Midtjylland host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round game. AEK Larnaca will try their very best to bring a solid result back to AEK Arena - George Karapatakis before the return leg in 10 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are hectic days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Superliga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Randers, was also a home game here at MCH Arena. The away team is better rested.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League. PSV was too strong.Midtjylland have played 1 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Midtjylland, who played 1-1 against Randers. That match was also played at this venue (MCH Arena). Evander (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Evander hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 64 successful passes (of 75 total).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Silkeborg are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Midtjylland at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Larnaca, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Apollon last time out.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Apollon at their stadium, the result 1-0.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Isaksen 1 goals |
Midtjylland missing players
AEK Larnaca missing players
| Midtjylland | AEK Larnaca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.7 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Randers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | AaB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | AGF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brøndby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Horsens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | København | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lyngby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nordsjælland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | OB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Silkeborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Viborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
