Midtjylland Set Piece Analysis 17/18 – Part 1

Midjtylland in Denmark are one of the few clubs in the world that are embracing set-pieces for they are a hugely underrated aspect of the game. They hired a set-piece specialist along with dedicated kicking coaches to enhance their set-piece output and have even built a dedicated “set-piece lounge” where players can analyse clips and stats of how their opponents line up for free kicks and corners. Their debut season adopting such an approach was a roaring success, with a total of 23 goals (35% of their total goals in the league) from set-pieces, which won them their first Superliga title in their history. They have continued focusing on set-pieces and have again been clinical from them scoring an incredible 19 set-piece goals so far this season. In part 1 I’ll look at their goals from free-kicks and throw-ins, whilst in part 2 I’ll analyse their corner routines to see how they’ve managed to be so effective from set-pieces.

Vs Randers 30th July (throw-in)