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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Yuriy YakovenkoEsbjerg · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Adnane TighadouiniEsbjerg · 0-2
  • 35'Goal · EvanderFC Midtjylland · 1-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Daniel AnyembeEsbjerg
  • 40'Yellow card · EvanderFC Midtjylland
  • 56'Yellow card · Jesper LauridsenEsbjerg
  • 78'Yellow card · L. ParunashviliEsbjerg
  • 84'Yellow card · Awer MabilFC Midtjylland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: FC Midtjylland 5, draws 3, Esbjerg 0.

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