Superettan 2012
Östers IF - IK Brage (1 - 0)
Match in Superettan 2012
Match start: 2012-08-23 at 18:00
Venue: Arenastaden, Värendsvallen 1, Växjö
Attendance: 6,703
Östers IF hosted IK Brage at home on Thursday evening in the Superettan. With 6,703 eager spectators in attendance, the match kicked off at Arenastaden, Värendsvallen 1 in Växjö. The referee for the evening was Lars Olsson, assisted by Henrik Svensson and Mark Josef.
The match was tight and fiercely contested, with several yellow cards issued. In the 39th minute, Östers IF's Karl-Johan Lindblad received a warning. In the 59th minute, it was IK Brage's Vyacheslav Jevtushenko who got booked.
After 70 minutes, Östers IF made their first substitution as Darijan Bojanic came on for Andreas Wihlborg. IK Brage quickly followed suit, substituting Gerhard Andersson for Patrik Carlgren in the 75th minute.
Further substitutions followed, with IK Brage replacing Peter Stenberg with Dana Kuhi in the 77th minute and Östers IF bringing on Matteo Blomqvist Rydén for Freddy Söderberg in the 82nd minute.
The match remained evenly balanced, but Östers IF managed to find the decisive goal late in the game when Alexander Henningsson scored in the 87th minute, assisted by Darijan Bojanic. This turned out to be the only goal of the match, and Östers IF secured a 1-0 victory.
IK Brage attempted to catch up and made a final substitution in the 90th minute, with Carl Björk coming on for Patrik S:t Cyr. The final score was 1-0 in favor of Östers IF, who thus take the lead in the table, while IK Brage sits in eighth place. Matteo Blomqvist Rydén received a yellow card in the seventh minute of stoppage time.
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)