GAIS - Athletic Eskilstuna 3 - 0

Superettan 2023


GAIS - Athletic Eskilstuna (3 - 0)
Match in Superettan 2023
Match start: 2023-08-18 at 19:00
Venue: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 3,112

On this evening at Gamla Ullevi, an exciting match took place between GAIS and Athletic Eskilstuna in the Swedish football league Superettan. With an attendance of 3,112 spectators and referee Magnus Lindgren officiating, the teams kicked off the match at 7:00 PM.

GAIS, sitting in a strong third place in the table, were the favorites ahead of the match against eighth-placed Athletic Eskilstuna. Already after 41 minutes, GAIS made a substitution, with Jonas Lindberg coming on for Chisomnazu Chika Chidi. Two minutes later, Axel Henriksson scored the opening goal for the home team, assisted by Mervan Celik.

At halftime, Athletic Eskilstuna made a substitution, bringing on David Palomino for Ishak Shamoun. However, the second half did not start well for the away team, as they quickly conceded another goal. Alexander Ahl Holmström scored the goal following a nice pass from Jonas Lindberg.

Athletic Eskilstuna desperately tried to get back into the game with two substitutions, bringing on Oskar Lindberg and Jeremia Vikingson for Aliyu Yakubu and Armin Culum. In the midst of all the substitutions, Mattis Adolfsson received a yellow card for the away team.

GAIS made two substitutions of their own, with Viktor Krüger and Viktor Alexandersson replacing Joackim Åberg and Axel Henriksson. Shortly after, both Ryan Anthony Williams (Athletic Eskilstuna) and Mervan Celik (GAIS) received yellow cards. Athletic Eskilstuna made two final substitutions, bringing on Leo Lif and Robin Sundgren for Ryan Anthony Williams and Jesper Modig.

GAIS finished the match strongly, scoring their third goal with only 14 minutes left. Alexander Ahl Holmström netted his second goal of the evening, assisted by Gustav Lundgren. GAIS made two late substitutions, with Filip Beckman and Simon Sjöholm replacing Alexander Ahl Holmström and Anes Cardaklija. The final score of 3-0 in favor of GAIS was sure to delight their fans in attendance.

Squads

GAIS

Starting squad

  • 1. Mergim Krasniqi (GK)
  • 16. Dino Salihovic (D)
  • 12. Robin Frej (D)
  • 22. Anes Cardaklija (D) (Off '80)
  • 2. Egzon Binaku (D)
  • 9. Gustav Lundgren (M)
  • 7. Joackim Åberg (M) (Off '66)
  • 21. Axel Henriksson (M) (Off '67)
  • 20. Chisomnazu Chika Chidi (F) (Off '41)
  • 18. Alexander Ahl Holmström (F) (Off '80)
  • 10. Mervan Celik (F) (C) (YC '68)

Substitutions

  • 33. Erik Krantz (GK)
  • 3. Viktor Krüger (In '66)
  • 4. Axel Norén
  • 8. Viktor Alexandersson (In '67)
  • 17. Simon Sjöholm (In '80)
  • 24. Filip Beckman (In '80)
  • 25. Jonas Lindberg (In '41)

Athletic Eskilstuna

Starting squad

  • 1. Nick Wolters (GK)
  • 4. Jesper Modig (D) (C) (Off '69)
  • 25. Mattis Adolfsson (D) (YC '64)
  • 21. Ali Suljic (D)
  • 3. Ezekiel David Fryers (D)
  • 16. Ishak Shamoun (M) (Off '46)
  • 43. Abdul-Halik Hudu (M)
  • 6. Ryan Anthony Williams (M) (Off '69) (YC '67)
  • 13. Aliyu Yakubu (F) (Off '58)
  • 20. Emmanuel Agyeman Duah (F)
  • 23. Armin Culum (F) (Off '58)

Substitutions

  • 35. Wahlfrid Nilsson (GK)
  • 2. Robin Sundgren (In '69)
  • 5. Hussein Cabdi Mohammed
  • 10. David Palomino (In '46)
  • 14. Oskar Lindberg (In '58)
  • 18. Jeremia Vikingson (In '58)
  • 19. Leo Lif (In '69)

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)