IF Elfsborg - IFK Norrköping FK 0 - 1

Allsvenskan 2018


IF Elfsborg - IFK Norrköping FK (0 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2018
Match start: 2018-08-19 at 15:00
Venue: Borås Arena
Attendance: 6,255

A close match was played at Borås Arena between the home team IF Elfsborg and the visiting IFK Norrköping FK in the Allsvenskan. The attendance was 6,255 people who watched referee Patrik Eriksson lead the match along with his assistant referees Fredrik Klyver and Johan Thalin.

IFK Norrköping FK received the first yellow card of the match in the 21st minute when Arnor Sigurdsson was cautioned. IF Elfsborg's Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi then followed suit with a yellow card in the 44th minute.

At the start of the second half, IFK Norrköping FK managed to take the lead in the 47th minute through a goal by Simon Skrabb, making it 1-0. This created more momentum on the pitch, and both teams made player substitutions. IFK Norrköping FK brought on Alexander Jakobsen and Kalle Holmberg, while IF Elfsborg introduced Simon Lundevall, Viktor Prodell, and Emir Bajrami.

IFK Norrköping FK's Lars Christian Krogh Gerson received a yellow card in the 64th minute, and not much else happened except that IF Elfsborg pressed for an equalizer. However, Norrköping's defense held firm, and the match ended 1-0 in favor of IFK Norrköping FK, a victory that brought them closer to the top of the Allsvenskan table.

Squads

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 1. Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (GK) (C)
  • 27. Frederik Holst (D)
  • 14. Ibrahim Dresevic (D)
  • 12. Joakim Nilsson (D)
  • 13. Rami Kaib (D)
  • 24. Stefan Ishizaki (D)
  • 18. Simon Olsson (M)
  • 16. Robert Gojani (M) (Off '80)
  • 7. Daniel Gustafsson (M) (Off '56)
  • 17. Per Frick (F) (Off '73)
  • 34. Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (YC '44)

Substitutions

  • 30. David Olsson (GK)
  • 10. Simon Lundevall (In '56)
  • 19. Jesper Karlsson
  • 20. Emir Bajrami (In '80)
  • 22. Viktor Prodell (In '73)
  • 23. Alex Dyer
  • 28. Gustav Henriksson

IFK Norrköping FK

Starting squad

  • 1. Isak Pettersson (GK)
  • 25. Filip Dagerstål (D)
  • 4. Andreas Johansson (D) (C)
  • 5. Lars Christian Krogh Gerson (D) (YC '64)
  • 22. Ian Rey Smith Quiros (M)
  • 7. Alexander Fransson (M)
  • 21. Simon Thern (M)
  • 8. Gudmundur Thorarinsson (M)
  • 11. David Moberg Karlsson (F) (Off '86)
  • 10. Simon Skrabb (F) (Off '72)
  • 27. Arnor Sigurdsson (F) (Off '55) (YC '21)

Substitutions

  • 91. David Mitov Nilsson (GK)
  • 2. Henrik Castegren
  • 6. Kasper Larsen (In '86)
  • 17. Kalle Holmberg (In '72)
  • 19. Jordan Larsson
  • 20. Daniel Sjölund
  • 70. Alexander Jakobsen (In '55)

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)