RANDERS, Denmark (Interstat) — Fredericia opened its Danish 1. Division season with a 2-1 road upset of Randers on Sunday at Cepheus Park Randers.

Sofus Johannesen, a substitute, provided the decisive performance with a goal and an assist. He opened the scoring in the second minute. Randers’ John Björkengren equalized in the 31st, but Fredericia’s Felix Winther, also a substitute, netted the 64th-minute winner.

The result defied pre-match projections that heavily favored the home side. Fredericia begins the campaign 1-0-0, while Randers starts 0-1-0. Emilio Simonsen and Johannesen received yellow cards for Fredericia.