May 15th features a match where Esbjerg will host Vendsyssel at Blue Water Arena in a meeting of these two evenly matched First Division teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Esbjerg, recorded a 1-2 loss against HB Køge. Patrick Schmidt scored the first goal for Esbjerg in the 13th minute, then Luka Racic tied it up for HB Køge in the 15th minute on a feed from Pierre Larsen Finally they completed the comback victory in the 43rd minute on a penalty goal by Marko Stamenic to cap off a wild match. Esbjerg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while vendsyssel sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Jammerbugt. Tiemoko Konate struck first for Vendsyssel in the 8th minute, then Sekou Tidiany Bangoura tied it up for Jammerbugt in the 23rd minute. Vendsyssel is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Vendsyssel and Esbjerg last played eachother at the Nord Energi Arena on Apr 17th. Vendsyssel and Esbjerg battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Vendsyssel nor Esbjerg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Tiemoko Konate has been the most prolific scorer on Vendsyssel in his last 5 matches with three goals. Esbjerg is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rayan Senhadji and Patrick Schmidt each only have 1 goal in their last 5.