Halmstad - Degerfors IF 2 - 1

Superettan 2018


Halmstad - Degerfors IF (2 - 1)
Match in Superettan 2018
Match start: 2018-07-31 at 19:00
Venue: Örjans Vall
Attendance: 4,303

Halmstad won their Tuesday evening match at Örjans Vall against Degerfors IF with a score of 2-1. The first half was chaotic, but Degerfors IF managed to score an early goal by Erik Lindell after six minutes of play, which created poor confidence for the home team.

In the second half, Halmstad played better and pushed for an equalizing goal. After a fine pass from Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson, Kosuke Kinoshita scored in the 58th minute. Halmstad continued to apply pressure and was rewarded in the 84th minute when Kinoshita scored his second goal of the evening with a great assist from Ivo Dominik Pekalski.

Degerfors IF fought to come back but never managed to equalize. Neither Oliver Ekroth, who received a yellow card in the 69th minute, nor Alexander Andersson, who was substituted in the 79th minute, could secure any points for Degerfors IF.

The match attracted an audience of 4,303 people and was officiated by Robert Daradic, with assistance from Anders Böwing and Julia Magnusson Sandkvist. After the match, Halmstad is in third place in the table while Degerfors IF is in eighth place.

Squads

Halmstad

Starting squad

  • 1. Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist (GK)
  • 28. Jesper Westerberg (D)
  • 15. Peter Larsson (D) (C) (YC '43)
  • 3. Alexander Berntsson (D)
  • 2. Thomas Boakye (D)
  • 14. Jonathan Svedberg (M)
  • 6. Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen (M) (Off '64) (YC '56)
  • 17. Oscar Petersson (M) (Off '82)
  • 10. Gabriel Gudmundsson (F)
  • 20. Kosuke Kinoshita (F)
  • 11. Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson (F) (Off '67)

Substitutions

  • 12. Simon Andersson (GK)
  • 4. Andreas Hadenius
  • 7. Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson
  • 9. Johan Oremo (In '82)
  • 16. Isac Harrysson (In '67)
  • 21. Andreas Bengtsson
  • 23. Ivo Dominik Pekalski (In '64)

Degerfors IF

Starting squad

  • 25. Dario Miskic (GK)
  • 18. Oliver Ekroth (D) (Off '88) (YC '69)
  • 4. Marcus de Bruin (D) (C)
  • 20. Christoffer Wiktorsson (D)
  • 6. Erik Lindell (M)
  • 7. Nikola Ladan (M)
  • 11. Christos Gravius (M)
  • 3. Kevin Adrian Wright (M) (YC '35)
  • 10. Sargon Abraham (F)
  • 15. Erik Björndahl (F) (Off '65)
  • 16. Viktor Götesson (F) (Off '79)

Substitutions

  • 1. Ismael Diawara (GK)
  • 2. Erik Grandelius
  • 5. Jonas Olsson (In '88)
  • 8. Alan Asaad (In '65)
  • 9. Alexander Andersson (In '79)
  • 14. Andreas Jernarp
  • 22. Oliver Nilsson

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)