STOCKHOLM. Sirius beats Djurgården 4-2. Djurgården lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Tele2 Arena stadium in Stockholm on Saturday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was Fredrik Klitte with the collaboration of Daniel Gustavsson and Christian Tennstedt. The 4th official was Victor Wolf. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was freezing at -0.88 degrees Celsius or 30.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Djurgården was in firm control of the ball 56% while Sirius was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Djurgården was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Sirius managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Djurgården shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Sirius shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Djurgården received 1 yellow card (L. Bergvall). On the other side, Sirius received 4 yellow cards (J. de Kamps, J. Persson, H. Castegren and D. Stensson).

Standings

After playing this contest, Djurgården will stay with 50 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Sirius will have 39 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Djurgården will play away with Kalmar on the 12th of November with a 22-13 head to head in favor of Djurgården (3 draws).

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

Djurgården – Formation

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

The manager Thomas Lagerlöf decided to play with the following team: J. Widell Zetterström (5.7), P. Johansson (6.1), J. Une-Larsson (6.6), M. Danielson (7.0), S. Dahl (6.8), M. Eriksson (7.5), B. Šabović (6.8), L. Bergvall (6.4), O. Fallenius (7.0), M. Qurbanlı (6.6) and G. Wikheim (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: H. Radetinac (6.7), T. Bergvall, R. Kaib, Carlos Moros, Vá (7.0), P. Bengtsson (6.0), I. Alemayehu, N. Milleskog, T. Vaiho and Eyasu Alemayehu.

Djurgården could not rely on the presence of Vá (injured), H. Radetinac (injured) and T. Vaiho (injured).

Substitutions

Djurgården made 4 changes: G. Wikheim for Vá (14′), B. Šabović for P. Bengtsson (46′), M. Qurbanlı for H. Radetinac (65′) and J. Widell Zetterström for T. Vaiho (90′).

Best player: M. Eriksson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Djurgården was M. Eriksson.

His rating is (7.5) with 71 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 12 crosses.

Sirius – Formation

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

Christer Mattiasson played with: D. Mitov Nilsson (5.6), J. Voelkerling Persson (7.3), H. Castegren (6.6), T. Carlsson (7.0), D. Widgren (7.0), D. Stensson (6.6), J. de Kamps (6.6), M. Heier (6.8), T. Matthews (8.1), J. Persson (10.1) and W. Abou Ali (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: F. Olsson, Ó. Ómarsson, A. Bjarnason (6.4), H. Sjögrell, A. Wikman (6.8), André Alsanati, Harun Ibrahim (6.6), H. Sveijer and A. Ljungberg.

Sirius could not rely on the presence of A. Wikman (injured), A. Bjarnason (injured) and F. Olsson (injured).

Substitutions

Sirius made 5 changes: D. Stensson for A. Wikman (26′), M. Heier for A. Bjarnason (77′), T. Matthews for Harun Ibrahim (77′), J. de Kamps for F. Olsson (90′) and J. Persson for A. Ljungberg (90′).

Best player: T. Matthews​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sirius was T. Matthews even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Värnamo – Hammarby – 0-0
• Djurgården – Sirius – 2-4