Allsvenskan 2016
IF Elfsborg - BK Häcken (2 - 4)
Match in Allsvenskan 2016
Match start: 2016-08-07 at 15:30
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 6,682
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, IF Elfsborg faced BK Häcken at Borås Arena in front of an audience of 6,682. The match was officiated by referee Stefan Johannesson, with assistants Stefan Hallberg and Niclas Ivarsson.
The match started with a high tempo, where Elfsborg took the lead just three minutes in through Simon Hedlund, assisted by Simon Lundevall. Häcken quickly responded, with John Owoeri equalizing to make it 1-1 in the thirteenth minute, assisted by Demba Savage. Simon Hedlund received a yellow card in the fourteenth minute, but that did not stop Häcken from continuing to pressure Elfsborg's defense. Samuel Gustafson capitalized on a nice pass from Rasmus Schüller, scoring to make it 1-2 in the 22nd minute. John Owoeri was involved in Häcken's third goal as well, netting it in the 26th minute to make it 1-3.
Elfsborg did not want to give up and reduced the deficit through Viktor Prodell, assisted by Simon Hedlund, making it 2-3 in the 36th minute. Jørgen Horn received a yellow card just before halftime, leaving Elfsborg with one player less for the rest of the match.
The second half continued at a high pace with a tough match characterized by several red and yellow cards. John Owoeri received a yellow card in the 49th minute, and Issam Jebali followed suit for Elfsborg in the 61st minute. Emil Ek Wahlström received a yellow card in the 68th minute for Häcken. In the 71st minute, John Owoeri was substituted for Alhassan A Haestad Kamara for Häcken.
Haestad Kamara became the last goal scorer of the match when he made it 2-4 for Häcken in the 75th minute, assisted by Mohammed Abubakari. Per Frick was substituted in for Elfsborg in the 77th minute, while Simon Lundevall was taken off. In the 81st minute, both Henning Hauger and Emir Bajrami were substituted in for Elfsborg, while Demba Savage was substituted for Häcken and replaced by Nasiru Mohammed.
The match concluded with a yellow card for Rasmus Schüller in the 90th minute, and Häcken ultimately won 2-4 after an eventful match that featured many goals and several cautions.
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)