GOTHENBURG. Häcken overcomes Värnamo 3-1. Häcken was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Lars Olden Larsen (10′), Bénie Traoré (45′) and Mikkel Rygaard (69′). Värnamo reduced the distance with a goal (84′) by Marco Bustos, but there was not much to do for them.
Amane Romeo squandered a penalty (74′) for Häcken.
The match was played at the Bravida Arena stadium in Gothenburg on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg with the help of Mehmet Culum and Niklas Nyberg. The 4th official was Fredrick Oppong. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Häcken was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Värnamo that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Häcken had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Häcken won the match.
Häcken shot 20 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Värnamo shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Häcken didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Värnamo received 1 yellow card (Kim Hellberg).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Häcken will have 12 points like Malmö FF to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Värnamo will stay with 6 points like Hammarby, Halmstad and Brommapojkarna to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Häcken will play away against Malmö FF on the 21st of May with a 13-11 head to head statistic in favor of Malmö FF (9 draws).
Värnamo will host Varberg BoIS on the 9th of May with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Varberg BoIS (0 draws).
Häcken – Formation
Häcken
76'
69'
Häcken started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Per-Mathias Høgmo decided to play with the following team: Peter Abrahamsson , Valgeir Lunddal , Simon Sandberg , Even Hovland , Kristoffer Lund , Mikkel Rygaard Jensen , Samuel Gustafson , Amane Romeo , Oscar Uddenäs , Benie Traore and Lars Olden Larsen .
The home team had on the bench: Ola Kamara, Charlie Axede, Johan Brattberg, Sigge Jansson , Pontus Dahbo , Tomas Totland , Anomnachi Chinasa Chidi, William Nilsson and Kadir Hodžić.
Substitutions
Häcken made 4 changes: V. Friðriksson for Tomas Totland (76′), Mikkel Rygaard for Pontus Dahbo (76′), Amane Romeo for Sigge Skorpan Jansson (82′) and Bénie Traoré for Ola Kamara (90′).
Best player: Lars Olden Larsen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Häcken was Lars Olden Larsen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Värnamo – Formation
Värnamo
Värnamo started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Kim Hellberg played with: Jonathan Rasheed , Victor Larsson , Victor Eriksson , Emin Grozdanic , Oscar Johansson , Hampus Nasstrom , Wenderson , Viktor Bergh , Lamaur Neto , Ajdin Zeljkovic and Kenan Bilalovic .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Bernardo Vilar, Jesper Dickman, Pilip Vaitsiakhovich, Marco Bustos , Gustav Engvall , Charlie Vindehall , Albion Ademi , Edvin Becirovic and William Kenndal.
Substitutions
Värnamo made 4 changes: Evaldo Netinho for Albion Ademi (64′), Kenan Bilalovic for Marco Bustos (64′), Hampus Näsström for Gustav Engvall (64′) and Ajdin Zeljkovic for Charlie Vindehall (72′).
Best player: Wenderson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Värnamo was Wenderson.
His rating is with 46 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
