ODENSE. Midtjylland overcame OB to win 2-1. O. Sörensen was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Midtjylland to strike first with a goal of Oliver Sörensen at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 44′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Oliver Sörensen gave the win to Midtjylland in the 84′ minute with a goal scoring a double.

The match was played at the Nature Energy Park stadium in Odense on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jørgen Daugbjerg Burchardt with the support of Victor Skytte and Nikolaj Christensen. The 4th official was Jonas Bæk. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.43 degrees Celsius or 54.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. OB was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Midtjylland that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Midtjylland was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Midtjylland won the match.​

OB shot 7 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Midtjylland shot 20 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

OB received 1 yellow card (Rami Al Hajj). Talking about the opposition, Midtjylland received 4 yellow cards (Mads Bech Sörensen, André Römer, Henrik Dalsgaard  and Sverrir Ingi Ingason).

Standings

After playing this match, OB will stay with 11 points to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Midtjylland will have 21 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, OB will host FC Copenhagen on the 16th of March with a 30-8 head to head stats in favor of FC Copenhagen (13 draws).

Midtjylland will host Vejle on the 16th of March with a 10-0 head to head statistic in favor of Midtjylland (3 draws).

OB – Formation

OB adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Andreas Alm decided to play with the following team: Nicholas Mickelson, Hans Christian Bernat (7.3), Leeroy Owusu (7.0), Bjørn Paulsen (7.3), Filip Helander  (6.8), Aske Adelgaard (6.6), Sven Köhler (7.3), Tom Trybull (7.3), Louicius Don Deedson (7.0), Rami Al Hajj (7.5), Charly Horneman (6.3) and Bashkim Kadrii (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Hansen, Nicklas Mouritsen, Mihajlo Ivančević (6.3), Mohamed Turay (6.4), Alasana Manneh, Gustav Grubbe Madsen (6.3), Johannes Selven (6.3), Alen Mustafić (6.4) and Tyler Burey.

OB could not rely on the presence of Johannes Selven (injured), Alen Mustafić (injured) and Gustav Grubbe Madsen (injured).

Substitutions

OB made 5 changes: Charly Horneman for Johannes Selven (62′), Bjørn Paulsen for Mihajlo Ivančević (46′), Bashkim Kadrii for Mohamed Turay (69′), Louicius Don Deedson for Alen Mustafić (83′) and Leeroy Owusu for Gustav Grubbe Madsen (84′).

Best player: Rami Al Hajj​

The player that probably impressed the most for OB was Rami Al Hajj.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 46 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 19. He performed 4 crosses.

Midtjylland – Formation

Also Midtjylland adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Thomas Thomasberg played with: Juninho, Jonas Lössl (7.0), Henrik Dalsgaard  (7.5), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (6.7), Mads Bech Sörensen (7.0), Paulinho (6.8), Oliver Sörensen (9.7), Kristoffer Olsson (7.5), Armin Gigovic (6.6), Aral Şimşir (7.3), Ola Brynhildsen (6.3) and Gue-sung Cho (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Franculino (6.3), André Römer (7.0), Han-beom Lee , Darío Osorio (7.1), Adam Gabriel (6.7), Iver Fossum, Charles, Nikolas Dyhr (6.4) and Martin Fraisl.

Midtjylland could not rely on the presence of Franculino (injured).

Substitutions

Midtjylland made 5 changes: Ola Brynhildsen for Franculino (61′), Armin Gigovic for André Römer (62′), Henrik Dalsgaard  for Adam Gabriel (74′), Aral Şimşir for Darío Osorio (74′) and Paulinho for Nikolas Dyhr (83′).

Best player: Oliver Sörensen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Midtjylland was Oliver Sörensen.

His rating is (9.7) with 2 goals, 34 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Superliga.​

• OB – Midtjylland – 1-2