Soccer betting preview: Viborg welcomes AGF in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Energi Viborg Arena (9566 seats)

What a game, with Viborg placed 3rd and AGF at 4th. Here's news and statistics!

Insights:
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
  • AGF have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Superliga

The hosts Viborg saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Landspokal Cup. This match was also played here at Energi Viborg Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, AGF have had more rest.

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Viborg form and stats

Viborg have played 11 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Viborg's previous match was a Landspokal Cup game also played at their home, ending 1-0 versus AaB. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Brøndby and winning 3-0.

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 Viborg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Viborg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Viborg have conceded 13 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AGF form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. AGF love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

There were no winners in AGF's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Randers. Mortensen has found the net for this team four games in a row. The know-how! The attacker Mortensen got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Mortensen scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against OB.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AGF playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 AGF win, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 11 of this club's latest 13 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

It's not easy to score on AGF as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Viborg - AGF 1-1 was the outcome when these two teams last did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Viborg three wins, three draws and AGF four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AGFP. Mortensen
P. Mortensen
13 goals
ViborgC. Leemans
C. Leemans
5 goals
ViborgM. Achouri
M. Achouri
5 goals

Viborg missing players

AGF missing players

Viborg AGF
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 11 23
11 5 1 Won W 0 5 10
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
35 16 5 Scored S 1 11 27
25 13 3 Conceded C 2 9 21
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 61%
57% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 30%
22% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
4% 9% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
61% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 48%
26% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
22% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 26%
 
4.6 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.4 5
4.3 4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.6 4.8
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 14.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.5 11.9
5.1 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4.1
30% 27% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 28%
 
12.3 12.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.2 10.9
4.7 5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • AGF have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Superliga
  • AGF have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Superliga
  • AGF haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nordsjælland 22 12 7 3 38 20 11 8 2 1 24 11 11 4 5 2 14 9 18 43
2 København 22 13 3 6 45 22 11 7 2 2 22 8 11 6 1 4 23 14 23 42
3 Viborg 22 10 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 13 11 5 2 4 16 12 7 37
4 AGF 22 10 5 7 26 20 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 5 2 4 11 9 6 35
5 Randers 22 8 8 6 28 30 11 5 2 4 12 13 11 3 6 2 16 17 -2 32
6 Brøndby 22 8 6 8 32 34 11 5 3 3 20 18 11 3 3 5 12 16 -2 30
7 Silkeborg 22 8 5 9 34 35 11 5 2 4 18 18 11 3 3 5 16 17 -1 29
8 Midtjylland 22 6 10 6 32 29 11 2 3 6 9 17 11 4 7 0 23 12 3 28
9 OB 22 7 7 8 27 38 11 4 3 4 13 16 11 3 4 4 14 22 -11 28
10 Horsens 22 6 5 11 26 37 11 5 3 3 19 19 11 1 2 8 7 18 -11 23
11 Lyngby 22 3 7 12 21 36 11 1 5 5 9 18 11 2 2 7 12 18 -15 16
12 AaB 22 3 6 13 18 33 11 1 5 5 7 13 11 2 1 8 11 20 -15 15

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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.