Allsvenskan 2023
IFK Värnamo - Halmstad (0 - 0)
Match in Allsvenskan 2023
Match start: 2023-08-27 at 15:30
Venue: Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo
Attendance: 4,123
On Sunday afternoon, IFK Värnamo hosted Halmstad at Finnvedsvallen in a match that ended in a draw, 0 - 0. The attendance was 4,123 people, and the referee was Victor Wolf, assisted by Per Rehnlund and Daniel Ekman.
Before the match, IFK Värnamo was in 10th place in the standings while Halmstad was in 11th. The two teams were therefore very evenly matched going into today's encounter.
The match started relatively evenly, and both teams maintained a high tempo during the first half. Halmstad received a yellow card early in the first half when Joseph Baffoe was cautioned by the referee.
The second half continued at the same high pace as the first. Both teams made substitutions during the match to try to inject more energy and improve their play. Halmstad brought on Thomas Boakye for Viktor Granath in the 55th minute. IFK Värnamo substituted Marco Antonio Bustos for Ajdin Zeljkovic in the 61st minute. Simon Thern was replaced by Frank Junior Agyei in the 69th minute for IFK Värnamo.
In the later stages of the match, Halmstad substituted Jack Cooper-Love for Villiam Granath in the 80th minute and Naeem Mohammed for Jonathan Svedberg in the 87th minute. IFK Värnamo substituted Albion Ademi for Carl Johansson in the 90th minute.
The last minutes of the match were frantic, and a yellow card was issued to Frank Junior Agyei from IFK Värnamo in the 90th minute.
Despite the high tempo and several substitutions from both teams, neither was able to score, and the match ended in a draw, 0 - 0. This result means that IFK Värnamo remains in 10th place while Halmstad stays in 11th place in the standings.
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)