Possible nail-biting contest in Viborg - Nordsjælland game

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Competition: Denmark Superliga
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Energi Viborg Arena (9566 seats)

Tension and suspense is expected at Energi Viborg Arena when Viborg challenge Nordsjælland in what should be a splendid game. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Viborg have the most points from losing position (17) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Superliga

This stadium uses grass, unlike Nordsjælland's home ground. The last 34 games by the away team on grass have ended with 11 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses.

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.

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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). Viborg are slowly digging their own grave here at Energi Viborg Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

No payout for Viborg in their previous match, an away game at København that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Leemans got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Leemans had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Ahead of that match, Viborg lost 0-1 at home to AGF.

Viborg has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Viborg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nordsjælland form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nordsjælland playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Randers in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Nordsjælland drew the match against Randers. Manager Thorup brought on Marcondes to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Bidstrup was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Bidstrup hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Brøndby.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 10 league matches.

A new game in only three days for Nordsjælland, the Landspokal Cup home match versus København. Busy days.

Nordsjælland are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Nordsjælland have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Viborg.

These competitors have battled before this season: Viborg - Nordsjælland 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

NordsjællandE. Appiah Nuamah
E. Appiah Nuamah
9 goals
ViborgM. Achouri
M. Achouri
6 goals
ViborgC. Leemans
C. Leemans
5 goals

Viborg missing players

Nordsjælland missing players

Viborg Nordsjælland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 13 25
11 5 1 Won W 1 4 13
7 5 1 Drew D 1 6 8
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
36 16 5 Scored S 5 16 42
28 14 4 Conceded C 5 12 24
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
80% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 84%
56% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 31% 44%
20% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 24%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 12%
60% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 68%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 24%
24% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 16%
 
4.7 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.9 5.5
4.1 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.3 4.1
1.8 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.1 14.5 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 13.2 13.4
5.2 5.5 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.5 5.2
28% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 32%
 
12 12 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12.2 11.7
4.6 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.2 3.7
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Nordsjælland have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Superliga
  • Nordsjælland have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Superliga
  • 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.