FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg: result and report
Superliga · Sunday 8 November 2015
Result
FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg
Superliga · Sunday 8 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg: match report
FC Midtjylland won against Esbjerg 3-1 in the Superliga on Sunday 8 November 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Morten Rasmussen opened the scoring in the 21st minute. FC Midtjylland's goals came from Morten Rasmussen (21'), F. Novák (43'), Mikkel Duelund (58'), Kristoffer Olsson (81') and Jakob Poulsen (89'). Esbjerg scored through Kevin Mensah (49').
Discipline: FC Midtjylland received no yellow cards; Esbjerg received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Midtjylland were 5th on 23 points from 14 and Esbjerg 11th on 14 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Superliga season and is kept for reference.
FC Midtjylland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Esbjerg in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Midtjylland wins, 2 draws and 0 for Esbjerg.
Going into the match FC Midtjylland's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Esbjerg's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Morten Rasmussen
- 34'Red card · D. Stenderup
- 43'Goal · F. Novák
- 48'Yellow card · Michael Almebäck
- 48'Yellow card · Michael Almeback
- 49'Goal · Kevin Mensah
- 58'Goal · Mikkel Duelund
- 81'Goal · Kristoffer Olsson
- 89'Goal · Jakob Poulsen
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Midtjylland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mikkel Andersen, Kian Hansen, Patrick Banggaard, Filip Novak, Tim Sparv, J. Poulsen, Kristoffer Olsson, Mikkel Duelund, André Römer, Daniel Royer, Morten Rasmussen
Esbjerg line-up (4-4-2)
Martin Dúbravka, Michael Jakobsen, Daniel Stenderup, Bjørn Paulsen, Magnus Lekven, Leon Jessen, Casper Nielsen, Jerry Lucena, Kevin Mensah, Nicki Bille Nielsen, Robin Söder