FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg: result and report

Superliga · Saturday 28 July 2018

Result

FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg

Superliga · Saturday 28 July 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Midtjylland 3-1 Esbjerg: match report

FC Midtjylland beat Esbjerg 3-1 in the Superliga on Saturday 28 July 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Gustav Wikheim opened the scoring in the 15th minute. FC Midtjylland's goals came from Gustav Wikheim (15'), Jakob Poulsen (34', penalty) and Frank Onyeka (90+3'). Esbjerg scored through L. Parunashvili (45').

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

Going into the game FC Midtjylland were 12th on 1 point from 2 and Esbjerg 11th on 1 point from 2. 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 4 FC Midtjylland wins, 1 draw and 0 for Esbjerg.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · AgusEsbjerg
  • 15'Goal · Gustav WikheimFC Midtjylland · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Joni KaukoEsbjerg
  • 34'Penalty goal · Jakob PoulsenFC Midtjylland · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · L. ParunashviliEsbjerg · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Rasmus NicolaisenFC Midtjylland
  • 90+3'Goal · Frank OnyekaFC Midtjylland · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Midtjylland 4, draws 1, Esbjerg 0.

Team news

FC Midtjylland line-up (3-4-3)

Jesper Hansen, Zsolt Korcsmár, Joel Andersson, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Mads Thychosen, Erik Sviatchenko, J. Poulsen, Frank Onyeka, Awer Mabil, Paul Onuachu, Gustav Wikheim

Esbjerg line-up (4-3-3)

Jeppe Højbjerg, Agus, Markus Halsti, Jesper Alkærsig Lauridsen, Daniel Anyembe, Lasha Parunashvili, Joni Kauko, Mathias Kristensen, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Adrian Petre, Anders Dreyer