Halmstad - Athletic Eskilstuna 1 - 1

Allsvenskan 2017


Halmstad - Athletic Eskilstuna (1 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2017
Match start: 2017-10-28 at 16:00
Venue: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 1,478

Örjans Vall was the venue for an exciting match between Halmstad and Athletic Eskilstuna in the Allsvenskan on Saturday afternoon. With the league table as the backdrop for the match, both teams knew they needed to win to avoid relegation.

The match started with a high tempo, and it was Athletic Eskilstuna who took the lead in the eleventh minute with a header goal by Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt, assisted by Andrew Fox. It didn't take long for Halmstad to respond, as Gabriel Gudmundsson equalized just 25 minutes later with an assist from Jonathan Svedberg.

Both teams continued to battle on, and it was a tough match with several hard tackles. Alireza Haghighi from Athletic Eskilstuna received a warning in the 58th minute. This was the only card shown in the match until Alexander Berntsson from Halmstad also received a warning in the 90th minute.

Both coaches made substitutions in an attempt to find the decisive goal. Mauricio Albornoz Inola replaced Ferid Ali in the 58th minute for Athletic Eskilstuna, while Halmstad brought on Kosuke Kinoshita for Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson in the 74th minute. Jernade Ronnel Meade replaced Andrew Fox in the 62nd minute for Athletic Eskilstuna, and Simon Alexandersson took the place of Farshad Noor in the 74th minute. Halmstad made two additional substitutions later in the match. Oscar Petersson replaced Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson in the 80th minute, and Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul came on for Jonathan Svedberg in the 87th minute.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw, and neither team could secure the crucial three points. Halmstad remains second to last in the table with 22 points, while Athletic Eskilstuna stays at the bottom with 19 points. Referee Andreas Ekberg and his assistants, Andreas Söderkvist and Jonas Bäcklund, had full control over the match at Örjans Vall, and it was a well-played game despite the draw.

Squads

Halmstad

Starting squad

  • 30. Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist (GK)
  • 6. Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen (D)
  • 15. Aboubakar Keita (D)
  • 26. Alexander Berntsson (D) (YC '90)
  • 28. Jesper Westerberg (M) (C)
  • 8. Pontus Silfwer (M)
  • 23. Jonathan Svedberg (M) (Off '87)
  • 21. Andreas Bengtsson (M)
  • 18. Gabriel Gudmundsson (F)
  • 14. Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson (F) (Off '80)
  • 11. Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson (F) (Off '74)

Substitutions

  • 12. Isak Pettersson (GK)
  • 2. Adnan Kojic
  • 7. Nikolai Alho
  • 9. Alexander Ruud Tveter
  • 19. Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (In '87)
  • 20. Kosuke Kinoshita (In '74)
  • 24. Oscar Petersson (In '80)

Athletic Eskilstuna

Starting squad

  • 88. Alireza Haghighi (GK) (YC '36)
  • 2. Daniel Björnkvist (D)
  • 26. Robert Åstedt (D)
  • 4. Ludvig Öhman Silwerfeldt (D) (C)
  • 22. Alexander Michel Melki (D)
  • 11. Andrew Fox (D) (Off '62)
  • 20. Farshad Noor (M) (Off '74)
  • 21. Sharif Mukhammad (M)
  • 7. Ferid Ali (M) (Off '58)
  • 9. Sasa Matic (F)
  • 70. Chidi Dauda Omeje (F)

Substitutions

  • 1. Tim Erlandsson (GK)
  • 3. Jernade Ronnel Meade (In '62)
  • 5. Gustav Jarl
  • 8. Wanderson Cavalcante Melo
  • 14. Mauricio Albornoz Inola (In '58)
  • 16. Simon Alexandersson (In '74)
  • 33. Taye Taiwo

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)