Ribe-Esbjerg took a 34-31 victory over Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in a club friendly on Thursday, 7 August 2026. The match finished in Ribe, where the visitors proved sharp enough to hold their nerve. By then, the scoreline told a simple story: two points for the away side.
The final tally sat at 31-34, a narrow margin that reflected a match neither side dominated outright. To be fair, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg started brightly and never got going after the first half, but Ribe-Esbjerg closed the game out when it mattered. One mistake ends it, and the visitors made fewer of them.
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg arrived with mixed recent form. They had beaten Morz 33-25 on 31 July, but lost 31-32 to the same side in May, then fell 28-35 to Skanderborg and 30-34 to Morz. The hosts played the second half a man up in spirit, if not on paper, and found no answer to Ribe-Esbjerg's pace.
Ribe-Esbjerg came in with more momentum. A 37-26 win over Nordsjælland on 25 April, followed by three straight victories against Ringsted, Sønderjyske and HOG, had them on a good run. The loss to HOG on 19 April — 25-39 — was the only blemish before this friendly, and it looked like water under the wheels.
The result extended Ribe-Esbjerg's unbeaten run to eight matches, counting both competitive fixtures and friendlies. Bjerringbro-Silkeborg's record dipped by one win, though the friendly nature of the fixture keeps the table clean. The scoreline, 31-34, is all that matters tonight.