VäRNAMO. Värnamo managed to find the solution against Norrköping to win 2-1. A. Zeljkovic was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Norrköping to strike first with a goal of Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson at the 25′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Zeljkovic gave the win to Värnamo in the 70′ minute scoring a double. Värnamo capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Finnvedsvallen stadium in Värnamo on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 2,463 spectators. The referee was Richard Sundell with the support of Niclas Ivarsson and Pär Leek. The 4th official was Andreas Dufva-Johansson. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 8.44 degrees Celsius or 47.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 17 Total 13
- 6 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 6
- 7 Shots blocked 3
- 133 Attack 82
- 58 Dangerous attack 38
- 93 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Värnamo had a strong ball possession 60% while Norrköping was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Värnamo was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Värnamo won the match.
Värnamo shot 17 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Norrköping shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Värnamo received 1 yellow card (A. Zeljkovic). On the opposite side, Norrköping received 2 yellow cards (Anton Eriksson and Jesper Ceesay).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Värnamo will have 38 points like Norrköping to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Norrköping will stay with 38 points like Värnamo to hold in the 7th 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 stats.
Norrköping will host Varberg BoIS on the 5th of November with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Norrköping (1 draw).
Värnamo – Formation
Värnamo
68'
76'
52', 70'
Värnamo started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Kim Hellberg decided to play with the following team: J. Rasheed , F. Winsth , V. Larsson , V. Eriksson , A. Lohikangas , Wenderson , O. Johansson , G. Engvall , S. Thern , A. Ademi and A. Zeljkovic .
The home team had on the bench: V. Bergh , H. Näsström , C. Vindehall, E. Bećirović, M. Bustos, F. Adjei, Hampus Gustafsson, K. Bilalovic and Emin Hasić .
Substitutions
Värnamo made 4 changes: A. Lohikangas for V. Bergh (68′), F. Winsth for H. Näsström (58′), A. Zeljkovic for K. Bilalovic (84′) and A. Ademi for Emin Hasić (84′).
Best player: A. Zeljkovic
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Värnamo was A. Zeljkovic.
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 7. He hit the woodwork once times.
Norrköping – Formation
Norrköping
Norrköping started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Nebojša Vučićević played with: Oscar Jansson , Marco Lund , Jesper Tolinsson , Anton Eriksson , Daniel Eid , Jesper Ceesay , Kevin Höög Jansson , Vito Hammershöy-Mistrati , Yahya Kalley , Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson and Victor Lind .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marcus Baggesen , Christoffer Nyman , Carl Björk , Ari Freyr Skúlason, Maic Sema , Kristoffer Khazeni , Fritiof Hellichius, Wille Jakobsson and David Andersson.
Substitutions
Norrköping made 5 changes: Victor Lind for Carl Björk (67′), Anton Eriksson for Maic Sema (80′), Jesper Tolinsson for Kristoffer Khazeni (80′), Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson for Christoffer Nyman (68′) and Yahya Kalley for Marcus Baggesen (67′).
Best player: Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Norrköping was Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
- Varberg BoIS – Djurgården – 0-1
- Kalmar – Malmö FF – 1-0
- Brommapojkarna – Elfsborg – 0-3
- Värnamo – Norrköping – 2-1
- Hammarby – Häcken – 2-2
