Aarhus vs Sonderjyske 3-0

Aarhus were 3-0 up inside 38 minutes and that was enough at Vejlby Stadion, where they beat Sonderjyske in the Danish Superliga. Kristian Arnstad, Janni Serra and Frederik Tingager scored before the break.

Arnstad opened the scoring on 9 minutes, and VAR checked and confirmed the goal on 15 minutes. Serra then made it 2-0 on 15 minutes from Rasmus Carstensen's assist, before a separate VAR review on 25 minutes ruled out a goal for Magnus Knudsen. Tingager made it 3-0 on 38 minutes, finishing from Arnstad's assist. The half-time score was Aarhus 3-0 Sonderjyske.

The second half brought no further goals, and Aarhus protected the lead with a series of changes after the interval. Sonderjyske made two changes on 66 minutes, then two more on 81 minutes, while Aarhus also made two changes on 90 minutes. Sonderjyske had more of the ball in attacking moments after the restart, but they never turned pressure into a goal.

The numbers pointed to a tighter game than the scoreline suggests. Aarhus had 53% of possession and 475 passes to Sonderjyske's 416, but Sonderjyske finished with more shots, 14 to 9, more efforts on target, 5 to 4, and more corners, 7 to 3. Aarhus posted the better xG at 1.13 to 0.87, while also making 4 saves to Sonderjyske's 1 and committing 10 fouls to 11.

Sonderjyske's only booking went to Ismaïl Seydi on 45 minutes. There were no red cards.