Allsvenskan 2010
IFK Göteborg - GAIS (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2010
Match start: 2010-09-13 at 19:00
Venue: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,112
IFK Göteborg secures an important victory against city rivals GAIS in Monday evening's match at Gamla Ullevi. Hannes Stiller scores the first goal of the match for the home team after nineteen minutes, giving IFK an early lead. GAIS then loses confidence, and Mervan Celik receives a yellow card after attempting to win the ball unfairly. Elmar Bjarnason also gets a yellow card for a tough tackle.
GAIS fights back, and Jonas Lundén receives a yellow card just before halftime. However, it is GAIS who provides the first goal of the second half through Björn Andersson, following a nice cross.
IFK Göteborg does not back down and puts pressure on GAIS. Sebastian Eriksson receives a yellow card before Tobias Hysén scores an important goal for the home team after a great assist from Jakob Olsson Johansson.
GAIS substitutes in Joel Anell and Jesper Florén but fails to equalize. Hjálmar Jónsson comes on as a late substitution for IFK Göteborg. Tobias Sana and Johan Mårtensson also receive yellow cards in the final part of the match, and ultimately, it is IFK Göteborg who take home three crucial points, placing themselves in 6th place in the standings while GAIS falls to 11th place. Referee Martin Hansson, along with assistants Stefan Wittberg and Joakim Flink, is considered to have officiated the match well.
GK = Goalkeeper, D = Defender, M = Midfielder, F = Forward, C = Captain, Off = Substituted off, In = Substituted in, YC = Booked (Yellow card), RC = Sent off (Red card)