HALMSTAD. Malmö FF snatched a late win Halmstad 1-0 after P. Sejdiu scored just 1 goal (90′). Malmö FF was decisively better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Örjans Vall stadium in Halmstad on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg assisted by Marcus Lundgren and Sebastian Robertsson. The 4th official was Kaspar Sjöberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.5 degrees Celsius or 68.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Malmö FF was in firm control of the ball 75% while Halmstad was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the encounter.​

Halmstad shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Malmö FF shot 23 times, 9 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Halmstad received 1 yellow card (K. Karlsson). On the opposite side, Malmö FF received 3 yellow cards (Alex Ahl-Holmström, Busanello and Alex Ahl-Holmström).

Standings

After this encounter, Halmstad will stay with 9 points like Värnamo to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Malmö FF will have 24 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad will play away against Malmö FF on the 5th of August with a 15-2 head to head stats in favor of Malmö FF (8 draws).

Malmö FF will host Elfsborg on the 11th of November with a 18-10 head to head record in favor of Malmö FF (9 draws).

Halmstad – Formation

Halmstad started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Magnus Haglund decided to play with the following team: Malkolm Nilsson (7.4), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (6.8), Joseph Baffo (7.1), Andreas Johansson (7.0), Benjamin Hjertstrand, Marcus Olsson (6.8), Kazper Karlsson (6.2), Joel Allansson (6.8), Amir Al Ammari (6.5), Thomas Boakye (6.5), Erik Ahlstrand (6.8) and Viktor Granath (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Villiam Dahlström, Albin Ahlstrand, Alexander Johansson (6.6), Gabriel Wallentin, Gustav Friberg, Villiam Granath, Malte Pahlsson and Naeem Mohammed.

Halmstad could not rely on the presence of Gabriel Wallentin (injured).

Substitutions

Halmstad made 2 changes: Joel Allansson for Alexander Johansson (46′) and Marcus Olsson for Gabriel Wallentin (90′).

Best player: Malkolm Nilsson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Halmstad was the goalkeeper: Malkolm Nilsson. His rating is 7.41. He performed 6 saves.

Malmö FF – Formation

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

Henrik Rydström played with: Johan Dahlin (6.7), Joseph Ceesay (7.1), Lasse Nielsen (7.3), Derek Cornelius (7.0), Busanello (7.1), Hugo Larsson (7.0), Sergio Peña (7.6), Sebastian Nanasi (7.1), Anders Christiansen (7.0), Taha Abdi Ali (7.3), Isaac Kiese Thelin (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Moustafa Zeidan, Oscar Lewicki, Samuel Kotto, Hugo Bolin, Stefano Vecchia (6.8), Martin Olsson (6.6), Patriot Sejdiu, Melker Ellborg and Søren Rieks (6.7).

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 4 changes: Lasse Nielsen for Stefano Vecchia (67′), D. Cornelius for Martin Olsson (76′), Taha Ali for Søren Rieks (76′) and Sebastian Nanasi for Patriot Sejdiu (90′).

Best player: Sergio Peña​

The player that probably impressed the most for Malmö FF was Sergio Peña even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 77 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Halmstad – Malmö FF – 0-1
• Mjällby – Sirius – 3-0
• Kalmar – Brommapojkarna – 1-3
• Elfsborg – Värnamo – 2-0
• Hammarby – Djurgården – 4-3