NORRKöPING. IFK Göteborg beat Norrköping to win 2-1. It was IFK Göteborg to strike first with a goal of M. Berg at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 36′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Bernardo Vilar gave the win to IFK Göteborg in the 59′ minute with a goal. Norrköping lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the PlatinumCars Arena (Norrköping) stadium in Norrköping on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kristoffer Karlsson with the collaboration of Per Rehnlund and Christian Tennstedt. The 4th official was Andreas Dufva-Johansson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -5.1 degrees Celsius or 22.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 19 Total 18
- 5 On Target 7
- 14 Off Target 11
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 98 Attack 79
- 54 Dangerous attack 38
- 75 Ball safe 77
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 13 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Norrköping had a strong ball possession 56% while IFK Göteborg was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Norrköping was was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, IFK Göteborg was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Norrköping shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, IFK Göteborg shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Norrköping received 2 yellow cards (S. Adegbenro and M. Lund). On the other side, IFK Göteborg received 2 yellow cards (G. Norlin and Bernardo Vilar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Norrköping will stay with 44 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, IFK Göteborg will have 41 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
Norrköping – Formation
Norrköping
82'
71'
36'
Norrköping started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Rikard Norling decided to play with the following team: Oscar Jansson , Linus Wahlqvist , Marco Lund , Theodore Rask , Christopher Telo , Ishaq Abdulrazak , Alexander Fransson , Carl Björk , Jonathan Levi , Christoffer Nyman and Samuel Adegbenro .
The home team had on the bench: Edvin Tellgren, Yahav Gurfinkel , Maic Sema, Jóhannes Kristinn Bjarnason, Julius Lindgren, Dino Salihovic and Emanuel Chabo.
Substitutions
Norrköping made only 1 change substituting C. Telo for Y. Gurfinkel (71′).
Best player: Jonathan Levi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Norrköping was Jonathan Levi.
His rating is with 36 passes (75% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.
IFK Göteborg – Formation
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Mikael Stahre played with: Adam Ingi Benediktsson , Alexander Jallow , Mattias Bjärsmyr , Bernardo Vilar , Oscar Wendt , Gustaf Norlin , Gustav Svensson , August Erlingmark , Simon Thern , Marcus Berg and Tobias Sana .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Isak Dahlqvist, Kevin Yakob , Hannes Lennartsson, Filip Ambroz, Robin Söder and Ole Söderberg.
IFK Göteborg could not rely on the presence of K. Yakob (injured).
Substitutions
IFK Göteborg made only 1 change substituting Bernardo Vilar for K. Yakob (71′).
Best player: Marcus Berg
The most impressive player for IFK Göteborg was Marcus Berg.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
- AIK – Sirius – 4-2
- Häcken – Djurgården – 0-1
- Hammarby – Kalmar – 5-3
- Norrköping – IFK Göteborg – 1-2
- Malmö FF – Halmstad – 0-0
- Varberg BoIS – Mjällby – 0-3
- Örebro – Elfsborg – 2-3
- Östersunds FK – Degerfors – 0-1
