AIK - IF Elfsborg 5 - 2

Allsvenskan 2017


AIK - IF Elfsborg (5 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-10-01 at 17:30
Venue: Nationalarenan, Friends Arena
Attendance: 12,282

Friends Arena was packed as AIK faced IF Elfsborg in the tenth round of Allsvenskan. The match started with a high tempo, and AIK was the dominating team. After 15 minutes of play, Johan Blomberg scored a nice header, giving AIK a 1-0 lead. IF Elfsborg tried to respond, but AIK held firm defensively and created several dangerous chances. Nicolas Stefanelli doubled AIK's lead to 2-0 with a great pass from Henok Goitom in the 31st minute.

IF Elfsborg did not give up, and Per Frick scored with a header in the 34th minute after a good setup from Simon Lundevall. However, AIK wanted to win, and just before halftime, Haukur Hauksson made it 3-1 after a nice pass from Kristoffer Olsson.

IF Elfsborg continued to fight and reduced the score to 3-2 at the beginning of the second half with a goal from Daniel Gustafsson. But AIK wanted more. Nicolas Stefanelli scored his second goal of the match after a pass from Rasmus Lindkvist, increasing the lead to 4-2 in the 55th minute. Stefanelli was on fire in the game and then grabbed his third goal when he found the net in the 64th minute after a pass from Henok Goitom.

AIK had full control of the match and kept IF Elfsborg far from their goal. The match ended with a dominant victory for AIK, winning 5-2. After the match, AIK is now in third place in the table, while IF Elfsborg sits in eleventh place.

Squads

AIK

Starting squad

  • 34. Oscar Linnér (GK)
  • 2. Haukur Hauksson (D)
  • 3. Per Karlsson (D)
  • 4. Nils-Eric Johansson (D) (C)
  • 21. Daniel Sundgren (M)
  • 8. Johan Blomberg (M)
  • 7. Kristoffer Olsson (M)
  • 6. Simon Thern (M) (Off '75)
  • 9. Rasmus Lindkvist (M)
  • 22. Nicolas Stefanelli (F) (Off '77)
  • 36. Henok Goitom (F)

Substitutions

  • 13. Kyriakos Stamatopoulos (GK)
  • 5. Jesper Nyholm
  • 14. Robert Thomas Taylor
  • 15. Agustin Gomez
  • 20. Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (In '77)
  • 39. Amin Affane (In '75)
  • 43. Bilal Hussein

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
  • 2. Jesper Manns (D) (Off '62)
  • 14. Ibrahim Dresevic (D)
  • 6. Jon Jönsson (D) (YC '27)
  • 3. Adam Lundqvist (D)
  • 7. Daniel Gustafsson (M)
  • 23. Alex Dyer (M) (Off '81) (YC '53)
  • 4. Anders Degn Randrup (M)
  • 10. Simon Lundevall (M)
  • 17. Per Frick (F)
  • 11. Issam Jebali (F) (Off '62)

Substitutions

  • 30. David Olsson (GK)
  • 9. Lars Nilsson (In '62)
  • 13. Rami Kaib
  • 19. Jesper Karlsson
  • 20. Emir Bajrami (In '62)
  • 21. Christopher Mc Vey (In '81)
  • 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)