FC Copenhagen vs Odense Prediction & Betting Tips

Copenhagen rolling, Odense stuttering

FC Copenhagen have won 16 of their last 20 matches across all competitions, losing just once in that stretch and scoring 54 goals along the way. That's a genuinely strong run, spanning league and cup football.

FC Copenhagen: 20 completed matches; Odense: 20 completed matches.

FC Copenhagen

20 matches

Win

80% 16 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

5% 1 / 20

Scored

54

Conceded

21

Difference

+33

Odense

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

32

Difference

-2

Odense's record over the same length of sample is far more uneven: 9 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, with almost as many goals conceded as scored. Their last few outings have been particularly shaky, including a heavy defeat to Copenhagen themselves and a cup exit.

Copenhagen go into this with real momentum; Odense are searching for consistency.

Comparative Team Statistics: FC Copenhagen vs Odense

A recent history that's leaned one way lately

These two have met plenty of times over the years, with results swinging both directions across different seasons. The most recent meeting, though, was a 5-0 win for Copenhagen at Odense's own ground.

Before that, results were closer, including a couple of one-goal Copenhagen wins and a draw. It's not a one-sided rivalry historically, but the last meeting was as lopsided as this fixture list shows.

Where they sit in the table

Copenhagen are top of the Superliga with 24 points from nine games, conceding just eight goals in that time. Odense are ninth with nine points from the same number of matches, having let in fourteen.

That's a big gap in both points and goal difference this early in the season.

Key men and a disciplinary note

Copenhagen's goals have been spread but leaning on M. Elyounoussi, who has six in eight matches, and B. Meling with four in seven. Elyounoussi has also chipped in with assists, alongside A. Král and J. Suzuki.

FC Copenhagen:

Best scorers:

M. Elyounoussi - 6

B. Meling - 4

Best assist providers:

M. Elyounoussi - 2

A. Král - 2

J. Suzuki - 2

Penalty cards:

B. Meling x 3

Odense:

Best assist providers:

A. Ahl-Holmström - 2

Penalty cards:

M. McCoy x 4

J. Gomez x 3

J. Berthel Askou x 3

On the Odense side, several players have picked up multiple yellow cards this season, including M. McCoy, J. Gomez, J. Berthel Askou and U. Yttergård Jenssen. That's not proof of anything specific for this game, but it hints at a side that's had to work hard and sometimes scrappily just to stay in matches.

How this one might shape up

Copenhagen have been tight at the back this season, conceding only eight in nine league games, while Odense have found goals hard to come by away from home in this sample. That combination points towards Copenhagen being well placed to control the game.

Odense have shown in patches that they can compete, drawing and winning some matches in this run, so it's not as if they're without any capacity to make things awkward. But the gap in current form and table position is significant heading into this one.