Häcken surprises Varberg BoIS with a 2-0 win

GOTHENBURG. Häcken had a surprising win over Varberg BoIS with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by A. Layouni (33') and a goal from A. Youssef (86').

David Brown

August 17, 2023

GOTHENBURG. Häcken had a surprising win over Varberg BoIS with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by A. Layouni (33′) and a goal from A. Youssef (86′). Häcken was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Bravida Arena stadium in Gothenburg on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Fredrik Klitte with the help of Andreas Svensson and Pär Leek. The 4th official was . The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.02 degrees Celsius or 66.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.

Match Statistics

Häcken

2 - 0

Varberg BoIS

! 68 Ball Possession 32

Shots

14 Total 12
5 On Target 3
3 Off Target 6
6 Shots blocked 3

134 Attack 57
84 Dangerous attack 36
63 Ball safe 57

1 Penalties 0
9 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 9
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Häcken had a superior ball possession 68% while Varberg BoIS was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Häcken was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Häcken won the match.

Häcken shot 14 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Varberg BoIS shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Häcken didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Varberg BoIS received 6 yellow cards (Robin Tranberg, Joakim Lindner, Ismet Lushaku, Ismet Lushaku, Maxime Sainte and Maxime Sainte).

Match Timeline

24'

Robin Tranberg- Yellow

27'

Joakim Lindner- Yellow

31'

Amor Layouni(penalty)

33'

31'

61'

Maxime Sainte- Yellow

Ishaq Abdulrazak- sub ->R. Amané

46'

61'

Maxime Sainte- Yellow

68'

71'

Filipe Sissé- sub ->Hampus Zackrisson

P. Dahbo- sub ->M. Rygaard

83'

Yassine El Ouatki- sub ->Dion Krasniqi

Ali Youssef- sub ->Srđan Hrstić

83'

Ali Youssef(goal)

86'

89'

Leo Frigell Jansson- sub ->Maxime Sainte

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

AIK

After this match, Häcken will have 41 points like Malmö FF to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Varberg BoIS will stay with 11 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Häcken will play away with IFK Göteborg on the 27th of August with a 14-9 head to head stats in favor of IFK Göteborg (10 draws).

Varberg BoIS will host Värnamo on the 19th of August with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Häcken – Formation

Häcken

Peter Abrahamsson 26.Sweden

7.1

Kristoffer Lund 25.Denmark

7.3

Johan Hammar 3.Sweden

7.5

46'

Even Hovland 5.Norway

7.3

Simon Sandberg 13.Sweden

6.8

Mikkel Rygaard 18.Denmark

6.7

83'

Romeo Amane 27.Ivory Coast

6.8

46'

Samuel Gustafson 11.Sweden

7.5

Srdjan Hrstic 19.Serbia

7.3

83'

M. Sonko 23.Sweden

7.1

68'

Amor Layouni 24.Tunisia

7.3

33'

Substitutes

Johan Brattberg 1.Sweden

T. Totland 21.Norway

Franklin Tebo Uchenna 4.Nigeria

7.0

46'

P. Dahbo 16.Sweden

83'

T. Sana 22.Sweden

6.8

68'

Ishaq Abdulrazak 8.Nigeria

7.0

46'

Ali Youssef 10.Tunisia

7.5

83'

86'

John Paul Dembe 33.Uganda

I. Brusberg 39.Sweden

Häcken started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Per-Mathias Høgmo decided to play with the following team: P. Abrahamsson (7.1), S. Sandberg (6.8), J. Hammar (7.5), E. Hovland (7.3), K. Lund (7.3), M. Rygaard (6.7), Samuel Gustafson (7.5), R. Amané (6.8), A. Layouni (7.3), Srđan Hrstić (7.3) and M. Sonko (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: J. Brattberg, F. Tebo Uchenna (7.0), Ishaq Abdulrazak (7.0), A. Youssef (7.5), P. Dahbo, T. Totland, T. Sana (6.8), J. Dembe and I. Brusberg.

Substitutions

Häcken made 6 changes: R. Amané for Ishaq Abdulrazak (46′), J. Hammar for F. Tebo Uchenna (46′), M. Sonko for T. Sana (68′), Kristoffer Hoven for Victor Karlsson (83′), M. Rygaard for P. Dahbo (83′) and Srđan Hrstić for A. Youssef (83′).

Best player: J. Hammar

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Häcken was J. Hammar even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 41 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Varberg BoIS – Formation

Varberg BoIS

Stojan Lukic 43.Sweden

6.7

Hampus Zackrisson 3.Sweden

7.0

71'

Joakim Lindner 18.Sweden

6.7

27'

Óskar Sverrisson 38.Iceland

6.4

Niklas Dahlström 40.Sweden

7.0

Maxime Sainte 45.Sweden

6.3

89'

61'

Robin Tranberg 7.Sweden

6.3

71'

24'

Luke Le Roux 8.South Africa

7.1

Ismet Lushaku 10.Kosovo

7.7

31'

Kristoffer Hoven 19.Norway

6.8

Dion Krasniqi 37.Kosovo

7.1

83'

Substitutes

David Olsson 1.Sweden

Vilmer Rönnberg 12.Sweden

Oliver Silverholt 20.Sweden

Leo Frigell Jansson 22.Sweden

89'

Filipe Sissé 6.Portugal

6.8

71'

Victor Karlsson 21.Sweden

Yassine El Ouatki 39.France

83'

Mads Borchers 17.Denmark

6.4

71'

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

Joakim Persson played with: Stojan Lukic (6.7), Maxime Sainte (6.3), Joakim Lindner (6.7), Niklas Dahlström (7.0), Hampus Zackrisson (7.0), Óskar Sverrisson (6.4), Robin Tranberg (6.3), Luke Le Roux (7.1), Ismet Lushaku (7.7), Kristoffer Hoven (6.8) and Dion Krasniqi (7.1).

They had on the bench: David Olsson, Filipe Sissé (6.8), Vilmer Rönnberg, Mads Borchers (6.4), Oliver Silverholt, Victor Karlsson, Leo Frigell Jansson, Diego Alfonsi and Yassine El Ouatki.

Substitutions

Varberg BoIS made 4 changes: Hampus Zackrisson for Filipe Sissé (71′), Robin Tranberg for Mads Borchers (71′), Dion Krasniqi for Yassine El Ouatki (83′) and Maxime Sainte for Leo Frigell Jansson (89′).