Danny Califf and Aalborg BK moved to within a whisker of the SAS Liga summit with a solid 2-0 victory over visiting Esbjerg fB on Monday night.

The US international put in another splendid performance in the heart of defense over 90 minutes as the hosts posted a second consecutive clean sheet to climb into second place, one goal in differential shy of tabletop FC Midtjylland.

American netminder Tally Hall, meanwhile, was not in uniform for Esbjerg.

Jeppe Curth provided the offense, scoring twice to take the league scoring lead. His first strike came from a José Mota feed after only 12 minutes.

The former Denmark youth international, playing up front due to the absence of suspended striker Rade Prica, banked the insurance tally just after the hour thanks to a fumble by Esbjerg keeper Lars Winde.

Aalborg will now head to Randers FC on Sunday, the same day Esbjerg visit FC Nordsjælland.

Scoring
AAB - Jeppe Curth 7 (José Mota) 12'
AAB - Jeppe Curth 8 62'

Line-ups
AAB - Karim Zaza; Allan Olesen, Danny Califf, Michael Jakobsen, Martin Pedersen, Mattias Lindström, Thomas Augustinussen, Andreas Johansson (Chrys 87'), Kasper Risgård, José Mota (Thomas Enevoldsen 65'), Jeppe Curth

EFB - Lars Winde' Frank Hansen, Kristian Flittie Onstad, Nicolai Høgh, Andreas Klarström, Søren Rieks (Mikkel Vendelbo 30'), Jesper Jørgensen (Jesper Lange 72'), Niki Zimling, Martin Vingaard (Rajko Lekic 64'), Njogu Demba-Nyrén, Jesper Bech