FC Midtjylland vs Malmo FF, Europe 2018-19 PLAY OFF ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Midtjylland vs Malmo FF — Europe .
- FC Midtjylland 8 games · 19 pts (2025/26)
- Malmo FF 8 games · 1 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
- Referee Dave Goossens
- Referee Isaac Cuenca (Spain)
- Referee Jeroen Manschot
35 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.5 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Aug Malmo FF H 0–2 L 23 Aug Malmo FF A 2–2 D 16 Aug The New Saints FC H 3–1 W 09 Aug The New Saints FC A 2–0 W 01 Aug Astana FK H 0–0 D 24 Jul Astana FK A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Aug FC Midtjylland A 2–0 W 23 Aug FC Midtjylland H 2–2 D 14 Aug MOL Fehervar FC A 0–0 D 07 Aug MOL Fehervar FC H 1–1 D 01 Aug FC CFR 1907 Cluj H 1–1 D 24 Jul FC CFR 1907 Cluj A 1–0 W Season Stats
FC Midtjylland Malmo FF #3 Position #35 19 Points 1 8 Played 8 6 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 7 18 Scored 4 8 Conceded 15 +10 GD -11 2.38 PPG 0.13 75% Win % 0% Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
FC Midtjylland this season0% Clean Sheets
Malmo FF this seasonFC Midtjylland are 3rd (19 pts). Malmo FF are 35th (1 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FC Midtjylland gets underway.
- 5' FC Midtjylland is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It looks surprising Malmo FF does not make any changes. Andreas Vindheim has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Midtjylland that had 225 games and scored 96 goals.
- 22' The referee shows Malmo FF player a Yellow card on 22.
- 27' It’s high time Uwe Rösler made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 32' Marcus Antonsson puts Malmo FF on the lead.
- 36' It’s a booking for Malmo FF player. Markus Rosenberg gets a Yellow card.
- 41' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gustav Wikheim suffering a number of foals already.
- 42' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ogochukwu Onyeka Frank.
- 47' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 52' FC Midtjylland started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
- 56' FC Midtjylland manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Paul Onuachu is hanging Ayo Simon on the field on 56 minute.
- 61' FC Midtjylland is showing some good football. However, FC Midtjylland are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 66' Supporters expect more eagerness from Johan Dahlin, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 71' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 75' The referee shows Malmo FF player a Yellow card on 75.
- 75' Awer Mabil has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joel Andersson on 75 minute.
- 79' GOAL! Markus Rosenberg scores on 79.
- 80' Another change for Malmo FF made on 80 minute. Andreas Vindheim leaves to be changed by Eric Larsson.
- 84' Arnor Ingvi Traustason has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marcus Antonsson on 84 minute.
- 89' The referee calls foul for Behrang Safari. He receives a Yellow card.
- 90' The referee shows FC Midtjylland player a Yellow card on 90.
- 90' Franz Brorsson is replacing Behrang Safari for the Malmo FF side.
- Full Time. Malmo FF beats FC Midtjylland
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Lineups
FC Midtjylland Lineups
Starting XI
- 25
- 14
- 88
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 2
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8
Ayo Okosun ↓ Paul Onuachu 56'
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38
Frank Onyeka ↓ Mayron George 56'
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6
Joel Andersson ↓ Awer Mabil 75'
Bench
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45
Awer Mabil ↑ 75'
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19
Mayron George ↑ 56'
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33
Paul Onuachu ↑ 56'
- 28
- 15
- 24
- 31
Coach Jess ThorupMalmo FF Lineups
Starting XI
- 24
- 23
- 14
- 6
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26
Andreas Vindheim ↓ Eric Larsson 80'
- 9
- 17
- 27
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Behrang Safari ↓ Franz Brorsson 90'
- 5
- 7
Bench
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8
Arnor Ingvi Traustason ↑ 84'
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31
Franz Brorsson ↑ 90'
- 40
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Eric Larsson ↑ 80'
- 20
- 18
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Coach Uwe Rösler -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Marcus Antonsson 3 Marcus Antonsson 3 Markus Rosenberg 2 Markus Rosenberg 2 Gustav Wikheim 1 Ayo Okosun 1 Gustav Wikheim 1 Ayo Okosun 1 Head to Head
FC Midtjylland Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 42.21 FC Midtjylland xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.95 Malmo FF xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + FC Midtjylland to win 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Malmo FF winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.16Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
FC Midtjylland or Draw 79%Draw or Malmo FF 44%FC Midtjylland or Malmo FF 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Malmo FF win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 0–2 not predicted0 – 2Actual2 – 0 10.3%1 – 1 9.7%2 – 1 9.5%1 – 0 8.9%3 – 0 7.4%3 – 1 7%0 – 0 5.8%2 – 2 4.5%1 – 2 4.1%4 – 0 4.1%4 – 1 3.9%0 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — FC Midtjylland
Handicap FC Midtjylland covers Push Malmo FF covers -2.5 22% — 78% -2 22% 20% 58% -1.5 42% — 58% -1 42% 23% 35% -0.5 65% — 35% +0.5 86% — 14% +1 86% 9% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
FC Midtjylland keeps clean sheet 39% ✓Malmo FF keeps clean sheet 12% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

