Allsvenskan 2013
IFK Norrköping FK - BK Häcken (4 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2013
Match start: 2013-04-26 at 19:00
Venue: Platinumcars Arena
Attendance: 3,884
IFK Norrköping FK hosted BK Häcken at Platinumcars Arena in an exciting match in Allsvenskan on Friday evening. Referee Johan Hamlin blew the whistle to start the match, and the home team quickly took the lead. It was Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson who placed the ball, assisted by Imad Khalili, into the net in the seventh minute.
BK Häcken worked hard to come back, and it didn't take long before Mostapha El Kabir equalized to 1-1 in the 28th minute. But IFK Norrköping FK kept up their pressure, and Imad Khalili scored his second goal of the match in the 33rd minute, assisted by Thorvaldsson, who now had two assists to his name.
Before the halftime break, both teams received a yellow card - David Boo Wiklander for IFK Norrköping FK and Mostapha El Kabir for BK Häcken.
In the second half, IFK Norrköping FK continued to dominate the match, and Khalili and Thorvaldsson maintained their collaboration, leading to another goal for the home team in the 55th minute. BK Häcken tried to respond, but Emil Ek Wahlström received a yellow card in the 64th minute, and Thorvaldsson then scored his second goal of the match four minutes later, giving IFK Norrköping FK a 4-1 lead.
BK Häcken didn't want to give up, and El Kabir managed to score his second goal of the match in the 72nd minute, assisted by Wahlström. But it wasn't enough, and IFK Norrköping FK won the match 4-2.
BK Häcken made three substitutions during the match - Simon Gustafson in for Reuben Ayarna at halftime, Mika Ojala in for Dioh Williams in the 61st minute, and Oscar Lewicki in for Dominic Chatto in the 76th minute. IFK Norrköping FK also made three substitutions - Lars Christian Krogh Gerson in for Siim Luts in the 80th minute, Christoffer Nyman in for Khalili in the 85th minute, and Rawez Lawan in for Martin Smedberg Dalence in the 88th minute.
A total of 3,884 people attended the match, and referee Johan Hamlin was assisted by Fredrik Nilsson and Joakim Flink.
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)