HALMSTAD. Sirius succeeded in capture a draw against Halmstad with a late goal from C. Kouakou scored in the (90′) after Halmstad got a lead with a goal from S. Karim (13′). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Örjans Vall stadium in Halmstad on Monday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Granit Maqedonci who was helped by Mikael Hallin and Niclas Ivarsson. The 4th official was Adi Aganovic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Sirius was in firm control of the ball 61% while Halmstad was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Sirius was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Sirius to win the match.
Halmstad shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sirius shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Halmstad received 1 yellow card (S. Lundevall). On the other side, Sirius received 4 yellow cards (A. Ståhl, C. Kouakou, Y. Sugita and J. Ortmark).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Halmstad will have 22 points like IFK Göteborg to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Sirius will have 27 points like Varberg BoIS to stay in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Halmstad will host Östersunds FK on the 2nd of October with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Halmstad (1 draw).
Sirius will play away agasint Kalmar on the 3rd of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Sirius (4 draws).
Halmstad – Formation

Halmstad started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Magnus Haglund decided to play with the following team: Malkolm Nilsson
, Edvin Kurtulus , Andreas Johansson , Joseph Baffo , Andreas Bengtsson , Samuel Kroon , Joel Allansson , Amir Al Ammari , Emil Tot Wikstrom , Sadat Karim and Marcus Antonsson .The home team had on the bench: Mikael Boman, Thomas Boakye
, Simon Lundevall , Alexander Johansson, Malte Pahlsson, Alexander Berntsson and Dusan Djuric.Substitutions
Halmstad made 2 changes: E. Wikström for T. Boakye (77′) and S. Kroon for S. Lundevall (77′).
Best player: Andreas Johansson
The player that probably impressed the most for Halmstad was Andreas Johansson.
His rating is
with 31 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.Sirius – Formation

Sirius started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Daniel Bäckström played with: August Ahlin
, Tim Björkström , Joseph Colley , Marcus Mathisen , Adam Stahl , Moustafa Zeidan , Jacob Ortmark , Johan Karlsson , Laorent Shabani , Christian Kouakou and Yukiya Sugita .They had on the bench: Edi Sylisufaj
, Adam Hellborg, Herman Sjögrell , Nahom Girmai, Karim Fegrouche, Jamie Roche and Dennis Widgren .Substitutions
Sirius made 3 changes: Y. Sugita for D. Widgren (57′), J. Karlsson for H. Sjögrell (58′) and L. Shabani for E. Sylisufaj (83′).
Best player: August Ahlin
The player that probably impressed the most for Sirius was the goalkeeper: August Ahlin. His rating is 8.11. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.