Esbjerg 1-3 FC Midtjylland: result and report

Superliga · Monday 24 October 2016

Result

Esbjerg 1-3 FC Midtjylland

Superliga · Monday 24 October 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Esbjerg 1-3 FC Midtjylland: match report

Esbjerg lost to FC Midtjylland 1-3 in the Superliga on Monday 24 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Awer Mabil opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Esbjerg's goal came from Awer Mabil (24'). FC Midtjylland scored through Jonas Borring (26'), Jakob Poulsen (62') and Mikkel Duelund (64').

Discipline: Esbjerg received no yellow cards; FC Midtjylland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Esbjerg were 14th on 8 points from 13 and FC Midtjylland 2nd on 25 points from 13. Esbjerg went on to finish that season 14th with 30 points, and FC Midtjylland 3rd with 59.

Esbjerg lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Midtjylland in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Esbjerg wins, 2 draws and 5 for FC Midtjylland.

Going into the match Esbjerg's last five read D-L-L-D-D and FC Midtjylland's W-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Kian HansenFC Midtjylland
  • 24'Goal · Awer MabilEsbjerg · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Jonas BorringFC Midtjylland · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Jakob PoulsenFC Midtjylland · 1-2
  • 64'Goal · Mikkel DuelundFC Midtjylland · 1-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Esbjerg 0, draws 2, FC Midtjylland 5.

Team news

Esbjerg line-up (4-4-2)

Jeppe Højbjerg, Bjørn Paulsen, Andreas Nordvik, Marco Lund, Nikolaj Hagelskjaer Pedersen, Victor Pálsson, Awer Mabil, Casper Nielsen, Mathias Kristensen, Danny Cepero, Robin Söder

FC Midtjylland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mikkel Andersen, Kian Hansen, Patrick Banggaard, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Filip Novak, J. Poulsen, Jonas Borring, Mikkel Duelund, André Römer, Martin Pusic, Rilwan Hassan