BORåS. Kalmar was eventually too much to handle for Elfsborg with the goal of N. Girmai Netabay (23′), L. Sætra (27′) and I. Buhari (30′ own).

The match was played at the Borås Arena stadium in Borås on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Fredrik Klitte who had the assistance of Mehmet Culum and Daniel Ekman. The 4th official was Per Melin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.46 degrees Celsius or 65.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Elfsborg was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Kalmar that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Elfsborg was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Kalmar succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Elfsborg shot 18 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kalmar shot 11 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Elfsborg didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Kalmar received 2 yellow cards (A. Motaraghebjafarpour and Melker Hallberg).

Standings

After playing this match, Elfsborg will stay with 48 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Kalmar will have 33 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg will play away with Malmö FF on the 12th of November with a 18-11 head to head record in favor of Malmö FF (9 draws).

Kalmar will host Malmö FF on the 8th of October with a 23-9 head to head statistic in favor of Malmö FF (7 draws).

Elfsborg – Formation

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

The manager Jimmy Thelin decided to play with the following team: T. Rönning (7.1), J. Larsson (7.7), S. Holmén (6.3), I. Buhari (6.3), N. Hult (6.3), N. Söderberg (6.4), M. Baidoo (6.4), Andri Fannar Baldursson (7.0), Simon Hedlund (6.7), S. Guðjohnsen (6.7) and J. Okkels (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Carl Samuel Josefsson, G. Henriksson, M. Jarjué (7.3), J. Thomasen, P. Frick (7.0), A. Qasem (6.7), G. Rapp (6.4), A. Boman and E. Boateng (7.5).

Substitutions

Elfsborg made 5 changes: N. Söderberg for E. Boateng (46′), S. Guðjohnsen for P. Frick (46′), J. Okkels for A. Qasem (46′), Andri Fannar Baldursson for G. Rapp (65′) and I. Buhari for M. Jarjué (46′).

Best player: J. Larsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Elfsborg was J. Larsson.

His rating is (7.7) with 39 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 12 crosses.

Kalmar – Formation

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

Henrik Jensen played with: Ricardo Friedrich (8.4), L. Sætra (8.1), R. Sjöstedt (7.3), D. Ólafsson (7.3), J. Karlsson (7.3), Melker Hallberg (6.4), R. Gojani (7.3), N. Girmai Netabay (7.5), S. Skrabb (7.3), D. Hümmet (7.3) and J. Trenskow (7.3).

They had on the bench: A. Lindahl, K. Jensen, Wilmer Andersson, S. Ylätupa, William Andersson, A. Motaraghebjafarpour, A. Davoudi-Kia, Romário (7.0) and J. Kindberg.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 2 changes: J. Trenskow for Romário (70′) and Melker Hallberg for A. Motaraghebjafarpour (90′).

Best player: Ricardo Friedrich​

The most impressive player for Kalmar was the goalkeeper: Ricardo Friedrich. His rating is 8.36. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Hammarby – Malmö FF – 1-3
• Häcken – Halmstad – 3-2
• Elfsborg – Kalmar – 0-3