IFK Norrköping FK

IFK Norrköping FK - IF Elfsborg (1 - 3)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-07-09 at 15:00
Venue: Platinumcars Arena
Attendance: 9,325

IF Elfsborg achieved a convincing victory in Sunday’s match against IFK Norrköping FK at Platinumcars Arena in front of an audience of 9,325 spectators.

Just 33 minutes into the match, Elfsborg took the lead through Simon Lundevall, and only two minutes later, Alex Dyer doubled the score to 0-2 after a nice pass from Issam Jebali.

Norrköping attempted to come back into the game and reduced the deficit early in the second half through Sebastian Andersson, who headed the ball in after a fine cross from David Moberg Karlsson.

However, Elfsborg refused to be disheartened and continued to press Norrköping. Adam Lundqvist received a yellow card after a tough tackle, and both teams made several substitutions in an effort to change the course of the match.

In the 88th minute, Emir Bajrami decided the match in Elfsborg's favor with his goal, finalizing the score at 1-3. Simon Lundevall assisted on the goal, making him the match's first goal scorer and also the player of the match.

Referee Mohammed Al-Hakim had a good day at work, keeping the match under control along with his assistant referees Mahbod Beigi and Robin Wilde.

With this important victory, Elfsborg takes home three points and climbs to fifth place in Allsvenskan. Norrköping will continue to fight to find their form and move up into the upper half of the table.

Squads

Starting squad

31. Michael Langer (GK)
6. Linus Wahlqvist Egnell (D) (Off '84)
4. Andreas Johansson (D) (C)
3. Jón Gudni Fjóluson (D)
11. Christopher Rasmus Nilsson Telo (D)
9. David Moberg Karlsson (M) (Off '65) (YC '41)
25. Filip Dagerstål (M) (Off '78)
20. Daniel Sjölund (M)
23. Niclas Eliasson (M)
19. Sebastian Andersson (F)
17. Kalle Holmberg (F)

Substitutions

91. David Mitov Nilsson (GK)
7. Andreas Blomqvist (In '78)
10. Simon Skrabb
13. Alfons Sampsted
14. Eric Smith (In '84)
18. Gudmundur Thorarinsson (In '65)
30. Nikola Tkalcic

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
4. Anders Degn Randrup (D)
5. Jørgen Horn (D)
12. Joakim Nilsson (D)
3. Adam Lundqvist (D) (YC '51)
7. Daniel Gustafsson (M) (Off '71)
23. Alex Dyer (M)
18. Simon Olsson (M) (Off '82)
10. Simon Lundevall (M)
17. Per Frick (F) (Off '78)
11. Issam Jebali (F)

Substitutions

30. David Olsson (GK)
2. Jesper Manns
6. Jon Jönsson (In '78)
15. Rasmus Rosenqvist (In '82)
16. Arian Kabashi
20. Emir Bajrami (In '71)
22. Viktor Prodell

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)

IFK Norrköping FK - IF Elfsborg 1 - 3

Squads