Allsvenskan 2023
Degerfors IF - Halmstad (3 - 1)
Match in Allsvenskan 2023
Match start: 2023-04-08 at 15:00
Venue: Stora Valla
Attendance: 3,719
Degerfors IF hosted Halmstad in an exciting Allsvenskan match at Stora Valla in front of 3,719 spectators on a Saturday afternoon. Halmstad entered the match with better conditions than Degerfors, being in 4th place in the table compared to Degerfors in 14th.
Halmstad took the lead in the 17th minute with a goal from Erik Ahlstrand, assisted by Viktor Granath. However, Degerfors responded after 28 minutes with a goal from Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche, leveling the score at 1-1.
In the 41st minute, Halmstad’s Amir Al-Ammari received a yellow card for a tough tackle. At halftime, Halmstad made a change, replacing Alexander Johansson with Naeem Mohammed.
In the second half, it was Degerfors who dictated the pace of the match. Diego De Jesus Camos Ballestero scored a goal, giving Degerfors a 2-1 lead in the 51st minute.
Degerfors continued to pressure Halmstad, and Rasmus Örqvist scored an important goal, extending Degerfors' lead to 3-1 in the 63rd minute with an assist from Dijan Vukojevic.
The match continued with several changes to the line-ups. Degerfors made a triple substitution in the 72nd minute, bringing on Sean Sabetkar, Joseph-Claude Agyeman Gyau, and Justin Salmon, while replacing Oscar Wallin, Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche, and Dijan Vukojevic.
In the 83rd minute, Halmstad substituted Villiam Dahlström for Joel Allansson, while Degerfors opted to replace Rasmus Örqvist with Peter Gwargis in the 84th minute.
The match ended with an impressive comeback by Degerfors, who won the game 3-1. Degerfors takes three important points in the standings, while Halmstad loses momentum at the top of the table. Referee Adam Ladebäck had a good performance alongside his assistants Mark Josef and Joakim Wik.
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)