IFK Göteborg - IF Elfsborg 1 - 2

Allsvenskan 2023


IFK Göteborg - IF Elfsborg (1 - 2)
Match in Allsvenskan 2023
Match start: 2023-10-30 at 19:10
Venue: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 17,228

IFK Göteborg faced league leaders IF Elfsborg on Monday evening at Gamla Ullevi. Despite an impressive crowd of 17,228 spectators, the home team lost 1-2.

IF Elfsborg took the lead after 32 minutes when Per Frick scored with an assist from Simon Hedlund. A few minutes later, IFK Göteborg's coach Jens Berthel Askou received a yellow card.

In the second half, there were several yellow cards, especially against IF Elfsborg’s Michael Baidoo and Niklas Hult. After substitute Alexander Bernhardsson came on for Jeppe Møldrup Okkels for IF Elfsborg, and Astrit Selmani for Adam Carlen and Anders Trondsen for Emil Salomonsson for IFK Göteborg, there was a period without significant events.

The 76th minute was remarkable as Sebastian Holmén from IFK Göteborg scored an own goal, equalizing the match at 1-1. However, the joy was short-lived when Alexander Bernhardsson scored the match's final goal with an assist from Simon Hedlund in the 83rd minute.

The last minutes of the match were intense, with substitutions on IF Elfsborg's side, bringing Johan Larsson off for André Boman and Andri Fannar Baldursson off for Jalal Abdullai. For the home team, Gustaf Norlin was replaced by Hussein Carneil and Lucas Kåhed by Sebastian Eriksson.

The match thus ended with a victory for IF Elfsborg, which continues to top the table while IFK Göteborg remains in 13th place.

Squads

IFK Göteborg

Starting squad

  • 1. Pontus Dahlberg (GK)
  • 2. Emil Salomonsson (D) (Off '68)
  • 13. Gustav Svensson (D)
  • 15. Sebastian Hausner (D)
  • 17. Oscar Wendt (D) (C)
  • 23. Kolbeinn Thordarson (M)
  • 21. Adam Carlén (M) (Off '68) (YC '58)
  • 28. Lucas Kåhed (M) (Off '87)
  • 29. Thomas Santos (F)
  • 14. Gustaf Norlin (F) (Off '87)
  • 19. Arbnor Mucolli (F)

Substitutions

  • 12. Adam Benediktsson (GK)
  • 3. Johan Bångsbo
  • 6. Anders Trondsen (In '68)
  • 7. Sebastian Eriksson (In '87)
  • 10. Hussein Carneil (In '87) (YC '90+2)
  • 22. Astrit Selmani (In '68)
  • 24. Abundance Salaou
  • 32. Rasmus Nåfors Dahlin
  • 34. Vilmer Tyrén

IF Elfsborg

Starting squad

  • 30. Hákon Valdimarsson (GK)
  • 13. Johan Larsson (D) (C) (Off '81)
  • 8. Sebastian Holmén (D) (YC '75)
  • 29. Buhari Ibrahim (D)
  • 23. Niklas Hult (D) (YC '64)
  • 26. Emmanuel Boateng (M)
  • 10. Michael Baidoo (M) (YC '64)
  • 6. Andri Fannar Baldursson (M) (Off '81)
  • 19. Jeppe Møldrup Okkels (F) (Off '67)
  • 17. Per Frick (F) (Off '73)
  • 15. Simon Hedlund (F) (Off '73) (YC '83)

Substitutions

  • 31. Tim Rönning (GK)
  • 4. Gustav Henriksson
  • 7. Jens Jakob Dyhr Thomasen
  • 11. Sveinn Guðjohnsen (In '73) (YC '74)
  • 12. Alexander Bernhardsson (In '67)
  • 14. Jalal Abdullai (In '81) (YC '90+5)
  • 18. Ahmed Qasem (In '73)
  • 21. André Boman (In '81)
  • 28. Noah Söderberg

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)