UPPSALA. Sirius was ultimately too good for Kalmar with the goal of M. Heier (16′) and J. Persson (19′). Kalmar lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Studenternas IP stadium in Uppsala on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kristoffer Karlsson with the support of Mahbod Beigi and . The 4th official was Rambod Beigi. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.56 degrees Celsius or 63.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kalmar was in firm control of the ball 57% while Sirius was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kalmar had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Sirius was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Sirius shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Kalmar shot 18 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Sirius received 1 yellow card (D. Widgren). On the opposite side, Kalmar received 2 yellow cards (L. Sætra and N. Shamoun).

Standings

After this match, Sirius will have 20 points like Degerfors to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Kalmar will stay with 26 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Sirius will play away against Häcken on the 19th of August with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Häcken (6 draws).

Kalmar will host Hammarby on the 20th of August with a 12-6 head to head in favor of Kalmar (10 draws).

Sirius – Formation

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

The manager Christer Mattiasson decided to play with the following team: J. Tånnander (6.8), J. Voelkerling Persson (7.0), H. Castegren (7.5), M. Jeng (7.0), D. Widgren (7.8), J. Persson (7.9), D. Stensson (7.3), J. de Kamps (7.3), T. Matthews (6.6), M. Heier (7.3) and W. Abou Ali (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: D. Mitov Nilsson (7.0), Ó. Ómarsson (6.4), H. Sjögrell (6.6), A. Wikman (6.7), André Alsanati, E. Sylisufaj, E. Özkan, H. Sveijer and A. Ljungberg.

Sirius could not rely on the presence of D. Mitov Nilsson (injured), A. Wikman (injured), Ó. Ómarsson (injured) and E. Özkan (injured).

Substitutions

Sirius made 5 changes: J. Tånnander for D. Mitov Nilsson (26′), M. Heier for H. Sjögrell (63′), J. de Kamps for A. Wikman (63′), W. Abou Ali for Ó. Ómarsson (63′) and T. Matthews for E. Özkan (85′).

Best player: J. Persson​

The most impressive player for Sirius was J. Persson.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 16 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Kalmar – Formation

Kalmar started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Henrik Jensen played with: Ricardo Friedrich (6.3), A. Lindahl (5.7), L. Sætra (7.1), R. Jansson (6.3), D. Ólafsson (7.1), S. Skrabb (6.8), Romário (6.8), J. Trenskow (6.8), J. Karlsson (7.3), K. Jensen (6.6) and M. Rajović (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Melker Hallberg (7.0), R. Sjöstedt, N. Shamoun (6.3), S. Ylätupa, D. Hümmet (6.8), N. Girmai Netabay (6.7), A. Motaraghebjafarpour (6.7), A. Davoudi-Kia and J. Kindberg.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 5 changes: A. Lindahl for N. Girmai Netabay (46′), J. Trenskow for Melker Hallberg (46′), K. Jensen for N. Shamoun (46′), R. Jansson for A. Motaraghebjafarpour (62′) and Romário for D. Hümmet (77′).

Best player: J. Karlsson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kalmar was J. Karlsson.

His rating is (7.3) with 50 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Häcken – Varberg BoIS – 2-0
• Sirius – Kalmar – 3-0
• Halmstad – Norrköping – 1-3
• IFK Göteborg – Djurgården – 2-1
• Hammarby – Elfsborg – 1-0