Down To Ten
Brondby
Brondby played the closing 1 minutes a man down after a 89′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 89′
- Player
- Bartosz Slisz
Superliga · Matchday 8
FC Midtjylland
R. Kristensen 1'
S. Iheanacho 23'
Cho Gue-Sung 74'
M. Jensen 89'
4 – 1
FT
HT 2–0
Brondby
M. Ejdum 69'
Superliga
Matchday 8FC Midtjylland4–1Brondby
1.16
Expected goals
0.80
1′23′69′74′89′89′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: MID 1.16, BRO 0.80.
Match report
FC Midtjylland 4-1 Brondby
FC Midtjylland were far too strong for Brondby 4-1 at MCH Arena in Superliga. Kristensen opened the scoring for FC Midtjylland on 1', Iheanacho made it 2-0 to FC Midtjylland on 23', Ejdum pulled one back for Brondby on 69', Gue-Sung made it 3-1 to FC Midtjylland on 74' and Jensen made it 4-1 to FC Midtjylland on 89'.
Expected goals finished FC Midtjylland 1.16, Brondby 0.80. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Brondby held 55.0% of the ball.
Slisz was dismissed for Brondby in the closing moments, too late to shape the result.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. FC Midtjylland graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.16 expected goals. FC Midtjylland graded out for box occupation — 13 of 15 shots in the box and 0.08 xg per shot.
Rasmus Kristensen came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for FC Midtjylland from 1 goal, 2 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with FC Midtjylland conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
15Shots13
1.16xG0.80
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
FC Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.16 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.16
- Overperformance
- +2.84
Box Occupation
FC Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland kept getting bodies into the area — 87% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 13 of 15
- Share
- 87%
- xG per shot
- 0.08
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — FC Midtjylland scored on 89′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 89′
Timeline
R. Kristensen
⚽1'
Friday Etim · Goal cancelled
📺22'
S. Iheanacho — assist: Cho Gue-Sung
⚽23'
Stanley Iheanacho · Goal confirmed
📺24'
D. Beni ↑ D. Martinez ↓
🔄37'
Half-time
🔄46'
M. Younis ↑ O. Fenger ↓
🔄46'
O. Hyseni ↑ F. Bundgaard ↓
D. Castillo ↑ K. Watjen ↓
🔄53'
🔄64'
C. Olivier ↑ O. Villadsen ↓
Stanley Iheanacho
Foul
🟨67'
⚽69'
M. Ejdum — assist: M. Frokjaer-Jensen
🟨73'
Max Ejdum
Foul
🔄74'
R. Canut ↑ J. Vanlerberghe ↓
Cho Gue-Sung
⚽74'
🟨76'
Raphael Canut
Foul
🔄81'
C. Winther ↑ S. Fukuda ↓
M. Rajovic ↑ S. Iheanacho ↓
🔄83'
J. Emefile ↑ F. Etim ↓
🔄83'
🟨89'
Bartosz Slisz
Argument
🟨89'
Bartosz Slisz
Argument
🟥89'
Bartosz Slisz
Argument
M. Jensen
⚽89'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueMCH Arena, Herning
RefereeM. Krogh
CompetitionSuperliga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished