsens 10 1 3 6 8 18 5 1 2 2 6 10 5 0 1 4 2 8 -10 6
12 Lyngby 10 0 3 7 10 24 5 0 3 2 4 8 5 0 0 5 6 16 -14 3

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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.