Athletic Eskilstuna - IF Elfsborg 2 - 3

Allsvenskan 2017


Athletic Eskilstuna - IF Elfsborg (2 - 3)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-10-21 at 16:00
Venue: Tunavallen
Attendance: 2,177

On Saturday afternoon, Athletic Eskilstuna and IF Elfsborg met at Tunavallen in front of a crowd of 2,177 spectators. It was a balanced match that flowed back and forth. Just two minutes in, the home team took the lead through Ferid Ali, who headed the ball into the net. A beautiful header, assisted by Chidi Dauda Omeje.

IF Elfsborg tried to equalize, but it wasn’t until the 26th minute that Issam Jebali found the net and made it 1-1, assisted by Simon Lundevall. Athletic Eskilstuna then substituted Omar Eddahri in the 55th minute in an attempt to create new opportunities. However, it was IF Elfsborg who scored the next goal. Once again, it was Jebali who found the net, this time with a free kick, making it 1-2.

Athletic Eskilstuna did not give up, and ten minutes later it was Chidi Dauda Omeje who managed to equalize at 2-2, which was his first goal of the season. The home team believed they would be able to secure a point, but just a minute later, Viktor Prodell made it 2-3, taking away hope from Athletic Eskilstuna.

The match ended 2-3 in favor of IF Elfsborg, who could leave Tunavallen in high spirits. The referee for the match was Mohammed Al-Hakim, assisted by Mahbod Beigi and Per Rehnlund. Samuel Holmén and Emir Bajrami received a yellow card each for IF Elfsborg and Athletic Eskilstuna, respectively.

Squads

Athletic Eskilstuna

Starting squad

  • 88. Alireza Haghighi (GK)
  • 2. Daniel Björnkvist (D)
  • 22. Alexander Michel Melki (D)
  • 4. Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt (D) (C) (YC '82)
  • 33. Taye Taiwo (D) (Off '75)
  • 11. Andrew Fox (D) (Off '67)
  • 20. Farshad Noor (M) (Off '55)
  • 21. Sharif Mukhammad (M)
  • 18. Abdoul Razak (M)
  • 70. Chidi Dauda Omeje (F)
  • 7. Ferid Ali (F)

Substitutions

  • 1. Tim Erlandsson (GK)
  • 3. Jernade Ronnel Meade (In '75)
  • 9. Sasa Matic (In '67)
  • 10. Omar Eddahri (In '55)
  • 13. Thomas Piermayr
  • 16. Simon Alexandersson
  • 26. Robert Åstedt

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 22. Viktor Prodell
  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
  • 2. Jesper Manns (D) (Off '66)
  • 5. Jørgen Horn (D)
  • 12. Joakim Nilsson (D)
  • 3. Adam Lundqvist (D)
  • 11. Issam Jebali (M)
  • 23. Alex Dyer (M) (Off '76)
  • 8. Samuel Holmén (M) (YC '18)
  • 10. Simon Lundevall (M)
  • 9. Lars Nilsson (F)

Substitutions

  • 30. David Olsson (GK)
  • 7. Daniel Gustafsson (In '66)
  • 13. Rami Kaib
  • 14. Ibrahim Dresevic
  • 15. Rasmus Rosenqvist (In '76)
  • 19. Jesper Karlsson
  • 20. Emir Bajrami (YC '84)

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)