Mabil opened the scoring after driving forward on a positive run, before cutting inside and firing home a deflected strike on eight minutes.

Esbjerg were already condemned to the relegation play-offs, where they will meet AGF over two legs in the first round.

 

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Elsewhere overnight, Mitchell Langerak’s ladder leading VfB Stuttgart are now guaranteed at least a place in the Bundesliga promotion/relegation play-off after contenders Eintracht Braunschweig defeated fourth-placed Union Berlin 3-1.

Stuttgart are top of the table by three points with two games to play, ahead of a crucial clash away to third-placed Hannover 96 on Sunday.