Allsvenskan 2011
Trelleborgs FF - Halmstads BK (0 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2011
Match start: 2011-08-27 at 14:00
Venue: Vångavallen, Trelleborg D-plan konstgräs
Attendance: 1,510
Halmstads BK defeated Trelleborgs FF away with a solitary and decisive goal from Joel Anell in the 76th minute. The match began with a significant advantage in play for Trelleborgs FF, but clear goal-scoring opportunities were lacking in the first half. Midway through the first half, Trelleborgs defender Fredrik Jensen received a yellow card.
In the second half, Halmstads BK increasingly took over the match, and in the 24th minute, Michael Svensson received a yellow card for a brutal challenge. In the 60th minute, Halmstads BK substituted Kujtim Bala for Anel Rashkaj. Shortly thereafter, Joel Anell scored the opening goal for the visitors in the 76th minute, assisted by Christian Järdler.
Trelleborgs FF attempted to level the score with two quick substitutions in the 80th minute, bringing on Andreas Wihlborg for Viktor Svensson and Andréas Grahm for Mattias Adelstam. In the 86th minute, Joel Anell received a yellow card following a violent tackle. Halmstads BK then substituted Ryan Paul Miller for Michael Görlitz in the 88th minute.
Trelleborgs FF received two late yellow cards in the final moments of the match, with Tuomo Turunen in the 90+1 minute and Magnus Andersson in the 90+2 minute, but failed to create any significant danger moving forward to equalize, and the match ended 0-1 in favor of Halmstads BK. The match was attended by 1,510 spectators at Vångavallen D-plan artificial turf, and the referee Andreas Ekberg was assisted by Peter Martinsson and Mehmet Culum.
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)