Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Nordsjælland (5th, 41 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Esbjerg (4th, 22 pts). Esbjerg had been under-performing their position — 28th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Esbjerg were scoring 1.67 and conceding 2.33, Nordsjælland 1.85 and 1.35, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Nordsjælland came in having won three on the spin. Esbjerg had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Nordsjælland, 10.
25 meetings are on record — 12 won by Esbjerg, 6 by Nordsjælland, 7 drawn, at 2.52 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Blue Water Arena in Esbjerg (capacity 18,000). Nordsjælland led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-2.