Allsvenskan 2020
Östersund - Malmö FF (1 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2020
Match start: 2020-07-16 at 19:00
Venue: Jämtkraft Arena
Match Report:
Östersund faced Malmö FF in an exciting Allsvenskan match on Thursday evening at Jämtkraft Arena in front of a crowd of zero due to the current circumstances. The referee for the match was Granit Maqedonci, assisted by Niklas Nyberg and Daniel Yng.
Malmö FF started the match strong and took the lead in the 32nd minute. Ola Toivonen scored with an assist from Marcus Antonsson, placing the ball in the net behind Östersund's goalkeeper. The score was then 0-1 to Malmö FF.
In the 50th minute, Jordan Attah Kadiri received a yellow card for Östersund. But just seven minutes later, Malmö FF increased their lead to 0-2. Anders Bleg Christiansen scored, marking his fourth goal of the season.
Malmö FF continued to press hard, and in the 64th minute, Bonke Innocent received a yellow card for the visiting team.
Östersund tried to improve their play and made a substitution in the 65th minute, bringing on Nebiyou Perry for Simon Kroon.
In the 68th minute, Malmö FF also substituted a player, with Erdal Rakip replacing goal scorer Ola Toivonen.
However, Östersund did not give up and reduced the score to 1-2 in the 71st minute. Ludvig Fritzson became the home team's scorer.
Malmö FF responded by making two substitutions in the 72nd minute. Jo Inge Berget and Amin Sarr replaced Marcus Antonsson and Søren Rieks.
In the 78th minute, Kalpi Ouattara received a yellow card for Östersund. Östersund continued to push their game forward, and Marco Weymans replaced Kalpi Ouattara in the 86th minute.
Östersund made two more substitutions in the 88th minute, bringing on Frank Arhin for Ludvig Fritzson. Unfortunately, Frank Arhin received a yellow card in the third minute of stoppage time.
Despite a strong final push from Östersund, they were unable to catch up to Malmö FF, and the match ended 1-2 in favor of the visitors.
After the match, Östersund sits in 13th place in the table while Malmö FF is in 5th place.