RANDERS. Midtjylland defeats Randers 1-0 after O. Sörensen scored just 1 goal (25′).

The match was played at the Cepheus Park Randers stadium in Randers on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jacob Karlsen who was helped by Victor Skytte and Lars Hummelgaard. The 4th official was Patrick Remon Gammelholm. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.48 degrees Celsius or 40.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Randers was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Midtjylland that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Randers had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Midtjylland managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Randers shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Midtjylland shot 11 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Randers received 2 yellow cards (Mads Enggård and Oliver Zandén). Regarding the opposition, Midtjylland received 2 yellow cards (Aral Şimşir and Oliver Sörensen).

Standings

After this match, Randers stays with 22 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Midtjylland will has 45 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, Randers will play away against Nordsjælland on the 16th of March with a 20-10 head to head statistic in favor of Nordsjælland (16 draws).

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

Randers – Formation

Randers adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Rasmus Bertelsen decided to play with the following team: Patrik Carlgren (7.5), Mikkel Kallesøe (7.0), Daniel Høegh (7.5), Wessel Dammers (7.1), Oliver Zandén (7.5), Lasso Coulibaly (7.5), Mads Enggård (7.0), John Björkengren (7.9), Simen Bolkan Nordli (6.7), Stephen Odey (7.3) and Mohammed Fuseini (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Hugo Andersson, Björn Kopplin (6.8), Mads Albaek, N. Shamoun (6.7), Tammer Bany (6.8), Muamer Brajanac (6.6), Sabil Hansen, Oskar Snorre and Oliver Olsen.

Randers could not rely on the presence of Tammer Bany (injured).

Substitutions

Randers made 5 changes: Stephen Odey for Muamer Brajanac (71′), Oliver Zandén for Björn Kopplin (70′), Simen Bolkan Nordli for N. Shamoun (70′), Mohammed Fuseini for Tammer Bany (79′) and Lasso Coulibaly for Hugo Andersson (90′).

Player of the match: John Björkengren​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Randers was John Björkengren.

His rating is 7.9 with 58 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13.

Midtjylland – Formation

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

Thomas Thomasberg played with: André Römer, Jonas Lössl (7.8), Adam Gabriel (7.3), Sverrir Ingi Ingason  (7.3), Mads Bech Sörensen (7.3), Victor Bak Jensen (7.1), Darío Osorio (6.3), Oliver Sörensen (8.4), Armin Gigovic (6.8), Aral Şimşir (6.7) and Gue-sung Cho (7.3), Ola Brynhildsen (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Emiliano Martínez (6.7), Joel Andersson  (6.4), Henrik Dalsgaard  (6.8), Franculino (6.4), Charles (7.1), Mikel Johan Gogorza Krüger-Johnsen, Alhaji Kamara , Martin Fraisl and Juninho.

Substitutions

Midtjylland made 5 changes: Aral Şimşir for Charles (56′), Adam Gabriel for Henrik Dalsgaard  (57′), Armin Gigovic for Emiliano Martínez (71′), Darío Osorio for Joel Andersson  (80′) and Ola Brynhildsen for Franculino (79′).

Player of the match: Oliver Sörensen​

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

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 36 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Randers – Midtjylland – 0-1