FC Midtjylland 1-0 Esbjerg: result and report
Superliga · Sunday 31 August 2014
Result
FC Midtjylland 1-0 Esbjerg
Superliga · Sunday 31 August 2014, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Midtjylland 1-0 Esbjerg: match report
FC Midtjylland defeated Esbjerg 1-0 in the Superliga on Sunday 31 August 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jim Larsen opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Midtjylland's goals came from Jim Larsen (12') and Marco Larsen (87'). Esbjerg did not score.
Discipline: FC Midtjylland received 4 yellow cards; Esbjerg received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Midtjylland were 1st on 12 points from 5 and Esbjerg 10th on 4 points from 5. FC Midtjylland went on to finish that season 1st with 65 points, and Esbjerg 9th with 41.
FC Midtjylland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Esbjerg in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match FC Midtjylland's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Esbjerg's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Jim Larsen
- 28'Yellow card · Hans Andreasen
- 37'Yellow card · Paul Onuachu
- 45+4'Yellow card · Pione Sisto
- 62'Yellow card · Eddi Gomes
- 75'Yellow card · Sly
- 86'Yellow card · Jesper Rasmussen
- 86'Yellow card · Jesper Rasmussen
- 87'Goal · Marco Larsen
- 87'Yellow card · Marco Larsen
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jakob Ankersen
Team news
FC Midtjylland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jakob Haugaard, Jim Larsen, Jesper Alkærsig Lauridsen, Patrick Banggaard, Tim Sparv, J. Poulsen, André Römer, Pione Sisto, Paul Onuachu, Rilwan Hassan, Sylvester Igboun
Esbjerg line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Michael Jakobsen, Eddi Gomes, Héctor Salazar, Jonas Knudsen, Jeppe Andersen, Casper Nielsen, Jakob Ankersen, Hans Henrik Andreasen, Mohammed Fellah, Martin Pusic