International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Midtjylland and Crvena Zvezda are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Nordsjælland, so at least Midtjylland are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Crvena Zvezda have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.Midtjylland have been very solid at home in the Superliga so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table. Ever since the OB game Midtjylland has been unbeatable here at MCH Arena producing five straight wins.
Midtjylland drew their last game, 2-2 away at Nordsjælland. Midtjylland salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Nordsjælland, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Victor Lind equalizing. Victor Lind was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Nordsjælland after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Júnior Brumado, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the top player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.41 (out of 10). Brumado scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a Superliga home match hosting AGF in a game that was won 4-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Midtjylland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Midtjylland as a small favourite), we find two games. Midtjylland has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Midtjylland as they have a new game in only three days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. SønderjyskE are visiting.
Midtjylland are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 6 games). Midtjylland have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Crvena's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals against Milan.Playing away, Crvena Zvezda have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Super Liga this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Crvena who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 50 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Backa Topola.
Two travels in a row for Crvena, whose manager D. Stankovic could celebrate last time after the Super Liga win against Kolubara. As you can tell from the results above, Crvena Zvezda was very dominant against Kolubara, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-1 (!) with Marko Lazetić, Aleksandar Dragović, Milan Pavkov (2), Mirko Ivanić (2) and El Fardou Ben providing the goals.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Metalac GM in the Super Liga.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Crvena Zvezda in our archives, and the results are: one win for Crvena Zvezda, zero draws and one defeat.
After this away game Crvena return home for a Super Liga game against Radnicki Nis. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Crvena are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (17 goals from 5 away games). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Júnior 7 goals |   A. Katai 6 goals |  M. Ivanić 5 goals |
Midtjylland missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Midtjylland | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ludogorets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | København | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | AaB | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Randers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Brøndby | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | OB | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Nordsjælland | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Viborg | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | AGF | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | SønderjyskE | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 12 | Vejle | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -23 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partizan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 33 | 34 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Cukaricki | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Backa Topola | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Napredak | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Vojvodina | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Vozdovac | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Proleter Novi Sad | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Spartak Subotica | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 10 | Radnicki Nis | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Kolubara | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 13 |
| 13 | Metalac GM | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Radnik Surdulica | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Mladost Lucani | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Novi Pazar | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 7 |