IF Elfsborg - Halmstad 1 - 0

Allsvenskan 2017


IF Elfsborg - Halmstad (1 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-08-27 at 17:30
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 5,206

IF Elfsborg secured an important victory as they faced Halmstad at Borås Arena. While Halmstad is struggling at the bottom of the table, IF Elfsborg is positioned higher but definitely needed to take three points to further improve their standing. It was a closely contested match where both teams had chances to take the lead, but it was IF Elfsborg that ultimately scored the crucial goal.

The first major event of the match came after 32 minutes when IF Elfsborg substituted Viktor Prodell for Simon Lundevall. This change proved to be decisive for the match. In the 62nd minute, IF Elfsborg scored the opening goal through Daniel Gustafsson. He received a great pass from Issam Jebali and was able to shoot the ball into the net, giving the home team the lead.

After the goal, IF Elfsborg brought in Anders Degn Randrup for Jesper Manns in hopes of securing their lead. However, after 70 minutes, it was Halmstad that had a chance to equalize. IF Elfsborg received a yellow card through Rasmus Rosenqvist. This was followed by two more substitutions for Halmstad - Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen came on for Aboubakar Keita, and Nikolai Alho swapped places with Kosuke Kinoshita.

With just a few minutes remaining, Jesper Karlsson was also substituted in for Emir Bajrami by IF Elfsborg. Halmstad made another substitution as Alexander Ruud Tveter replaced Johan Oremo in the 80th minute. The final score was 1-0 in favor of the home team IF Elfsborg, which thus secured another important victory and climbed to 8th place in the table. Halmstad, on the other hand, remains in second to last place and needs to earn points in the upcoming matches to avoid relegation.

Squads

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
  • 2. Jesper Manns (D) (Off '65)
  • 6. Jon Jönsson (D)
  • 12. Joakim Nilsson (D)
  • 3. Adam Lundqvist (D)
  • 7. Daniel Gustafsson (M)
  • 18. Simon Olsson (M)
  • 15. Rasmus Rosenqvist (M) (YC '70)
  • 10. Simon Lundevall (M) (Off '32)
  • 20. Emir Bajrami (F) (Off '73)
  • 11. Issam Jebali (F)

Substitutions

  • 30. David Olsson (GK)
  • 4. Anders Degn Randrup (In '65)
  • 13. Rami Kaib
  • 14. Ibrahim Dresevic
  • 19. Jesper Karlsson (In '73)
  • 22. Viktor Prodell (In '32)
  • 24. Oscar Iglicar Berntsson

Halmstad

Starting squad

  • 12. Isak Pettersson (GK)
  • 28. Jesper Westerberg (D) (C)
  • 27. Marcus Johansson (D)
  • 26. Alexander Berntsson (D)
  • 21. Andreas Bengtsson (D)
  • 18. Gabriel Gudmundsson (M)
  • 8. Pontus Silfwer (M)
  • 15. Aboubakar Keita (M) (Off '72)
  • 20. Kosuke Kinoshita (M) (Off '73)
  • 17. Johan Oremo (F) (Off '80)
  • 14. Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson (F)

Substitutions

  • 30. Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist (GK)
  • 2. Adnan Kojic
  • 6. Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen (In '72)
  • 7. Nikolai Alho (In '73)
  • 9. Alexander Ruud Tveter (In '80)
  • 11. Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson
  • 24. Oscar Petersson

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)