Allsvenskan 2019
BK Häcken - IFK Norrköping FK (0 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2019
Match start: 2019-10-27 at 15:00
Venue: Bravida Arena
Attendance: 2,969
On Sunday afternoon, BK Häcken played against IFK Norrköping FK at Bravida Arena in front of an audience of just over 2900 spectators. The referee for the match was Magnus Lindgren, assisted by Fredrik Nilsson and Magnus Sjöblom.
The match started cautiously with few chances for both teams, but it was BK Häcken that received the first yellow card after 14 minutes of play, thanks to Goodswill Ekpolo Egbulu. After a goalless first half where both teams struggled to create goal-scoring opportunities, BK Häcken received another yellow card in the 54th minute, after Ali Youssef committed a foul.
IFK Norrköping FK substituted Pontus Almqvist in the 63rd minute, and the substitution proved to improve the team's performance on the field. In the 70th minute, both BK Häcken and IFK Norrköping FK made a substitution, with Gustaf Nilsson coming on for Ali Youssef for BK Häcken, and Kalle Holmberg replacing Simon Skrabb for IFK Norrköping FK.
BK Häcken then substituted Kwame Kizito in the 76th minute for Viktor Lundberg, while IFK Norrköping FK substituted Andreas Blomqvist for Simon Thern in the 79th minute.
BK Häcken received two yellow cards towards the end of the match, first Goodswill Ekpolo Egbulu in the 85th minute and then Rasmus Lindgren in the 86th minute. Goodswill Ekpolo Egbulu was also sent off after receiving a second yellow card.
IFK Norrköping's coach decided to make another substitution in the 79th minute when Simon Thern came on. This also proved to be a successful change, as the only goal of the match came just two minutes later from IFK Norrköping, where Rasmus Lauritsen headed the ball into the net, assisted by Ian Rey Smith Quiros.
The match ended 0-1 in favor of IFK Norrköping FK.
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)