FC Midtjylland vs Lyngby 3-2

FC Midtjylland beat Lyngby 3-2 after a game that swung from one end to the other and back again. The hosts led 2-1 at half-time, stretched that advantage early in the second half, and then had to see out a late Lyngby response.

Cho Gue-sung opened the scoring in the 17th minute for FC Midtjylland, before Simon Colyn equalised for Lyngby on 32 minutes from Lauge Sandgrav's assist. FC Midtjylland were back in front three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Philip Billing converted a penalty to make it 2-1.

Friday Etim made it 3-1 in the 48th minute, finishing from Kjell-Arik Wätjen's assist, and that early second-half goal gave FC Midtjylland the cushion they needed. Cho Gue-sung was replaced by Stanley Iheanacho on 59 minutes, while Lyngby made two changes on 72 minutes and another two on 84, but Gustav Leone Fraulo pulled one back on 89 minutes to make it 3-2. FC Midtjylland made their own double change on 73 minutes, sending on Beni Junior and Hong Hyun-Seok, and later replaced Wätjen with Joseph Avwerosuoghene Okuaghare on 86 minutes before closing the game out.

The numbers pointed to a fairly even contest that FC Midtjylland still shaded in the decisive areas. They had 52% possession, 431 passes to Lyngby's 415, 19 shots to 13, 7 shots on target to 5, 5 corners to 2 and 2.47 expected goals to 0.74. Lyngby had 4 saves to FC Midtjylland's 3, and the hosts also committed 10 fouls to 13.

Andreas Maxsø was booked for FC Midtjylland in first-half stoppage time. There were no red cards.