HALMSTAD. Halmstad was after all too much to handle for Kalmar with the goal of N. Mohammed (42′), N. Mohammed (51′) and Viktor Granath (61′). Kalmar was truly better in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Örjans Vall stadium in Halmstad on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Adi Aganovic assisted by Niklas Nyberg and Daniel Ekman. The 4th official was Rasmus Eriksson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kalmar had a superior ball possession 68% while Halmstad was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kalmar was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Halmstad succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Halmstad shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Kalmar shot 9 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Halmstad received 1 yellow card (E. Ahlstrand). On the opposite side, Kalmar received 1 yellow card (L. Sætra).

Standings

After this match, Halmstad will have 35 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Kalmar will stay with 42 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad will play away with Hammarby on the 12th of November with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Hammarby (9 draws).

Kalmar will host Djurgården on the 12th of November with a 22-13 head to head statistic in favor of Djurgården (3 draws).

Halmstad – Formation

Halmstad started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Magnus Haglund decided to play with the following team: M. Påhlsson (8.1), T. Boakye (7.0), Andreas Johansson (7.3), J. Baffoe (7.3), B. Hjertstrand (7.1), E. Ahlstrand (8.7), J. Allansson (7.0), Amir Al Ammari (7.0), K. Karlsson (6.6), Viktor Granath (7.5) and N. Mohammed (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: M. Nilsson Säfqvist, G. Wallentin, J. Svedberg, Villiam Granath (6.8), J. Cooper, G. Friberg, A. Ahlstrand and P. Carlsson.

Substitutions

Halmstad made 5 changes: K. Karlsson for Villiam Granath (75′), N. Mohammed for J. Svedberg (88′), B. Hjertstrand for G. Wallentin (89′), Amir Al Ammari for A. Ahlstrand (90′) and Viktor Granath for J. Cooper (90′).

Best player: E. Ahlstrand​

The most impressive player for Halmstad was E. Ahlstrand even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.7) with 26 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Kalmar – Formation

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

Henrik Jensen played with: Ricardo Friedrich (6.4), J. Karlsson (6.7), R. Sjöstedt (7.0), L. Sætra (6.8), D. Ólafsson (6.4), Melker Hallberg (7.0), R. Gojani (7.0), N. Girmai Netabay (6.6), S. Skrabb (7.5), D. Hümmet (7.0) and N. Shamoun (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: A. Lindahl (6.8), K. Jensen, S. Ylätupa, J. Trenskow (6.4), R. Jansson, A. Motaraghebjafarpour (7.0), A. Davoudi-Kia, Romário (6.8) and C. Andersson.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 5 changes: N. Girmai Netabay for J. Trenskow (56′), N. Shamoun for A. Lindahl (56′), Melker Hallberg for Romário (56′), L. Sætra for A. Motaraghebjafarpour (71′) and J. Karlsson for R. Jansson (88′).

Best player: S. Skrabb​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kalmar was S. Skrabb.

His rating is (7.5) with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Häcken – Malmö FF – 4-2
• Mjällby – Brommapojkarna – 1-1
• Halmstad – Kalmar – 3-0
• Elfsborg – Degerfors – 2-2