Superettan 2018
IFK Värnamo - Halmstad (1 - 3)
Match in Superettan 2018
Match start: 2018-05-20 at 15:00
Venue: Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo
Attendance: 1,100
Halmstad emerged victorious against IFK Värnamo at Finnvedsvallen after taking the lead as early as the fifth minute through Gabriel Gudmundsson, assisted by Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson. However, Värnamo was not to be outdone, and Alexander Achinioti Jönsson equalized to 1-1 in the 18th minute.
But it would be Halmstad's day, and Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson scored to make it 1-2 in the 25th minute. IFK Värnamo's Johan Andersson received a yellow card in the 38th minute, and Gabriel Gudmundsson, the goalscorer for Halmstad, received a yellow card in the 41st minute.
In the 55th minute, it was Gabriel Gudmundsson's turn again as he scored to make it 1-3. IFK Värnamo's coach chose to make a substitution in the 56th minute, bringing on Darwin Jones for Max Olsson, but it did not help.
In the 67th minute, Kosuke Kinoshita was substituted by Johan Oremo for Halmstad, and in the 75th minute, IFK Värnamo brought in York Rafael in place of Anton Maikkula. In the 83rd minute, Halmstad substituted Andreas Bengtsson in place of Gabriel Gudmundsson.
Freddy Winsth from IFK Värnamo received a yellow card in the 87th minute before York Rafael received his second yellow card in the 88th minute and was sent off. Halmstad's Pontus Silfwer received a yellow card in the 90th minute.
The match ended 1-3 in favor of Halmstad in front of an audience of 1,100 people. The officiating team consisted of Per Melin as the referee and Mark Josef and Mesud Broström Kahrimanovic as assistant referees.
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)