MALMö. Malmö FF tops Elfsborg 1-0 after I. Kiese scored a penalty (57′). Malmö FF was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Swedbank Stadion stadium in Malmö on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 21,562 spectators.​ The referee was Glenn Nyberg with the support of Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Söderkvist. The 4th official was Adam Ladebäck. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.35 degrees Celsius or 45.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Malmö FF had a superior ball possession 65% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Malmö FF was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Malmö FF won the match​.

Malmö FF shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Elfsborg shot 5 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Malmö FF received 5 yellow cards (S. Peña, S. Rieks, P. Jansson, S. Peña and Busanello). On the opposite side, Elfsborg received 2 yellow cards (M. Baidoo and P. Frick).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Malmö FF will have 64 points like Elfsborg to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Elfsborg will stay with 64 points like Malmö FF to hold in the 2nd place.

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Malmö FF – Formation

Malmö FF started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Henrik Rydström decided to play with the following team: J. Dahlin (7.3), M. Olsson (6.8), P. Jansson (7.5), D. Cornelius (7.5), T. Ali (7.0), L. Johnsen (7.1), S. Peña (7.7), Busanello (6.4), S. Nanasi (7.3), I. Kiese Thelin (7.3) and S. Vecchia (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: J. Knudsen, N. Moisander (6.7), S. Rieks (7.3), O. Lewicki (6.4), M. Siby, S. Jørgensen, O. Rosengren (7.0), I. Diawara and A. Skogmar.

Malmö FF could not rely on the presence of N. Moisander (injured) and S. Rieks (injured).

Substitutions

Malmö FF made 4 changes: M. Olsson for N. Moisander (40′), T. Ali for O. Lewicki (85′), S. Peña for O. Rosengren (85′) and S. Vecchia for S. Rieks (72′).

Best player: S. Peña​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Malmö FF was S. Peña even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 61 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Elfsborg – Formation

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

Jimmy Thelin played with: H. Valdimarsson (6.4), J. Larsson (6.6), S. Holmén (6.7), I. Buhari (7.7), N. Hult (6.3), M. Baidoo (6.3), J. Thomasen (7.0), Andri Fannar Baldursson (6.8), A. Bernhardsson (6.8), P. Frick (6.6) and J. Okkels (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: G. Henriksson, S. Guðjohnsen (6.6), J. Abdulai (6.6), A. Qasem (6.6), A. Boman, C. Jebara, B. Zeneli (7.0), N. Söderberg (6.3) and T. Rönning.

Substitutions

Elfsborg made 5 changes: P. Frick for S. Guðjohnsen (58′), J. Okkels for A. Qasem (58′), Andri Fannar Baldursson for J. Abdulai (78′), J. Thomasen for N. Söderberg (72′) and A. Bernhardsson for B. Zeneli (73′).

Best player: I. Buhari​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elfsborg was I. Buhari.

His rating is (7.7) with 36 passes (44% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Varberg BoIS – IFK Göteborg – 1-2
• Malmö FF – Elfsborg – 1-0
• Degerfors – Mjällby – 1-2
• Brommapojkarna – Häcken – 2-1
• Kalmar – Djurgården – 2-1
• Sirius – Norrköping – 2-0
• Hammarby – Halmstad – 2-2
• AIK – Värnamo – 3-1