DEGERFORS. Elfsborg beat Degerfors to win 2-1. It was Elfsborg to strike first with an early goal of Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 43′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Oscar Wallin gave the win to Elfsborg in the 60′ minute with an own goal.
The match was played at the Stora Valla stadium in Degerfors on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Oscar Johnson with the assistance of Niclas Ivarsson and Daniel Gustavsson. The 4th official was Ahmed Abid. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.6 degrees Celsius or 63.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Degerfors was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Elfsborg that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Elfsborg had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Elfsborg won the match.
Degerfors shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Elfsborg shot 20 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Degerfors received 3 yellow cards (Christos Gravius, Damjan Pavlovic and Elyas Bouzaiene). Regarding the opposition, Elfsborg received 1 yellow card (N. Söderberg).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Degerfors will stay with 3 points like Sirius, Värnamo, AIK and Varberg BoIS to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Elfsborg will have 7 points like Norrköping and Mjällby to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Degerfors will host AIK on the 20th of May with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Elfsborg will play away agasint Norrköping on the 22nd of May with a 13-8 head to head statistic in favor of Elfsborg (6 draws).
Degerfors – Formation
Degerfors
62'
90'
43'
Degerfors started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Tobias Solberg decided to play with the following team: Sondre Rossbach , Gustav Granath , Seid Korac , Oscar Wallin , Elyas Bouzaiene , Damjan Pavlović , Christos Gravius , Joseph-Claude Gyau , Rasmus Örqvist , Dijan Vukojevic and Diego Campos .
The home team had on the bench: Jonas Olsson, Gustav Lindgren, Sean Sabetkar, Justin Salmon, Fortune Akpan Bassey , Peter Gwargis , Abdelkarim Chaouche , Albin Mörfelt and Erik Lindell.
Degerfors could not rely on the presence of G. Lindgren (injured).
Substitutions
Degerfors made 4 changes: Oscar Wallin for Fortune Bassey (62′), Diego Campos for Peter Gwargis (73′), Joe Gyau for Abdelkarim Chaouche (73′) and Damjan Pavlovic for Gustav Lindgren (84′).
Best player: Damjan Pavlović
The player that probably impressed the most for Degerfors was Damjan Pavlović.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Elfsborg – Formation
Elfsborg
Elfsborg started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jimmy Thelin played with: Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson , Johan Larsson , Sebastian Holmén , Gustaf Lagerbielke , Niklas Hult , Noah Söderberg , Michael Baidoo , André Rømer , Alexander Bernhardsson , Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen and Jeppe Okkels .
These were the players on the bench: Buhari Ibrahim, Tim Rönning, Ahmed Qasem , Jack Cooper Love , Jacob Ondrejka , Besfort Zeneli, Kevin Holmén , Andre Boman and Gustav Henriksson.
Substitutions
Elfsborg made 4 changes: Alexander Bernhardsson for Jacob Ondrejka (21′), André Römer for Kevin Holmén (73′), Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen for Ahmed Qasem (78′) and Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen for Jack Cooper Love (79′).
Best player: Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen
The most impressive player for Elfsborg was Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
