Allsvenskan 2016
GIF Sundsvall - IF Elfsborg (1 - 3)
Match in Allsvenskan 2016
Match start: 2016-05-18 at 18:30
Venue: Idrottsparken
Attendance: 4,530
On Wednesday evening, 4,530 eager football fans gathered at Idrottsparken in Sundsvall to watch GIF Sundsvall take on IF Elfsborg in the Allsvenskan. The home team was in fifth place in the table, while the away team was in tenth place. Referee Johan Krantz took his position on the field alongside assistants Peter Allheim and Robin Wilde.
The match got off to a fast start with two early yellow cards. IF Elfsborg's Adam Lundqvist received a warning in the tenth minute, and in the nineteenth minute, it was GIF Sundsvall’s Noah Sonko Sundberg’s turn. However, it would not be until the thirty-first minute that the first goal would come. GIF Sundsvall’s Pa Amat Dibba scored 1-0 with an assist from Eric Larsson.
The second half became more eventful, and in the sixtieth minute, IF Elfsborg equalized through Viktor Prodell, with an assist from Simon Lundevall. In the sixty-fifth minute, there was another yellow card for GIF Sundsvall, this time for Lars Christian Krogh Gerson.
With just under twenty minutes left in the match, IF Elfsborg made a substitution, and Viktor Prodell would prove to be a successful player for the away team. In the seventy-eighth minute, he scored his second goal of the evening with an assist from Marcus Rohdén. GIF Sundsvall continued to fight, but with less than five minutes left in the match, Marcus Danielson received a warning, and IF Elfsborg was awarded a penalty. Marcus Rohdén made no mistake and scored to make it 3-1. IF Elfsborg also made one last substitution, with Viktor Prodell leaving the field for Viktor Götesson.
The match ended 1-3, marking a tough loss for the home team, GIF Sundsvall. IF Elfsborg played well and proved to be the better team on this evening. With this victory, the away team increased their chances of climbing the table while GIF Sundsvall lost ground.
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)