KøBENHAVN. FC Copenhagen beats Nordsjælland with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Claesson (30′) and a goal from E. Achouri (59′). Nordsjælland lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Parken stadium in København on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen assisted by Deniz Yurdakul and Danny Kolding. The 4th official was Jesper Nielsen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.08 degrees Celsius or 42.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nordsjælland was in firm control of the ball 57% while FC Copenhagen was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nordsjælland was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, FC Copenhagen found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

FC Copenhagen shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nordsjælland shot 14 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

FC Copenhagen received 2 yellow cards (Birger Meling and Elias Jelert). Talking about the opposition, Nordsjælland received 3 yellow cards (Kian Hansen, Conrad Harder and Lucas Hey).

Standings

After this contest, FC Copenhagen has 39 points like Midtjylland to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Nordsjælland will stays with 30 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, FC Copenhagen will play away with Midtjylland on the 2nd of March with a 28-22 head to head in favor of FC Copenhagen (10 draws).

Nordsjælland will host Silkeborg on the 2nd of March with a 17-7 head to head record in favor of Nordsjælland (8 draws).

FC Copenhagen – Formation

FC Copenhagen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jacob Neestrup Hansen decided to play with the following team: Kamil Grabara (7.8), Elias Jelert (7.1), Denis Vavro (8.1), Scott McKenna (7.3), Kevin Diks (7.5), Diogo Gonçalves (6.7), Rasmus Falk Jensen (7.9), Magnus Mattsson (7.3), Mohamed Elyounoussi (7.1), Viktor Claesson (8.1) and Elias Achouri (8.9).

The home team had on the bench: Christian Sørensen, Jordan Larsson, Andreas Cornelius (7.0), Birger Meling (6.4), Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, William Clem, Oscar Højlund (6.7), Roony Bardghji and Victor Froholdt (7.0).

Substitutions

FC Copenhagen made 5 changes: Elias Jelert for Birger Meling (46′), Rasmus Falk Jensen for William Clem (90′), Diogo Gonçalves for Oscar Højlund (71′), Magnus Mattsson for Victor Froholdt (82′) and Elias Achouri for Andreas Cornelius (81′).

Player of the match: Elias Achouri​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Copenhagen was Elias Achouri.

His rating is 8.9 with 1 goal, 29 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Nordsjælland – Formation

Nordsjælland started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Johannes Hoff Thorup played with: Andreas Hansen (7.3), Oliver Villadsen (7.0), Adamo Nagalo (7.3), Kian Hansen (6.8), Martin Frese (7.0), Daniel Svensson (7.3), Jeppe Tverskov (7.3), Andreas Schjelderup (7.1), Christian Kjelder Rasmussen (6.7), Marcus Ingvartsen (6.7) and Ibrahim Osman (7.0).

They had on the bench: Conrad Harder (6.8), Mads Hansen (6.7), Erik Marxen, Lucas Hey (6.8), Zidan Sertdemir, Oliver Antman (7.0), Carljohan Eriksson, Mario Dorgeles and Sindre Walle Egeli (6.7).

Nordsjælland could not rely on the presence of Lucas Hey (injured).

Substitutions

Nordsjælland made 5 changes: Adamo Nagalo for Lucas Hey (58′), Ibrahim Osman for Oliver Antman (59′), Marcus Ingvartsen for Mads Hansen (72′), Christian Kjelder Rasmussen for Sindre Walle Egeli (87′) and Oliver Villadsen for Conrad Harder (72′).

Player of the match: Jeppe Tverskov​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nordsjælland was Jeppe Tverskov.

His rating is 7.3 with 69 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• FC Copenhagen – Nordsjælland – 2-0