📏 Form Guide

Silkeborg IF

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Silkeborg IF will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-0 DBU Pokalen loss in their previous game against Fredericia.

Frederik Carstensen (7', 26') scored for Fredericia.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Silkeborg IF have shown defensive steel. In fact, Silkeborg IF have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals along the way.

Coming into this contest, Silkeborg IF are without a win at home for the past 6 league games. Fans are getting restless.

FC Nordsjælland

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of AGF Aarhus in DBU Pokalen competition, FC Nordsjælland and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Gift Links (90') was the scorer for AGF Aarhus.

FC Nordsjælland have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, having scored 10 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Johannes Hoff Thorup will no doubt take that as a positive sign, FC Nordsjælland can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, though.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Nordsjælland:

• are winless against Silkeborg IF when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 03/10/2021 shows us that Silkeborg IF have won 4 of these and FC Nordsjælland 1, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A combined sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 from De røde and 6 created by Tigrene. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Superliga match day 20 on 04/03/2024 when it finished FC Nordsjælland 3-1 Silkeborg IF.

In that match, FC Nordsjælland managed 53% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. The goalscorers were Mads Hansen (2', 25') and Martin Frese (78').

Silkeborg IF had 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Pelle Mattsson (6') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Jakob Kehlet.

📰 Team News: Silkeborg IF

There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Silkeborg IF boss Kent Nielsen to be concerned about from a near full-strength group. Alexander Busch (Groin injury) is out of contention.

We think that De røde should make use of the 4-3-2-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Nicolai Larsen, Oliver Sonne, Pontus Roedin, Joel Felix, Andreas Poulsen, Pelle Mattsson, Mark Brink, Anders Klynge, Callum McCowatt, Stefan Thordarson and Tonni Adamsen.

📰 Team News: FC Nordsjælland

Due to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the FC Nordsjælland boss Johannes Hoff Thorup does not have any fitness worries to report ahead of this clash.

From our viewpoint, Tigrene seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Andreas Hansen, Kian Hansen, Martin Frese, Jeppe Tverskov, Marcus Ingvartsen, Andreas Schjelderup, Mads Kristian Hansen, Zidan Sertdemir, Oliver Villadsen, Daniel Svensson and Adamo Nagalo.

✨ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Silkeborg IF will have to work hard as a team to register a score against this FC Nordsjælland team who we think should be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for FC Nordsjælland at the end of the 90.

A close call.

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Victor Martins, 16:06 15/04/2024