Västerås SK FK - Halmstad 2 - 3

Superettan 2019


Västerås SK FK - Halmstad (2 - 3)
Match in Superettan 2019
Match start: 2019-08-17 at 13:30
Venue: Hitachi Energy Arena
Attendance: 3,295

On Saturday, an exciting match in the Superettan took place between Västerås SK FK and Halmstad at Hitachi Energy Arena in front of a crowd of 3,295. The referee for the match was Granit Maqedonci, with Julia Magnusson Sandkvist and Simon Kristensson as assistant referees.

It didn't take long for the first yellow card of the match to be issued, going to Västerås SK FK’s number five, Ilir Berisha, just four minutes into the game. Halmstad quickly set the tone for the match with a penalty by Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul, giving them a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. Mikael Boman then extended the lead to 2-0 in the 26th minute.

Halmstad made a substitution in the 42nd minute, bringing on Oscar Petersson for Andreas Bengtsson. Västerås SK FK received their first yellow card in the 54th minute for Boris Ljevar. Halmstad made a second substitution in the 57th minute, with Alexander Berntsson coming on for Jonathan Svedberg. Västerås SK FK then substituted Karwan Safari for Dennis Persson in the 66th minute while Halmstad replaced Mikael Boman with Sadat Karim.

Västerås SK FK continued to fight and managed to break through Halmstad's defense in the 71st minute, with a nice goal by Simon Johansson that cut the deficit to 1-2. An exciting finish followed, where Västerås SK FK continued to push and managed to equalize with just eleven minutes left in the match, thanks to a goal by Karwan Safari assisted by Simon Johansson.

Västerås SK FK then issued a yellow card to Sean Sabetkar in the 82nd minute, but Halmstad was unable to capitalize on their penalty opportunity in the 83rd minute when Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul missed the penalty.

The match appeared to be heading towards a draw, but Sadat Karim scored the decisive goal for Halmstad in the last minute of the match with a header assisted by Joel Allansson, and the final score ended at 2-3 in favor of Halmstad.

Squads

Västerås SK FK

Starting squad

  • 1. Anton Fagerström (GK)
  • 4. Sean Sabetkar (D) (YC '82)
  • 5. Ilir Berisha (D) (C) (YC '4)
  • 15. Carl Svensson (D)
  • 3. Dennis Persson (D) (Off '66)
  • 8. Jonas Hellgren (M)
  • 16. Boris Ljevar (M) (YC '54)
  • 6. Simon Johansson (M)
  • 23. Filip Tronét (F)
  • 14. Brian Span (F)
  • 11. Petar Petrovic (F)

Substitutions

  • 13. Daniel Tegermark Svensson (GK)
  • 2. Jesper Florén
  • 10. Karwan Safari (In '66)
  • 17. Carlos Gaete Moggia
  • 18. Filip Ottosson
  • 21. Emil Skogh
  • 25. Ravy Tsouka-Dozi

Halmstad

Starting squad

  • 1. Malkolm Nilsson Säfqvist (GK)
  • 26. Edvin Kurtulus (D)
  • 4. Andreas Johansson (D)
  • 15. Peter Larsson (D) (C)
  • 21. Andreas Bengtsson (D) (Off '42)
  • 28. Jesper Westerberg (M)
  • 6. Joel Allansson (M)
  • 5. Andreas Hadenius (M) (YC '74)
  • 14. Jonathan Svedberg (M) (Off '57)
  • 10. Mikael Boman (F) (Off '66)
  • 19. Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (F)

Substitutions

  • 12. Malte Påhlsson (GK)
  • 3. Alexander Berntsson (In '57)
  • 11. Sadat Karim (In '66)
  • 17. Oscar Petersson (In '42)
  • 18. Emil Tot Wikström
  • 24. Oliver Hintsa
  • 30. Alexander Johansson

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)