Allsvenskan 2018
Östersund - IFK Göteborg (2 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2018
Match start: 2018-04-15 at 17:30
Venue: Jämtkraft Arena
Attendance: 5,048
On Sunday, Östersund faced IFK Göteborg at Jämtkraft Arena in front of an audience of 5,048 people. The referee for the match was Andreas Ekberg, and his assistants were Mehmet Culum and Stefan Hallberg.
The match started evenly, and both teams had their chances, but no goals were scored until the 58th minute when Östersund's Curtis Edwards made it 1-0 with an assist from Sotirios Papagiannopoulos. Just six minutes later, Saman Goddos struck and made it 2-0 for Östersund with an assist from Jamie Ryan Hopcutt.
IFK Göteborg tried to come back, and in the 73rd minute they managed to pull one back when Mikkel Diskerud scored to make it 2-1 with an assist from Emil Salomonsson. However, despite several attempts from both teams, no more goals were scored, and the match ended 2-1 in favor of Östersund.
During the match, there were also several player substitutions and yellow cards issued. IFK Göteborg substituted Vajebah Sakor in the 28th minute for Sebastian Ohlsson, and Gustav Engvall also came on in the 63rd minute for Elías Már Ómarsson. Östersund brought in Ludvig Fritzson in the 77th minute for Curtis Edwards and Alhaji Gero in the 90th minute for Jamie Ryan Hopcutt.
Noah Sonko Sundberg received a yellow card for Östersund in the 56th minute, while Sebastian Eriksson received one for IFK Göteborg in the 67th minute. Vajebah Sakor also received a yellow card for IFK Göteborg in the 85th minute, and Emil Salomonsson in the 90th minute, just before the final whistle blew.
Overall, it was an exciting match between two evenly matched teams, but Östersund managed to secure the victory at home in their arena with a score of 2-1.
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)