AaB progressed to the next round of the DBU Pokalen with a 3-1 victory away to Holstebro BK. The Superliga side controlled the tie from start to finish, enjoying 70% of the ball and making their extra quality count at key moments.
AaB opened the scoring on 31 minutes and looked comfortable when they added a second on 56. Holstebro gave themselves hope by pulling one back on 74, but AaB settled any nerves with a third goal in the 90th minute.
The statistics underlined AaB's dominance: they had nine corners to Holstebro's two and kept their hosts to just 30% possession. Holstebro's brief comeback never looked like denying AaB a deserved place in round two.
