FC Midtjylland 3-0 Esbjerg: result and report

Superliga · Friday 9 September 2016

Result

FC Midtjylland 3-0 Esbjerg

Superliga · Friday 9 September 2016, 18:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Midtjylland 3-0 Esbjerg: match report

FC Midtjylland won against Esbjerg 3-0 in the Superliga on Friday 9 September 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Martin Pusic opened the scoring in the 77th minute. FC Midtjylland's goals came from Martin Pusic (77', penalty), André Römer (84') and Jonas Borring (87'). Esbjerg did not score.

Discipline: FC Midtjylland received 1 yellow card; Esbjerg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Midtjylland were 5th on 12 points from 7 and Esbjerg 13th on 5 points from 7. FC Midtjylland went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Esbjerg 14th with 30.

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 4 FC Midtjylland wins, 2 draws and 0 for Esbjerg.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Ryan LaursenEsbjerg
  • 56'Yellow card · Paul OnuachuFC Midtjylland
  • 73'Yellow card · Jeppe AndersenEsbjerg
  • 77'Penalty goal · Martin PusicFC Midtjylland · 1-0
  • 84'Goal · André RömerFC Midtjylland · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · Jonas BorringFC Midtjylland · 3-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Midtjylland 4, draws 2, Esbjerg 0.

Team news

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

Johan Dahlin, Kian Hansen, Patrick Banggaard, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Filip Novak, J. Poulsen, Rafael van der Vaart, Mikkel Duelund, André Römer, Paul Onuachu, Rilwan Hassan

Esbjerg line-up (4-4-2)

Jeppe Højbjerg, Bjørn Paulsen, Héctor Salazar, Andreas Nordvik, Marco Lund, Nikolaj Hagelskjaer Pedersen, Victor Pálsson, Jeppe Andersen, Casper Nielsen, Kevin Mensah, Danny Cepero