VäRNAMO. Sirius snatched a late win Värnamo 1-0 after T. Matthews scored just 1 goal (90′). Värnamo lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Finnvedsvallen stadium in Värnamo on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Adi Aganovic who was helped by Simon Kristensson and Daniel Ekman. The 4th official was Andreas Dufva-Johansson. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.75 degrees Celsius or 60.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Värnamo was in firm control of the ball 60% while Sirius was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Värnamo was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Sirius succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Värnamo shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sirius shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Värnamo received 2 yellow cards (V. Larsson and Wenderson). On the other side, Sirius received 4 yellow cards (Christer Mattiasson, D. Stensson, J. Voelkerling Persson and T. Carlsson).

Standings

After this match, Värnamo will stay with 32 points to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Sirius will have 26 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Värnamo will play away against AIK on the 12th of November with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Sirius will host Norrköping on the 12th of November with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Sirius (3 draws).

Värnamo – Formation

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

The manager Kim Hellberg decided to play with the following team: J. Rasheed (7.3), V. Larsson (6.1), V. Eriksson (7.0), E. Grozdanic (7.0), V. Bergh (7.0), A. Ademi (6.8), O. Johansson (7.1), Wenderson (7.1), G. Engvall (6.6), S. Thern (6.7) and A. Zeljkovic (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: H. Näsström (7.0), C. Vindehall, E. Bećirović, A. Lohikangas, M. Bustos, F. Winsth (6.4), F. Adjei (7.0), Hampus Gustafsson and K. Bilalovic.

Substitutions

Värnamo made 3 changes: G. Engvall for F. Adjei (63′), V. Eriksson for H. Näsström (46′) and A. Zeljkovic for F. Winsth (86′).

Best player: J. Rasheed​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Värnamo was the goalkeeper: J. Rasheed. His rating is 7.34. He performed 3 saves.

Sirius – Formation

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

Christer Mattiasson played with: D. Mitov Nilsson (7.0), J. Voelkerling Persson (7.0), H. Castegren (6.7), T. Carlsson (7.0), D. Widgren (7.1), D. Stensson (6.4), J. de Kamps (6.3), M. Heier (7.0), T. Matthews (7.5), J. Persson (7.3) and W. Abou Ali (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: F. Olsson, Ó. Ómarsson, A. Bjarnason (6.4), H. Sjögrell, A. Wikman (6.4), André Alsanati, Filip Majchrowicz, Harun Ibrahim and H. Sveijer.

Substitutions

Sirius made 2 changes: J. de Kamps for A. Wikman (86′) and M. Heier for A. Bjarnason (86′).

Best player: T. Matthews​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sirius was T. Matthews.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Värnamo – Sirius – 0-1
• Halmstad – Elfsborg – 0-1