UPPSALA. Sirius had a striking comeback against Degerfors. Sirius took advantage of its better ball possession (59%).
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 Joakim Östling who was helped by Per Rehnlund and Pär Leek. The 4th official was Erik Mattsson. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.54 degrees Celsius or 59.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sirius had a superior ball possession 59% while Degerfors was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sirius was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sirius won the match.
Sirius shot 22 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Degerfors shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sirius received 3 yellow cards (M. Heier, W. Abou Ali and André Alsanati). Talking about the opposition, Degerfors received 1 yellow card (Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sirius will have 29 points like Halmstad to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Degerfors will stay with 23 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Sirius will host Norrköping on the 12th of November with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Sirius (3 draws).
Degerfors will play away agasint Varberg BoIS on the 28th of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Varberg BoIS (4 draws).
Sirius – Formation
Sirius
78'
90'
90', 90'
Sirius started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Christer Mattiasson decided to play with the following team: D. Mitov Nilsson , T. Carlsson , H. Castegren , M. Jeng , D. Widgren , A. Wikman , J. de Kamps , M. Heier , T. Matthews , J. Persson and W. Abou Ali .
The home team had on the bench: F. Olsson, Ó. Ómarsson, A. Bjarnason , H. Sjögrell , André Alsanati , Filip Majchrowicz, E. Özkan and Harun Ibrahim .
Sirius could not rely on the presence of Harun Ibrahim (injured).
Substitutions
Sirius made 4 changes: D. Widgren for H. Sjögrell (78′), M. Jeng for A. Bjarnason (61′), A. Wikman for André Alsanati (61′) and J. Persson for Harun Ibrahim (78′).
Best player: H. Sjögrell
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sirius was H. Sjögrell.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 78′.
Degerfors – Formation
Degerfors
Degerfors started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Andreas Holmberg played with: Sondre Rossbach , Elyas Bouzaiene , Gustav Granath , Douglas Bergqvist , Sebastian Ohlsson , Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche , Peter Gwargis , Rasmus Örqvist , Christos Gravius , H. Bolin and Diego Campos .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Johan Martensson , Oscar Wallin, Pashang Abdulla , Seid Korac , Jamie Bichis, Justin Salmon , Alexander Hedén Lindskog, Jonas Olsson and Damjan Pavlovic.
Degerfors could not rely on the presence of Justin Salmon (injured).
Substitutions
Degerfors made 4 changes: Abdelkarim Mammar Chaouche for Justin Salmon (90′), Peter Gwargis for Pashang Abdulla (73′), Christos Gravius for Johan Martensson (73′) and Diego Campos for Seid Korac (82′).
Best player: Christos Gravius
The player that probably impressed the most for Degerfors was Christos Gravius.
His rating is with 23 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
