Silkeborg IF will do battle with the visiting AGF Aarhus at JYSK Park in the Superliga clash on Monday.
Our Silkeborg IF v AGF Aarhus predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Silkeborg IF
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Silkeborg IF won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 4-1 Superliga loss in their previous game against Brøndby IF.
In that game, Silkeborg IF had 40% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Silkeborg IF was Tonni Adamsen (54'). At the other end, Brondby had 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. Yuito Suzuki (33', 58', 71') and Jordi Vanlerberghe (41') scored for Brøndby IF.
Silkeborg IF have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opposition teams over their last six outings. In those games, Silkeborg IF have also seen the tally of goals against them total 15. In any event, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be maintained in this match.
AGF Aarhus
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AGF Aarhus go into this clash after a 1-0 Superliga win with the eclipse of Hvidovre in their previous game.
In that match, AGF Aarhus managed 55% possession and 10 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player to score for AGF Aarhus was Jonas Jensen-Abbew (71'). At the other end, Hvidovre had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
In the course of their six latest matches, Uwe Rösler's AGF Aarhus have turned their attacks into goals a total of 6 times thus yielding them the goals per game average of 1.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 20/09/2021 shows us that Silkeborg IF have won 1 of them and AGF Aarhus 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.
A total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from De røde and 7 netted by De Hviie. That is an average goals per game value of 2.
The previous league contest featuring the two was Superliga match day 21 on 10/03/2024 when it ended Silkeborg IF 0-1 AGF Aarhus.
On that occasion, Silkeborg IF managed 57% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Mark Brink (45' Own goal).
AGF Aarhus got 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
The referee was Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen.
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Team News: Silkeborg IF
There is just the lone fitness concern for the Silkeborg IF gaffer Kent Nielsen to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. Alexander Busch (unknown injury) will miss out.
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Team News: AGF Aarhus
Due to a fully healthy group to pick from, the AGF Aarhus boss Uwe Rösler has zero fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Silkeborg IF will really need to work well to score goals against this AGF Aarhus outfit who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.
That’s why our selection here is for a narrow 0-1 advantage for AGF Aarhus at the conclusion of the game.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
13:10 29/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Silkeborg IF
Formed: 1917
Stadium: JYSK Park (10,000)
Captain: Nicolai Larsen
Chairman: Christian Jepsen
Manager: Kent Nielsen
Competitions: Superliga position 6, DBU Pokalen (Semi-finals)
⭐ Star Man: Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
Mostly playing in the Centre Midfield position, Stefán Teitur Þórðarson was born in Akranes, Iceland. After having played his first senior match for Silkeborg IF in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Midfielder has netted 5 league goals in this Superliga 2023 - 2024 season so far in 18 appearances.