Halmstad - Athletic FC United 0 - 2

Superettan 2016


Halmstad - Athletic FC United (0 - 2)
Match in Superettan 2016
Match start: 2016-11-05 at 16:00
Venue: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 1,227

Athletic FC United won against Halmstad with 2-0 on Saturday afternoon at Örjans Vall. It was an intense match with an early lead for Athletic FC United, through Sasa Matic in the 19th minute. After that, it was a close match, with several chances for both teams.

In the 40th minute, Matic received a yellow card, which would turn out to be his only mistake in the match. Shortly thereafter, Halmstad's Fredrik Liverstam received a red card in the 44th minute, which meant that Halmstad had to play with one man less for the rest of the match.

In the second half, Halmstad brought in fresh legs in the form of Marcus Johansson and Andreas Bengtsson, but Athletic FC United was the stronger team. In the 62nd minute, Chidi Dauda Omeje was substituted for André Österholm. In the 64th minute, Jernade Ronnel Meade received a yellow card for Athletic FC United, which was the team’s only yellow card in the match.

In the 73rd minute, Gabriel Gudmundsson was substituted for Alexander Henningsson for Halmstad, but it was too late for them to turn the match around. In the 82nd minute, Athletic FC United brought in Rinor Nushi and Tristan Bowen substituted Abdoul Razak just as Filip Rogic scored, increasing Athletic FC United’s lead to 2-0 in the 85th minute.

In the last minute of the match, Rinor Nushi received a yellow card for Athletic FC United, but it was of no concern to them as they led by two goals and the match was about to end. Athletic FC United thus won the match 2-0, finishing in second place in the league for the season, while Halmstad ended up in third place.

Squads

Halmstad

Starting squad

  • 1. Stojan Lukic (GK)
  • 28. Jesper Westerberg (D) (Off '56)
  • 3. Fredrik Liverstam (D) (C) (RC '44)
  • 26. Alexander Berntsson (D)
  • 2. Adnan Kojic (D)
  • 18. Gabriel Gudmundsson (M) (Off '73)
  • 4. Ivo Dominik Pekalski (M)
  • 6. Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen (M)
  • 17. Sead Haksabanovic (M)
  • 9. Alexander Ruud Tveter (F)
  • 11. Fredrik Olsson (F) (Off '60)

Substitutions

  • 12. Isak Pettersson (GK)
  • 10. Antonio Rojas
  • 14. Alexander Henningsson (In '73)
  • 16. Rebin Asaad
  • 21. Andreas Bengtsson (In '60)
  • 23. Jonathan Svedberg
  • 27. Marcus Johansson (In '56)

Athletic FC United

Starting squad

  • 31. Joshua Myiah Wicks (GK)
  • 58. Olukorede Aiyegbusi (D)
  • 2. Denis Viana Da Silva (D)
  • 91. Erik Figueroa (D)
  • 3. Jernade Ronnel Meade (D) (YC '64)
  • 7. Ferid Ali (M)
  • 25. Abdoul Razak (M) (Off '82)
  • 6. Filip Rogic (M) (C)
  • 19. Mohamed Buya Turay (M)
  • 70. Chidi Dauda Omeje (F) (Off '62)
  • 9. Sasa Matic (F) (Off '82) (YC '40)

Substitutions

  • 1. Davor Blazevic (GK)
  • 11. Rinor Nushi (In '82) (YC '90+4)
  • 14. Tristan Bowen (In '82)
  • 17. Dawda Sowe
  • 18. André Österholm (In '62)
  • 42. Amadou Kalabane
  • 85. Isa Demir

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)