Allsvenskan 2015
Halmstads BK - Helsingborgs IF (1 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2015
Match start: 2015-04-12 at 15:00
Venue: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 5,027
Halmstads BK hosted Helsingborgs IF at home on Sunday afternoon. Considering both teams are at the bottom of the table, it was an important match for both sides to try to earn points and climb the standings.
The match began with a warning for Halmstads BK after just five minutes. However, it was Helsingborgs IF who took the lead in the 21st minute when Anton Wede scored with a header from a pass by Jordan Larsson. Johan Mårtensson received a yellow card for Helsingborgs IF in the 40th minute, followed by another one for Darijan Bojanic just two minutes later.
At halftime, Helsingborgs IF started substituting players, with Andreas Landgren replacing goalscorer Wede. Halmstads BK also made a substitution, with Christoffer Andersson coming on for Snorre Krogsgård. Helsingborgs IF made another substitution in the second half when Robin Simovic replaced Astrit Ajdarevic in the 63rd minute.
But it was Helsingborgs IF who scored the second goal of the match when Mattias Lindström found the net in the 72nd minute. Halmstads BK made their second substitution in the 67th minute, with Eric Smith coming on for Viktor Ljung.
With just eleven minutes left to play, Halmstads BK scored their first goal of the match through Junes Barny, but it was too late to save the match. Shkodran Maholli replaced Antonio Rojas for Halmstads BK in the 79th minute, and Helsingborgs IF received another warning for Guðlaugur Victor Pálsson just minutes before the match ended. In the end, Helsingborgs IF won 2-1, allowing the team to climb one spot in the table while Halmstads BK remains at the bottom.
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)