FC Midtjylland 1-2 Esbjerg: result and report
Superliga · Saturday 25 May 2019
Result
FC Midtjylland 1-2 Esbjerg
Superliga · Saturday 25 May 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
FC Midtjylland 1-2 Esbjerg: match report
FC Midtjylland lost to Esbjerg 1-2 in the Superliga on Saturday 25 May 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Yuriy Yakovenko opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Midtjylland's goal came from Evander (35'). Esbjerg scored through Yuriy Yakovenko (7') and Adnane Tighadouini (24').
Discipline: FC Midtjylland received 2 yellow cards; Esbjerg received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Midtjylland were 2nd on 71 points from 35 and Esbjerg 4th on 53 points from 35. FC Midtjylland went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Esbjerg 3rd with 56.
FC Midtjylland lined up in a 3-4-3 and Esbjerg in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Midtjylland wins, 3 draws and 0 for Esbjerg.
Going into the match FC Midtjylland's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Esbjerg's W-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Yuriy Yakovenko
- 24'Goal · Adnane Tighadouini
- 35'Goal · Evander
- 39'Yellow card · Daniel Anyembe
- 40'Yellow card · Evander
- 56'Yellow card · Jesper Lauridsen
- 78'Yellow card · L. Parunashvili
- 84'Yellow card · Awer Mabil
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Midtjylland line-up (3-4-3)
Jesper Hansen, Kian Hansen, Erik Sviatchenko, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Joel Andersson, J. Poulsen, Tim Sparv, Rafal Kurzawa, Júnior Brumado, Evander, Gustav Wikheim
Esbjerg line-up (4-3-3)
Jeppe Højbjerg, Daniel Anyembe, Rodolph Austin, Markus Halsti, Jesper Alkærsig Lauridsen, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Lasha Parunashvili, Joni Kauko, Mathias Kristensen, Yuriy Yakovenko, Adnane Tighadouini