FC Midtjylland 4–0 KuPS
- Buksa 15'
- Osorio 19'
- Brumado 81'
- Brumado 90+1'
21 August 2025
The match in data
A 4–0 win for FC Midtjylland against KuPS on 21 August 2025, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Play-offs).
Player of the match: Elías Ólafsson (FC Midtjylland), rated 68, thanks above all to 1.34 goals prevented (3 shots on target worth 1.45; conceded 0) and 15 recoveries. Ólafsson produced 3.4 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For KuPS, the highest-rated player was Doni Arifi, with 64.
Júnior Brumado scored twice.
Elías Ólafsson
FC Midtjylland · 90'
Produced 3.44× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.34 goals prevented (3 shots on target worth 1.45; conceded 0) 4.8×
- 15 recoveries 1.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Júnior Brumado | Forward | 28 | 70 |
| Elías Ólafsson ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| Mads Bech Sørensen | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Pedro Bravo | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Adam Buksa | Forward | 62 | 59 |
| Darío Osorio | Midfielder | 83 | 51 |
| Valdemar Byskov | Midfielder | 44 | 51 |
| Kevin Mbabu | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Denil Castillo | Midfielder | 79 | 44 |
| Mikel Gogorza | Forward | 28 | 43 |
| Paulinho | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Aral Şimşir | Midfielder | 62 | 39 |
| Martin Erlić | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Franculino | Forward | 46 | 23 |
| Dani Silva | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Edward Chilufya | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doni Arifi | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Jaakko Oksanen | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Ibrahim Cissé | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Bob Nii Armah | Midfielder | 62 | 53 |
| Piotr Parzyszek | Forward | 28 | 53 |
| Saku Savolainen | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Petteri Pennanen | Midfielder | 83 | 48 |
| Otto Ruoppi | Midfielder | 83 | 47 |
| Samuel Pasanen | Midfielder | 62 | 37 |
| Pa Konate | Midfielder | 28 | 35 |
| Johannes Kreidl | Goalkeeper | 90 | 31 |
| Mohamed Toure | Forward | 72 | 31 |
| Taneli Hämäläinen | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Agon Sadiku | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Jerry Voutilainen | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which KuPS player recovered the most balls?
Jaakko Oksanen, with 9 recoveries. Next: Otto Ruoppi 6, Doni Arifi 5.
In a difficult 4–0 loss for KuPS, Jaakko Oksanen worked relentlessly to tally 9 ball recoveries. Oksanen paced the squad ahead of Otto Ruoppi (6) and Doni Arifi (5).
Which FC Midtjylland player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Paulinho, with 3 key passes. Next: Kevin Mbabu 2, Darío Osorio 1.
Paulinho led FC Midtjylland's chance creation with 3 key passes during the 4–0 victory. Paulinho finished ahead of Kevin Mbabu (2) and Darío Osorio (1) in setting up shots.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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