Aarhus vs Viborg 2-1

Aarhus beat Viborg 2-1 at Vejlby Stadion after taking a two-goal lead and then surviving a late reply. Frederik Emmery and Tobias Bech Kristensen scored for the home side before Giulio Gabriel pulled one back.

Aarhus went ahead in the 8th minute when Frederik Emmery scored from James Bogere’s assist to make it 1-0. Kristian Arnstad was booked on 26 minutes, then Frederik Tingager went off for Eric Kahl in first-half stoppage time. Aarhus led 1-0 at the break.

Tobias Bech Kristensen doubled Aarhus’ lead in the 56th minute from Jacob Andersen’s pass to make it 2-0. Viborg made two changes on 63 minutes, and Aarhus responded with a change of their own on 71 minutes before a VAR check on 72 minutes ruled out a Viborg goal for Charly Ngos Nouck Horneman. Aarhus then made two more changes on 77 minutes, and Viborg’s Giulio Gabriel, who had come on in the 77th minute, scored on 81 minutes to make it 2-1. Aarhus also booked Marcus Knudsen on 79 minutes and Markus Solbakken on 90 minutes, while Viborg pressed through a late spell of substitutions but could not find an equaliser.

Aarhus had 53% of the ball, 487 passes to Viborg’s 429 and 10 corners to three. They also finished with more shots, 20-12, and a higher expected goals figure at 2.18 to 0.85, although Viborg had five shots on target to Aarhus’ four. Aarhus made four saves to Viborg’s two, and both sides were caught offside once.

Aarhus were shown four yellow cards, for Kristian Arnstad, Frederik Emmery, Magnus Knudsen and Markus Solbakken. Viborg received three, for Daniel Anyembe, Philip Keller and Giulio Gabriel. There were no red cards.