Athletic Eskilstuna - IK Brage 2 - 1

Superettan 2021


Athletic Eskilstuna - IK Brage (2 - 1)
Match in Superettan 2021
Match start: 2021-08-28 at 13:00
Venue: Tunavallen
Attendance: 397

Athletic Eskilstuna won a tough match against IK Brage with a score of 2-1 at Tunavallen on Saturday afternoon. The home team started strongly and took the lead just four minutes in through Ashley Mark Coffey, who received a nice pass from Victor Fors. However, Brage fought their way back into the match, and Robbin Sellin equalized to 1-1 in the 44th minute after a fine pass from Douglas Karlberg.

After the halftime break, Athletic Eskilstuna made a substitution with Jesper Manns replacing Victor Fors. This turned out to be a smart move as Manns was involved in creating the decisive goal in the 47th minute. Coffey scored his second goal of the day by heading in a nice pass from Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche.

IK Brage fought hard to equalize again, but Athletic Eskilstuna held on and secured an important victory. The match was characterized by many tough tackles, and four players shared five yellow cards. Both teams made several substitutions in the second half to try to influence the course of the match.

Athletic Eskilstuna moved up to fifth place in the standings while IK Brage continues to struggle at the bottom of the table in 14th place. A low crowd of 397 people was present at Tunavallen to watch the match officiated by Andreas Dufva-Johansson, with assistance from Sebastian Robertsson and Luke Kyqyku.

Squads

Athletic Eskilstuna

Starting squad

  • 90. Noel Törnqvist (GK)
  • 15. Victor Fors (D) (Off '46) (YC '29)
  • 5. Pontus Rödin (D)
  • 13. Felix Michel (D) (Off '66)
  • 2. Robin Tihi (D) (YC '90+4)
  • 3. Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche (D) (C) (YC '90+4)
  • 8. André Alsanati (M) (Off '78) (YC '70)
  • 17. Ismet Lushaku (M) (YC '70)
  • 14. Albin Linnér (M) (Off '78)
  • 19. Alexander Ahl Holmström (F) (Off '66)
  • 9. Ashley Mark Coffey (F) (YC '30)

Substitutions

  • 1. Johan Sellberg-Wiland (GK)
  • 10. Marwan Baze
  • 11. Aliyu Yakubu (In '78)
  • 16. York Rafael (In '78)
  • 21. Jesper Manns (In '46)
  • 23. Kazuki Takahashi (In '66)
  • 24. Viktor Götesson (In '66)

IK Brage

Starting squad

  • 1. Adrian Engdahl (GK)
  • 13. Pontus Hindrikes Bergström (D)
  • 18. Nicolas Gianini Dantas (D)
  • 4. Mattias Liljestrand (D)
  • 7. Robbin Sellin (M) (C) (Off '66)
  • 8. Seth Hellberg (M) (Off '66)
  • 5. Adil Titi (M) (YC '41)
  • 3. Moses Makasi (M)
  • 15. Joakim Persson (M) (Off '66)
  • 9. Douglas Karlberg (F) (Off '80)
  • 10. Leonard Pllana (F)

Substitutions

  • 22. Viktor Frodig (GK)
  • 6. Bjarni Mark Antonsson (In '66)
  • 14. Niklas Söderberg (In '66)
  • 19. Shkodran Maholli (In '80) (YC '90+4)
  • 20. Filip Sjöberg (In '66)
  • 21. Lukas Hiltunen
  • 24. Axel Sjöberg

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)