Allsvenskan 2012
IF Elfsborg - Åtvidabergs FF (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2012
Match start: 2012-11-04 at 15:00
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 16,176
At a well-attended Borås Arena, IF Elfsborg faced Åtvidabergs FF in the first match of the year's concluding Allsvenskan round. Before the match, Elfsborg was at the top of the league table, while Åtvidabergs FF was positioned in ninth place.
The match started evenly, and in the thirtieth minute, the first goal came when Stefan Ishizaki scored for Elfsborg, assisted by Johan Larsson. This could have been an excellent start for Elfsborg to press on and secure the match, but Åtvidabergs FF forced Elfsborg into surprisingly defensive play.
In the second half, the match picked up pace. Oscar Hiljemark from Elfsborg received a yellow card in the fifty-ninth minute, and a minute later, Mohammed Abubakari from Åtvidabergs FF received a similar punishment. In the sixty-first minute, Martin Christensen made his debut for the guests, coming on for Allan Olesen, and in the same minute, Viktor Claesson was substituted for Joakim Jørgensen.
In the seventy-first minute, Oscar Möller came on for Åtvidabergs FF instead of Mattias Mete, and Tobias Nilsson took Anton Tinnerholm’s place. But just five minutes later, Viktor Prodell dashed Elfsborg's hopes for a victory by scoring an equalizer to make it 1-1. Oscar Möller received his first yellow card in the seventy-ninth minute, and just nine minutes later, he received a second yellow and was sent off. Åtvidabergs FF also received a brief warning in the eighty-eighth minute for Daniel Hallingström. The match ended 1-1, and an intense encounter between the two teams concluded the season. Elfsborg won the league this year, while Åtvidabergs FF finished in eighth place on the table.
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)