IF Elfsborg - Djurgården 2 - 0

Allsvenskan 2013


IF Elfsborg - Djurgården (2 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2013
Match start: 2013-04-22 at 19:05
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 9,476

IF Elfsborg and Djurgården faced off at Borås Arena in an Allsvenskan match on Monday. The attendance was a pleasant 9,476 people, and the referee was Stefan Johannesson.

After a balanced start to the match, IF Elfsborg made a substitution in the 52nd minute. Henning Hauger was replaced by Marcus Rohdén. Djurgården received a yellow card through Jesper Arvidsson shortly after.

IF Elfsborg scored the first goal of the match in the 53rd minute. Lars Nilsson executed a composed finish that gave the home team a 1-0 lead. The crowd cheered, and the red-and-whites continued to press forward. Just three minutes later, it paid off. Stefan Ishizaki skillfully placed the ball in the net after a nice assist from Mohamed Bangura. IF Elfsborg had now established a two-goal lead, and Djurgården had plenty to do to get back into the game.

Djurgården made two substitutions in quick succession in the 59th and 63rd minutes, but it did not have the desired effect. IF Elfsborg continued to play disciplined football and thwarted all of Djurgården's attempts to reduce the deficit for the rest of the match. IF Elfsborg made a substitution in the 65th minute, bringing on Viktor Claesson for Simon Hedlund, while Djurgården continued to press for a goal in hopes of a late equalizer. The last ten minutes of the match were chance-poor, and the only substitutions made were in the 77th and 82nd minutes when Djurgården brought on Nahir Oyal and IF Elfsborg introduced James Keene.

The match ended 2-0 in favor of IF Elfsborg, who are now in 7th place in the table, while Djurgården remains at the bottom of the league standings.

Squads

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 9. Lars Nilsson (GK)
  • 18. Mohamed Bangura (D)
  • 24. Stefan Ishizaki (D) (Off '82)
  • 8. Anders Svensson (D) (C)
  • 21. Henning Hauger (D) (Off '52)
  • 19. Simon Hedlund (M) (Off '65)
  • 15. Andréas Klarström (M)
  • 27. Tom Söderberg (M)
  • 12. Sebastian Holmén (M)
  • 7. Johan Larsson (F)
  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK)

Substitutions

  • 30. Abbass Hassan (GK)
  • 4. Joakim Jørgensen
  • 10. David Elm
  • 14. James Keene (In '82)
  • 16. Viktor Claesson (In '65)
  • 22. Anton Lans
  • 25. Marcus Rohdén (In '52)

Djurgården

Starting squad

  • 21. Godsway Donyoh (GK) (Off '77)
  • 10. Erton Fejzullahu (D) (C)
  • 7. Martin Broberg (D)
  • 4. Yussif Alhassan Chibsah (D)
  • 8. Andreas Johansson (D)
  • 20. Simon Tibbling (D) (Off '63)
  • 26. Jesper Arvidsson (M) (YC '52)
  • 3. Marc Pedersen (M)
  • 13. Emil Bergström (M)
  • 6. Peter Nymann Mikkelsen (F) (Off '59)
  • 12. Kenneth Høie (GK)

Substitutions

  • 23. Hampus Nilsson (GK)
  • 5. Petter Gustafsson (In '59)
  • 9. Luis Solignac (In '63)
  • 15. Brian Span
  • 19. Nahir Oyal (In '77)
  • 27. Vytautas Andriuskevicius
  • 36. Philip Sparrdal Mantilla

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)