UPPSALA. Sirius was finally too much to handle for Halmstad with the goal of Noel Milleskog (23′), Yousef Salech (56′) and Jonathan Svedberg (90′ own). Sirius capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Studenternas IP stadium in Uppsala on Monday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Adam Ladebäck with the collaboration of Daniel Yng and Anton Sjöberg. The 4th official was Victor Wolf. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.85 degrees Celsius or 42.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sirius had a superior ball possession 60% while Halmstad was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sirius had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sirius won the match​.

Sirius shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Halmstad shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sirius received 2 yellow cards (Noel Milleskog and Joakim Persson). On the opposite side, Halmstad received 4 yellow cards (Joseph Baffoe, Amir Al-Ammari, Birnir Snaer Ingason and Naeem Mohammed).

Standings

After this match, Sirius has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Halmstad stays with 0 points (14th).

Next matches

Sirius – Formation

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

The manager Christer Mattiasson decided to play with the following team: David Mitov Nilsson (7.5), Jakob Voelkerling Persson (8.1), Henrik Castegren (7.9), Tobias Carlsson (7.0), Dennis Widgren (7.3), Daniel Stensson  (7.3), L. Walta (7.7), Noel Milleskog (8.2), Melker Heier (6.7), Joakim Persson (7.3) and Yousef Salech (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Michael Martin (7.0), Filip Olsson, Andreas Murbeck, Herman Sjögrell (6.8), Adam Vikman (7.0), Victor Arvid Ekström, André Al-Sanati, Jakob Tannander and Malcolm Jeng (6.7).

Sirius could not rely on the presence of Malcolm Jeng (injured).

Substitutions

Sirius made 4 changes: Joakim Persson for Michael Martin (79′), Daniel Stensson  for Herman Sjögrell (79′), Melker Heier for Adam Vikman (87′) and Tobias Carlsson for Malcolm Jeng (36′).

Player of the match: Noel Milleskog​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sirius was Noel Milleskog.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Halmstad – Formation

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

Magnus Haglund played with: T. Erlandsson (6.6), Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (6.0), Andreas Johansson  (7.0), Joseph Baffoe (6.4), Vinícius Nogueira (6.8), Joel Allansson (6.8), Jonathan Svedberg (6.8), Amir Al-Ammari (6.4), Birnir Snaer Ingason (6.7), Viktor Granath (7.1) and Naeem Mohammed (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Gabriel Wallentin, Albin Ahlstrand (6.6), Villiam Granath (6.4), Gustav Friberg, Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul, Marcus Olsson, Alex Hjalmar Hall (6.8), B. Kurtulus and R. Nielsen.

Substitutions

Halmstad made 3 changes: Joel Allansson for Albin Ahlstrand (63′), Viktor Granath for Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (90′) and Amir Al-Ammari for Villiam Granath (86′).

Player of the match: Viktor Granath​

The player that probably impressed the most for Halmstad was Viktor Granath.

His rating is 7.1 with 18 passes (44% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• IFK Göteborg – Djurgården – 1-4
• Sirius – Halmstad – 3-0
• AIK – Västerås SK – 1-0
• Elfsborg – Värnamo – 2-2