Allsvenskan 2017
Halmstad - IF Elfsborg (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-07-01 at 18:00
Venue: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 4,852
Halmstad faced IF Elfsborg on Saturday evening at Örjans Vall in front of an audience of 4,852. The referee Johan Hamlin was present along with assistant referees Fredrik Nilsson and Jonas Bäcklund.
The match started with a fairly calm tactic from both teams, and after 35 minutes, the referee issued a yellow card to IF Elfsborg's Jørgen Horn. Five minutes later, Halmstad's Andreas Bengtsson also received a yellow card.
After halftime, Halmstad started strong, and after five minutes, Nikolai Alho scored a beautiful goal, giving Halmstad a 1-0 lead. The assist for the goal was provided by Fredrik Olsson. However, IF Elfsborg fought back, and in the 59th minute, Simon Lundevall scored a goal for his team. Per Frick provided the assist.
After the second goal, several substitutions were made, including Fredrik Olsson being replaced by Gabriel Gudmundsson and Nikolai Alho coming off for Kosuke Kinoshita. IF Elfsborg substituted Alex Dyer, bringing in Rasmus Rosenqvist in his place. Later, Per Frick was also substituted for Emir Bajrami.
The match ended in a draw with a score of 1-1. The last yellow card was shown to IF Elfsborg's Issam Jebali in the 86th minute.
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)