FC Copenhagen-Silkeborg

Saturday 22/11 19.00

FC Copenhagen (3rd) played a fine match in the last round at FC Nordsjælland (0-0) when all things are considered. After Christian Poulsen’s red card after only 30 minutes FC Copenhagen were forced to play 10-vs-11 for 60 minutes, but did so without allowing FC Nordsjælland to get clear-cut chances. FC Copenhagen struggle in the other half of the pitch though where they suffer under the poor form of lone striker Andreas Cornelius. A match against Silkeborg could be just what is needed to get some morale, but in case of failure, it could also mean that the league title is almost unachievable. FC Copenhagen will be without the suspended Christian Poulsen, but otherwise no reported (important) injury concerns. Silkeborg (12th) are last and without a win in 14 matches. Two obvious reasons: they concede too many easy goals (penalties or sloppy marking) and they are terrible at executing their own chances (scoring on 12% of shots on target – league average is 27%). Most of their matches are actually more equal than the table predicts, but football is not only about playing fine football in the middle of the pitch. Silkeborg have no new absences.

FC Copenhagen should dominate Silkeborg here. The question is just what the end product will be, since FC Copenhagen have been so poor at scoring (only Silkeborg have scored fewer goals). We are however quite sure that Silkeborg cannot keep them from scoring over the entire match. At the same time Silkeborg might not to score: they have only scored in 1 out of 7 away matches and FC Copenhagen’s defence is quite strong. FC Copenhagen to win to nil seems more interesting than a FC Copenhagen handicap win.

Tip of the Week: FC Copenhagen to win to nil – 2.40 at Unibet

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