Horsens and Randers FC play to scoreless Superliga draw

HORSENS, Denmark (Interstat) — Horsens and Randers FC played to a 0-0 draw Friday at Nordstern Arena Horsens in the Danish Superliga, as neither side scored despite a match that included an early red card and four yellow cards. The home side and the visitors each finished with no goals, leaving the contest level after 90 minutes.

Randers FC was reduced to 10 players in the 22nd minute when Pedersen L. was sent off. The visitors continued with 10 men for the remainder of the match and kept Horsens from scoring. Horsens’s Herdonsson A. was shown a yellow card in the 41st minute. Randers FC’s Henriksson A. was booked in the 45th minute, and Themsen M. received a yellow card in the first minute of first-half stoppage time. Hansen S. was cautioned for Randers FC in the 71st minute. The four yellow cards were split between the teams, with Horsens receiving one and Randers FC receiving three.

Both teams made changes after the break. In the 46th minute, Horsens made a substitution involving Herdonsson A., and Randers FC made one involving Junker K. Horsens substituted Tauriainen J. in the 67th minute, while Randers FC substituted Sankoh M. in the same minute. Randers FC then made a double substitution in the 77th minute involving Themsen M. and Dyhr N. Horsens made an 80th-minute substitution involving Lusavec K. Horsens made three substitutions in the match, while Randers FC made four.

The draw moves Randers FC to 3 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws in the competition. Across all competitions, Randers FC is now 4 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws. Horsens is 3 wins, 4 losses and 4 draws in the competition and 6 wins, 4 losses and 4 draws across all competitions. The result added one draw to each team’s competition record and one draw to each team’s overall record.

Randers FC entered the match after a 2-0 home loss to Viborg and a 1-0 home loss to Aalborg. Its earlier results this season included a 4-2 loss at Sonderjyske, a 2-1 home loss to Odense, a 3-0 win at Brondby, a 2-1 home win over Aarhus, a 1-0 loss at Midtjylland, a 4-0 win at ASA, a 4-0 home loss to Kobenhavn and a 2-0 home win over Lyngby BK. Horsens entered after a 3-3 draw at Silkeborg and a 2-1 home win over Vejle. Its earlier results included a 2-2 home draw with Aarhus, a 3-2 win at Naesby, a 2-0 loss at Kobenhavn, a 5-2 win at Sonderjyske, a 4-0 win at Lyseng, a 3-2 home loss to Viborg, a 2-1 home win over Lyngby BK and a 2-1 win at Odense.

Horsens and Randers FC are scheduled to meet again later in the Superliga schedule. Randers FC’s upcoming slate includes matches against Brondby, Lyngby BK, Nordsjaelland, Viborg, Horsens, Aarhus and Silkeborg. Horsens’s upcoming slate includes Randers FC, Sonderjyske, Brabrand in the DBU Pokalen, Viborg, Aarhus, Silkeborg, Randers FC, Kobenhavn and Nordsjaelland. Both clubs will continue their league campaigns after the scoreless draw.

The scoreless result gave Horsens its fourth draw in the competition this season and Randers FC its second. Randers FC has now gone three matches without a win, while Horsens has avoided defeat in its last three matches. Neither team scored in the first half or the second half. Randers FC played the remainder of the match with 10 players after the sending-off. Horsens completed its listed substitutions by the 80th minute.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Horsens 2, Randers FC 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Horsens with a 75 percent probability to win. The actual result left both teams with a draw.