UPPSALA. Malmö FF was able to turn the table against Sirius. Malmö FF was vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Studenternas IP stadium in Uppsala on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Bojan Pandzic with the help of Peter Allheim and Daniel Ekman. The 4th official was Farouk Ben Ahmed Nehdi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.7 degrees Celsius or 45.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Sirius

2 - 3

Malmö FF

  • ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
  • 13 Total 27
  • 3 On Target 7
  • 10 Off Target 20
  • 0 Shots blocked 6
  • 61 Attack 117
  • 38 Dangerous attack 87
  • 76 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 11
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 8 Total 13
  • 1 Yellow Cards 7
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Malmö FF was in firm control of the ball 62% while Sirius was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was more aggressive with 87 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the match.​

Sirius shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Malmö FF shot 27 times, 7 on target, 20 off target.

Cards

Sirius received 1 yellow card (D. Widgren). On the other side, Malmö FF received 7 yellow cards (S. Rieks, A. Ahmedhodzic, J. Dahlin, M. Abubakari, B. Innocent, A. Čolak and E. Larsson).

Match Timeline

20'
45'
Sören Rieks- Yellow
49'
51'
51'
53'
Edi Sylisufaj(goal)J. Colley
53'
54'
Johan Dahlin- Yellow
57'
S. Nanasi- sub ->Adi Nalic
57'
57'
75'
76'
76'
Dennis Widgren- Yellow
89'
89'
90'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Malmö FF
59
30
AIK
59
30
Djurgården
57
30
Elfsborg
55
30
Hammarby
53
30
Kalmar
47
30
Norrköping
44
30
IFK Göteborg
41
30
Mjällby
38
30
Varberg BoIS
37
30
Sirius
37
30
Häcken
36
30
Degerfors
34
30
Halmstad
32
30
Örebro
18
30
Östersunds FK
14
30

After playing this encounter, Sirius will stay with 30 points to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Malmö FF will have 51 points to stay in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Sirius will play away against Mjällby on the 6th of November with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Malmö FF will play away agasint IFK Göteborg on the 7th of November with a 13-11 head to head record in favor of Malmö FF (9 draws).

Sirius – Formation

Sirius
G
A. Ahlin 30.Sweden
6.5
D
Dennis Widgren 21.Sweden
6.8
89'
D
Adam Stahl 17.Sweden
7.1
D
Joseph Colley 4.Sweden
8.1
D
Marcus Mathisen 6.Denmark
7.4
D
Laorent Shabani 18.Albania
6.4
89'
M
N. Girmai Netabay 11.Sweden
7.6
51'
M
Jacob Ortmark 12.Sweden
6.9
M
M. Zeidan 23.Sweden
6.7
90'
F
C. Kouakou 9.Sweden
7.3
F
Edi Sylisufaj 29.Kosovo
7.4
76' 53'
Substitutes
G
H. Sveijer 35.Sweden
D
Karl Larsson 3.Sweden
89'
D
Noel Hansson 34.Sweden
D
Jamie Roche 5.Sweden
90'
M
J. Karlsson 27.Sweden
6.1
76'
M
Adam Vikman 31.Sweden
F
Herman Sjögrell 16.Sweden

Sirius started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Daniel Bäckström decided to play with the following team: August Ahlin (6.5), Adam Stahl (7.1), Dennis Widgren (6.8), Joseph Colley (8.1), Marcus Mathisen (7.4), Laorent Shabani (6.4), Moustafa Zeidan (6.7), Jacob Ortmark (6.9), Nahom Girmai (7.6), Christian Kouakou (7.3) and Edi Sylisufaj (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Johan Karlsson (6.1), Karl Larsson, Noel Hansson, Hannes Sveijer, Herman Sjögrell, Jamie Roche and Adam Vikman.

Substitutions

Sirius made 3 changes: E. Sylisufaj for J. Karlsson (76′), L. Shabani for K. Larson (89′) and M. Zeidan for J. Roche (90′).

Best player: Joseph Colley​

The most impressive player for Sirius was Joseph Colley.

His rating is (8.1) with 22 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF
G
Johan Dahlin 27.Sweden
6.1
54'
D
Niklas Moisander 4.Finland
7.1
D
Eric Larsson 2.Sweden
6.7
75'
D
Anel Ahmedhodzic 15.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.0
20'
D
Sören Rieks 5.Denmark
7.2
45'
M
Jo Inge Berget 32.Norway
8.6
49'
M
S. Peña 8.Peru
7.1
M
Bonke Innocent 20.Nigeria
6.7
57' 51'
M
Veljko Birmancevic 19.Serbia
5.5
M
Adi Nalic 22.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.6
57'
F
Malik Abubakari 17.Ghana
6.6
57' 53'
Substitutes
G
Ismael Diawara 30.Mali
D
Martin Olsson 13.Sweden
D
Franz Brorsson 31.Sweden
M
Erdal Rakip 7.Sweden
7.0
57'
M
Markus Björkqvist 34.Sweden
M
S. Nanasi 37.Sweden
6.9
57'
F
Antonio Colak 9.Croatia
8.4
57' 90' 76', 90'

Malmö FF started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Johan Dahlin (6.1), Eric Larsson (6.7), Anel Ahmedhodžić (7.0), Niklas Moisander (7.1), Søren Rieks (7.2), Bonke Innocent (6.7), Sergio Peña (7.1), Jo Inge Berget (8.6), Adi Nalić (6.6), Veljko Birmančević (5.5) and Malik Abubakari (6.6).

They had on the bench: Erdal Rakip (7.0), Markus Björkqvist, Martin Olsson, Franz Brorsson, Antonio Čolak (8.4), Ismael Diawara and Sebastian Nanasi (6.9).

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 4 changes: B. Innocent for E. Rakip (57′), M. Abubakari for A. Čolak (57′), A. Nalic for S. Nanasi (57′) and S. Rieks for M. Olsson (90′).

Best player: Jo Inge Berget​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Malmö FF was Jo Inge Berget.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.​