Allsvenskan 2016
IFK Norrköping FK - Hammarby (3 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2016
Match start: 2016-04-26 at 18:30
Venue: Platinumcars Arena
Attendance: 15,030
IFK Norrköping FK hosted Hammarby at Platinumcars Arena in Allsvenskan on Tuesday evening in front of an audience of 15,030 spectators. The referee was Kaspar Sjöberg, and the assistant referees were Peter Allheim and Mikael Hallin. The home team IFK Norrköping FK was in 4th place in the table, while Hammarby was in 7th place.
Already after 20 minutes, the home team took the lead through Linus Wahlqvist Egnell, forcing Hammarby to chase an equalizer. However, it wasn't until the 42nd minute that Erik Israelsson managed to find the net for the visitors and equalize to 1-1 before halftime.
Shortly after the break, IFK Norrköping regained the lead through Andreas Blomqvist, assisted by Sebastian Andersson, and this would turn out to be the decisive goal of the match. Hammarby desperately tried to equalize but instead had two players booked for their tough tackles. Andreas Blomqvist also received a yellow card for the home team.
Hammarby substituted three players in hopes of finding the right squad to level the game again, but IFK Norrköping held firm and brought on two players to strengthen their defense.
In the end, it was IFK Norrköping who received further reward in the form of a penalty, which Arnor Traustason confidently converted into a goal. Hammarby desperately tried to score a consolation goal but instead saw Lars Sætra sent off for a harsh tackle.
The match thus ended 3-1 in favor of the home team IFK Norrköping FK, who climbed to second place in the table, while Hammarby dropped down to tenth place.
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)