Hammarby - IFK Göteborg 2 - 0

Allsvenskan 2016


Hammarby - IFK Göteborg (2 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2016
Match start: 2016-08-21 at 15:00
Venue: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 21,848

In front of a packed Tele2 Arena, Hammarby hosted visiting IFK Göteborg in a match that both teams needed to win to climb the Allsvenskan table. The home team started the match with high pressure and good ball possession, which led to an early goal in the 20th minute. Philip Haglund scored after a fine pass from Erik Israelsson.

IFK Göteborg tried to get back into the match, but Hammarby defended well and kept the score intact until halftime. It was a tough first half with several yellow cards, two of which went to Hammarby players and one to IFK Göteborg.

In the early part of the second half, Hammarby continued to push for a second goal, while IFK Göteborg substituted in Søren Rieks and Tobias Hysén in hopes of equalizing. However, the home team maintained fantastic defense and kept several dangerous chances at bay for IFK.

With only ten minutes left in the match, a critical moment occurred when Sebastian Eriksson received his second yellow card and was sent off. After the dismissal, Hammarby intensified their attacks to seal the match, and Kennedy Bakircioglu secured the victory with a beautiful free-kick goal in the 91st minute.

The match ended 2-0 in favor of Hammarby, who took three vital points and moved up to seventh place in the table. IFK Göteborg sits in fourteenth place and has a way to go to climb higher.

Squads

Hammarby

Starting squad

  • 1. Ögmundur Kristinsson (GK)
  • 2. Birkir Mar Saevarsson (D)
  • 4. Erik Israelsson (D)
  • 5. Philip Haglund (D)
  • 6. Joseph Aidoo (D)
  • 7. Alexssander Medeiros De Azeredo (D) (Off '76) (YC '30)
  • 8. Johan Persson (D)
  • 10. Kennedy Bakircioglu (D) (C)
  • 16. Romulo Cabral Pereira Pinto (D) (Off '82)
  • 66. David Boo Wiklander (D) (YC '43)
  • 77. Mats Goberg Solheim (D)

Substitutions

  • 25. Tim Markström (GK)
  • 9. Stefan Batan
  • 18. Oliver Silverholt
  • 23. Lars Sætra
  • 26. Dusan Jajic
  • 27. Isac Lidberg (In '82)
  • 55. Imad Khalili (In '76)

IFK Göteborg

Starting squad

  • 1. John Alvbåge (GK)
  • 2. Emil Salomonsson (D)
  • 30. Mattias Bjärsmyr (D) (C)
  • 28. Thomas Pauck Rogne (D)
  • 3. Scott Jamieson (D) (YC '90)
  • 11. Martin Smedberg Dalence (M)
  • 24. Tom Pettersson (M)
  • 6. Sebastian Eriksson (M) (YC '68)
  • 9. Jakob Svarrer Ankersen (M)
  • 16. Mikael Boman (F) (Off '69)
  • 13. Elías Már Ómarsson (F) (Off '68)

Substitutions

  • 12. Pontus Dahlberg (GK)
  • 7. Mads Winther Albaek
  • 8. Søren Rieks (In '68)
  • 10. Tobias Hysén (In '69)
  • 14. Hjálmar Jónsson
  • 18. Lawson Sabah
  • 27. Billy Nordström

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)