IF Elfsborg - Malmö FF 1 - 2

Allsvenskan 2018


IF Elfsborg - Malmö FF (1 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2018
Match start: 2018-04-02 at 17:30
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 11,615

Malmö FF won an exciting match 2-1 away against IF Elfsborg at Borås Arena. Just two minutes into the game, Malmö FF took the lead through Mattias Svanberg after a quick attack. However, IF Elfsborg fought their way back into the match and managed to equalize to 1-1 after 17 minutes with a header from Viktor Prodell, who scored from a nice pass by Simon Lundevall. Malmö FF was not satisfied with the draw, and Arnor Traustason made it 2-1 for the away team after a great pass from Markus Rosenberg in the 24th minute.

IF Elfsborg continued to fight and created several chances, but they failed to get the ball past Malmö FF's goalkeeper. Instead, they received three yellow cards and a red card from referee Bojan Pandzic. Stefan Ishizaki received a second yellow card and was forced to leave the field in the 81st minute. Malmö FF also received a yellow card, but they were able to hold on and take three points back home to Malmö.

After the match, IF Elfsborg remains in 10th place in the standings while Malmö FF climbs up to 5th place.

Squads

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
  • 16. Robert Gojani (D)
  • 12. Joakim Nilsson (D)
  • 6. Jon Jönsson (D)
  • 3. Adam Lundqvist (D)
  • 19. Jesper Karlsson (M) (Off '65)
  • 24. Stefan Ishizaki (M) (YC '81) (RC '81)
  • 8. Samuel Holmén (M) (YC '41)
  • 23. Alex Dyer (M) (Off '46)
  • 10. Simon Lundevall (M) (YC '40)
  • 22. Viktor Prodell (F) (Off '46)

Substitutions

  • 30. David Olsson (GK)
  • 7. Daniel Gustafsson (In '46)
  • 11. Issam Jebali (In '65)
  • 13. Rami Kaib
  • 14. Ibrahim Dresevic
  • 17. Per Frick (In '46)
  • 18. Simon Olsson

Malmö FF

Starting squad

  • 27. Johan Dahlin (GK)
  • 2. Eric Larsson (D)
  • 24. Lasse Ladegaard Nielsen (D)
  • 17. Rasmus Bengtsson (D)
  • 4. Behrang Safari (D) (Off '70)
  • 5. Søren Rieks (M)
  • 32. Mattias Svanberg (M) (Off '89) (YC '88)
  • 7. Fouad Bachirou (M)
  • 8. Arnor Traustason (M) (Off '86)
  • 9. Markus Rosenberg (F) (C)
  • 11. Alexander Jeremejeff (F)

Substitutions

  • 29. Fredrik Andersson (GK)
  • 3. Egzon Binaku (In '70)
  • 10. Carlos Strandberg
  • 20. Bonke Innocent (In '86)
  • 22. Isak Ssali Ssewankambo (In '89)
  • 31. Franz Brorsson
  • 39. Felix Konstandeliasz

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)