Vejle 5:4 Hillerød: 1st Division Match Result

Match report

Vejle and Hillillerød shared nine goals in a First Division encounter that finished 5:4 at the weekend. The home side kept their perfect start, moving further clear at the top of the table while the visitors' league position barely shifted. And here's the thing — the result tells only half the story of what happened on the pitch. Vejle opened the scoring through S. Jalaei in the fourth minute, but Hillillerød answered quickly with T. Bach's equaliser fourteen minutes in. The visitors took the lead when J. Sigurdsson, making things awkward from a set piece, netted in the thirty-ninth minute. By then the home side had already been dragged out of position in defence. The second half turned into a scramble. A. Hoyer's own goal in the fifty-second minute should have given Vejle control, but Hillillerød refused to put the game to bed. M. Mouritz restored the home side's advantage in the sixty-eighth minute before M. Duelund stepped up for a penalty in the seventy-eighth. B. Edjeodji pulled one back for the visitors, and N. Kretzschmar made it 5:3 before the final whistle. M. Vestergaard's stoppage-time goal gave Vejle all three points, but the statistics tell a different story. The hosts dominated possession at 61 per cent and launched 131 attacks, yet only managed seven shots on target from nineteen inside the penalty area. Hillillerød, with just 39 per cent of the ball, registered eleven shots on target from eleven attempts inside the box — a conversion rate that would have been enough in most games. Vejle remain top after seven games with seventeen points, five wins and two draws. The visitors sit tenth with five points from a win and two draws, though their recent form — including a 12:0 victory over Værløse — suggests they can raise the tempo when they need to. To be fair, the gap between them will not close overnight.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 61 – 39

Shots on target 7 – 11

Shots off target 16 – 0

Big chances 6 – 5

⚽ 4' S. Jalaei — Goal ⚽ 14' T. Bach — Goal 🟨 35' J. Sigurdsson — Yellow card ⚽ 39' J. Sigurdsson — Goal ⇄ 46' S. Larsen — Substitution 🟨 51' T. Lauritsen — Yellow card ⚽ 52' A. Hoyer — Own goal ⇄ 59' W. Faghir — Substitution ⇄ 62' T. Arndal — Substitution ⚽ 68' M. Mouritz — Goal ⇄ 69' J. Sigurdsson — Substitution ⇄ 70' C. Gammelgaard — Substitution ⇄ 77' M. Munck — Substitution ⚽ 78' M. Duelund — Penalty ⚽ 80' B. Edjeodji — Goal 🟨 82' A. Camara — Yellow card ⚽ 83' N. Kretzschmar — Goal ⚽ 90+5' M. Vestergaard — Goal

Match events

4' Hillerød Goal S. Jalaei
14' Vejle Goal T. Bach assist: T. Lauritsen
35' Hillerød Yellow card J. Sigurdsson
39' Hillerød Goal J. Sigurdsson assist: J. Witt
46' Hillerød Substitution S. Larsen off: A. Hoyer
51' Vejle Yellow card T. Lauritsen
52' Vejle Own goal A. Hoyer
59' Vejle Substitution W. Faghir off: B. Edjeodji
62' Hillerød Substitution T. Arndal off: M. Julo
68' Hillerød Goal M. Mouritz
69' Hillerød Substitution J. Sigurdsson off: N. Kretzschmar
70' Vejle Substitution C. Gammelgaard off: G. Marcussen
77' Hillerød Substitution M. Munck off: K. Enghardt
78' Vejle Penalty M. Duelund
80' Vejle Goal B. Edjeodji assist: T. Bach
82' Vejle Yellow card A. Camara
83' Hillerød Goal N. Kretzschmar
90+5' Vejle Goal M. Vestergaard

Statistics

61 Possession, % 39

7 Shots on target 11

16 Shots off target 0

6 Big chances 5

131 Attacks 72

8 Corners 3

11 Fouls 16

15 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 0

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 19

12 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

18/3256% Aerial duels 14/3244%

75 Backward passes 66

7 Blocked shots 4

17 Clearances 42

14/3540% Crosses 2/729%

9/1947% Dribbles 3/3100%

76 Failed passes 96

7 Goalkeeper saves 3

8 Interceptions 9

23 Key passes 9

30/4863% Long passes 26/7435%

170 Passes into the final third 53

410 Passes in the opposition half 179

194 Passes in own half 205

0.23 Shot accuracy 0.73

19 Shots inside the box 11

1/520% Tackles 8/1844%

569 Total passes 377

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