AaB prevails over Kolding IF 3-1

AALBORG. AaB tops Kolding IF 3-1.

September 4, 2023

AALBORG. AaB defeats Kolding IF 3-1. AaB was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Richard Odada (8′), Nicklas Helenius (48′) and Younes Bakiz (52′). Kolding IF reduced the distance with a goal (79′) by Asker Beck, but there was not much to do for them. AaB capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Aalborg Portland Park stadium in Aalborg on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jacob Rasmussen with the help of Henrik Hansen and Steffen Christensen. The 4th official was Patrick Remon Gammelholm.

Match Statistics

AaB

3 - 1

Kolding IF

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

8 Total 10
1 On Target 0
7 Off Target 10
0 Shots blocked 0

115 Attack 78
40 Dangerous attack 50
132 Ball safe 102

2 Penalties 0
5 Corners 5
3 Off Sides 3

Fouls

8 Total 15
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AaB was in firm control of the ball 58% while Kolding IF was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kolding IF had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, AaB managed to find the solution to win this match.

AaB shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Kolding IF shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

AaB didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Kolding IF received 4 yellow cards (Albert Nørager, Christian Vestergaard, Jacob Vetter and ).

Match Timeline

Richard Odada(goal)

30'

J. Vetter- Yellow

45'

C. Vestergaard- Yellow

Nicklas Helenius(penalty)

48'

51'

J. Vetter(yellowredcard)

Younes Bakiz(penalty)

52'

46'

S. Sommer- sub ->Mikkel Jespersen

46'

M. Vestergård- sub ->Christian Kudsk

54'

Simon Trier- sub ->Thomas Mikkelsen

63'

Oliver Ross- sub ->Kasper Jørgensen

64'

79'

A. Beck(goal)Albert Nørager

Jakob Ahlmann- sub ->Diego Caballo

74'

Mads Bomholt- sub ->Richard Odada

74'

75'

C. Palm- sub ->Dalton Wilkins

79'

I. Tånnander- sub ->Paul Ngongo Iversen

90'

A. Nørager- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

AaB

After playing this match, AaB will have 20 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Kolding IF will stay with 13 points like Vendsyssel to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First Division, AaB will play away against Hillerød on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of AaB (0 draws).

Kolding IF will host Næstved on the 16th of March with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Kolding IF (1 draw).

AaB – Formation

AaB

Josip Posavec 1.Croatia

Lars Kramer 4.Netherlands

Kasper Jørgensen 20.Denmark

64'

Rasmus Thelander 26.Denmark

Sebastian Otoa 34.Denmark

M. Højholt 14.Denmark

Diego Caballo 15.Spain

74'

Richard Odada 16.Kenya

74'

M. Widell 8.Sweden

Nicklas Helenius 9.Denmark

63'

48'

Younes Bakiz 23.Denmark

63'

52'

Substitutes

Rody de Boer 22.Netherlands

Jakob Ahlmann 3.Denmark

74'

J. Pedersen 28.Denmark

Mads Bomholt 32.Denmark

74'

N. Arnórsson 45.Iceland

Lucas Andersen 10.Denmark

63'

Tim Prica 11.Sweden

63'

Oliver Ross 38.Denmark

64'

AaB started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Oscar Hiljemark decided to play with the following team: Josip Posavec, Kasper Jørgensen, Lars Kramer, Rasmus Thelander, Diego Caballo, Melker Widell, Richard Odada, Malthe Højholt, Sebastian Otoa, Nicklas Helenius and Younes Bakiz.

The home team had on the bench: Jakob Ahlmann, Lucas Andersen, Tim Prica, Rody de Boer, Jeppe Pedersen, Mads Bomholt, Oliver Ross and Nóel Atli Arnórsson.

Substitutions

AaB made 4 changes: Younes Bakiz for Tim Prica (63′), Nicklas Helenius for Lucas Andersen (63′), Kasper Jørgensen for Oliver Ross (64′) and Diego Caballo for Jakob Ahlmann (74′).

Kolding IF – Formation

Kolding IF

C. Petersen 1.Denmark

P. Tjørnelund 2.Denmark

A. Nørager 3.Denmark

90'

C. Vestergaard 4.Denmark

45'

Dalton Wilkins 5.New Zealand

75'

J. Vetter 32.Denmark

30'

Christian Kudsk 10.Denmark

46'

A. Beck 16.Denmark

79'

M. Jespersen 29.Denmark

46'

P. Ngongo 7.Denmark

79'

T. Mikkelsen 9.Denmark

54'

Substitutes

K. Shushman 27.Ukraine

J. Kiilerich 13.Denmark

Simon Trier 24.Denmark

54'

S. Sommer 6.Denmark

46'

M. Vestergård 8.Denmark

46'

C. Palm 14.Denmark

75'

I. Tånnander 22.Denmark

79'

Sebastian Denius Nielsen 34.Denmark

M. Kristensen 15.Denmark

Kolding IF started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Kristoffer Wichmann played with: Christoffer Petersen, Jacob Vetter, Patrick Tjørnelund, Christian Vestergaard, Dalton Wilkins, Mikkel Jespersen, Asker Beck, Albert Nørager, Christian Kudsk, Thomas Mikkelsen and Paul Ngongo Iversen.

These were the players on the bench: Sebastian Sommer, Mike Vestergård, Jakob Kiilerich, Christoffer Palm, Mathias Kristensen, Isak Frederik Tånnander, Simon Trier, Kyrylo Shushman and Sebastian Denius Nielsen.

Substitutions

Kolding IF made 5 changes: Mikkel Jespersen for Sebastian Sommer (46′), Christian Kudsk for Mike Vestergård (46′), Thomas Mikkelsen for Simon Trier (54′), Dalton Wilkins for Christoffer Palm (75′) and Paul Ngongo Iversen for Isak Frederik Tånnander (79′).