Allsvenskan 2017
IF Elfsborg - IK Sirius FK (0 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-07-29 at 16:00
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 5,947
On Saturday afternoon, an exciting match was played between IF Elfsborg and IK Sirius FK at Borås Arena. The attendance was 5,947 people who came to watch the game. The referee for the day was Kaspar Sjöberg, assisted by Tobias Wärn and Robin Wilde.
The match was evenly matched initially, but IK Sirius received the first yellow card after 52 minutes of play for Philip Haglund. Just one minute later, IK Sirius took the lead through Shkodran Maholli, who found the net behind IF Elfsborg's goalkeeper. After that, the home team tried to equalize but failed. IF Elfsborg made three substitutions, but it did not help them get the ball into the net.
IK Sirius made their first substitutions in the 79th minute when Stefano Holmquist Vecchia replaced Elias Andersson. IK Sirius made another substitution in the 81st minute, with Johan Andersson replacing the match's first goalscorer, Shkodran Maholli. IF Elfsborg's Rasmus Rosenqvist received a yellow card in the 82nd minute. The match was approaching its end, but IK Sirius managed the game well and tried to maintain their lead.
In the fourth minute of stoppage time, IK Sirius' Alexander Nilsson scored his second goal of the season, increasing IK Sirius' lead to 2-0. IK Sirius made their final substitution when Oscar Kindlund replaced Alexander Nilsson in the 90+5th minute. The match ended 0-2 in favor of IK Sirius. Both teams had a good attitude and put in a solid performance, but it was IK Sirius who walked away with three points in the Allsvenskan.
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)