HERNING. FC Midtjylland conquers Brøndby IF 4-2.

The match was played at the MCH Arena stadium in Herning on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Morten Krogh who was helped by Jakob Mastrup and Martin Markus. The 4th official was Lasse Læbel Graagaard. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

FC Midtjylland

4 - 1

Brøndby IF

• 45 Ball Possession 55

Shots

• 15 Total 13
• 5 On Target 4
• 9 Off Target 4
• 1 Shots blocked 5

• 87 Attack 68
• 44 Dangerous attack 27
• 85 Ball safe 91

• 13 Free Kicks 14
• 0 Penalties 0
• 6 Corners 2
• 3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

• 14 Total 13
• 1 Yellow Cards 4
• 0 Double Yellow 1
• 0 Red Card 1

Other

• 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

FC Midtjylland was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Midtjylland won the match​.

FC Midtjylland shot 16 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Brøndby IF shot 11 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

FC Midtjylland received 1 yellow card (Stanley Iheanacho). Talking about the opposition, Brøndby IF received 3 yellow cards (Bartosz Slisz, Max Ejdum and Raphael Canut).

Standings

After playing this encounter, FC Midtjylland has 18 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. On the opposite side, Brøndby IF stays with 13 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Superliga, FC Midtjylland will play away against Odense BK on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Brøndby IF will host FC København on the 20th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.

FC Midtjylland – Formation

FC Midtjylland

G

Elías Ólafsson 1.Iceland

7.1

D

Magnus Jensen 3.Denmark

7.7

89'

D

Rasmus Nissen Kristensen  5.Denmark

7.7

1'

D

Victor Bak 55.Denmark

6.8

M

Philip Billing 8.Denmark

7.5

M

Pedro Bravo 19.Colombia

6.9

M

Kjell Wätjen 29.Germany

6.6

53'

M

David Martínez 98.Venezuela

6.7

37'

F

Gue-sung Cho 10.South Korea

7.7

74'

F

Stanley Iheanacho 18.Nigeria

7.1

83' 67' 23'

F

Friday Etim 90.Nigeria

6.7

83'

Substitutes

G

Nordin Bakker 25.Netherlands

D

Béni Junior 15.Ivory Coast

6.7

37'

D

Abdou Aziz Ndiaye 34.Senegal

M

Denil Castillo 21.Ecuador

6.5

53'

M

Sofus Johannesen 27.Denmark

M

Julius Emefile 38.Denmark

6.5

83'

F

Mileta Rajović 9.Denmark

6.4

83'

F

Mikael Uhre  17.Denmark

FC Midtjylland started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Mike Tullberg decided to play with the following team: Elías Ólafsson (6.9), Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (7.4), Magnus Jensen (7.6), Victor Bak (6.4), Philip Billing (7.4), Kjell Wätjen (6.7), Pedro Bravo (6.7), David Martínez (6.7), Gue-sung Cho (7.4), Stanley Iheanacho (8.3) and Friday Etim (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Mileta Rajović (6.4), Béni Junior (6.6), Mikael Uhre, Denil Castillo (6.5), Nordin Bakker, Sofus Johannesen, Abdou Aziz Ndiaye, Julius Emefile (6.3) and Frederik Vestergaard.

FC Midtjylland could not rely on the presence of Béni Junior (injured).

Substitutions

FC Midtjylland made 4 changes: David Martínez for Béni Junior (37′), Kjell Wätjen for Denil Castillo (53′), Friday Etim for Julius Emefile (83′) and Stanley Iheanacho for Mileta Rajović (83′).

Player of the match: Stanley Iheanacho​

The most impressive player for FC Midtjylland was Stanley Iheanacho.

His rating is 8.3 with 2 goals, 12 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Brøndby IF – Formation

Brøndby IF

G

Patrick Pentz 1.Austria

6.1

D

Oliver Villadsen 2.Denmark

6.1

64'

D

Marko Divkovic 24.Croatia

6.6

D

Jordi Vanlerberghe 30.Belgium

6.8

74'

D

Frederik Alves 32.Denmark

6.6

M

Filip Bundgaard 11.Denmark

6.5

46'

M

Max Ejdum 18.Denmark

7.6

73' 69'

M

Sho Fukuda 19.Japan

6.2

81'

M

Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen 29.Denmark

6.9

M

Bartosz Slisz 99.Poland

6.6

89'

F

Oskar Fenger 51.

6.4

46'

Substitutes

G

William Sonne-Schmidt 50.Denmark

D

Christopher Olivier 3.Austria

6.5

64'

D

Mats Köhlert 27.Germany

D

Raphael Canut 37.Brazil

6.7

74' 76'

M

Daniel Wass 10.Denmark

M

Casper Winther 15.Denmark

6.5

81'

F

Olti Hyseni 7.Denmark

7.1

46' 90'

F

Patrick Mortensen 9.Denmark

F

Marcus Younis 21.Australia

6.3

46'

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

Thomas Nørgaard played with: Patrick Pentz (6.1), Oliver Villadsen (6.2), Jordi Vanlerberghe (6.9), Frederik Alves (6.6), Marko Divkovic (6.4), Bartosz Slisz (6.7), Max Ejdum (7.5), Filip Bundgaard (6.5), Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen (7.6), Sho Fukuda (6.3) and Oskar Fenger (6.4).

They had on the bench: Christopher Olivier (6.4), Olti Hyseni (7.0), Patrick Mortensen, Daniel Wass, Casper Winther (6.4), Marcus Younis (6.5), Mats Köhlert, Raphael Canut (6.7) and William Sonne-Schmidt.

Substitutions

Brøndby IF made 5 changes: Filip Bundgaard for Olti Hyseni (46′), Oskar Fenger for Marcus Younis (46′), Oliver Villadsen for Christopher Olivier (64′), Jordi Vanlerberghe for Raphael Canut (74′) and Sho Fukuda for Casper Winther (81′).

Player of the match: Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brøndby IF was Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen.

His rating is 7.6 with 31 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• FC Midtjylland – Brøndby IF – 4-2