VäRNAMO. GAIS topped Värnamo to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was GAIS to strike first with a goal of Alexander Ahl Holmström at the 17′. Then William Milovanovic scored again for GAIS in the 26′ minute. Eventually, A. Zeljkovic reduced the distance for Värnamo a penalty (30′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Värnamo lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Finnvedsvallen stadium in Värnamo on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Oscar Johnson with the support of Andreas Svensson and Sebastian Robertsson. The 4th official was Andreas Dufva-Johansson. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.06 degrees Celsius or 46.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Värnamo had a strong ball possession 60% while GAIS was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Värnamo was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, GAIS succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Värnamo shot 11 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, GAIS shot 13 times, 9 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Värnamo received 5 yellow cards (Wenderson, J. Rapp, A. Zeljkovic, S. Kotto and S. Thern). On the other side, GAIS received 3 yellow cards (Joackim Aberg, Alexander Ahl Holmström and Amin Boudri).

Standings

After this match, Värnamo stays with 1 points to occupy the 11th place in the standings. On the opposite side, GAIS has 3 points (10th).

Next matches

Värnamo – Formation

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

The manager Anes Mravac decided to play with the following team: V. Andersson (7.5), V. Larsson (6.8), J. Rapp (6.8), S. Kotto (7.5), V. Bergh (7.0), W. Kenndal (6.8), Wenderson (7.5), S. Thern (7.0), G. Engvall (6.8), Carl Johansson (6.3) and A. Zeljkovic (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: E. Hasić, H. Näsström (6.7), J. Kalu (6.8), A. Lohikangas, M. Alsalkhadi, M. Bustos (6.8), F. Winsth, F. Adjei and D. Mikhail.

Substitutions

Värnamo made 3 changes: J. Rapp for J. Kalu (77′), W. Kenndal for H. Näsström (59′) and Carl Johansson for M. Bustos (59′).

Player of the match: A. Zeljkovic​

The most impressive player for Värnamo was A. Zeljkovic.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 30 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

GAIS – Formation

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

Fredrik Holmberg played with: Mergim Krasniqi (7.7), August Wängberg  (7.5), Robin Frej (6.6), A. Čardaklija (6.7), Harun Ibrahim (6.8), Gustav Lundgren (7.3), Joackim Aberg (6.4), William Milovanovic (8.4), C. Amatkarijo (7.0), Alexander Ahl Holmström (7.7) and Mervan Çelik (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Axel Norén, Robin Wendin Thomasson (7.0), Edvin Becirovic (7.0), K. Sims, Filip Gustafsson, Amin Boudri (6.7), Chisomnazu Chika Chidi, Axel Henriksson and Jonas Lindberg.

Substitutions

GAIS made 4 changes: C. Amatkarijo for Amin Boudri (66′), Mervan Çelik for Edvin Becirovic (66′), Joackim Aberg for Robin Wendin Thomasson (72′) and Alexander Ahl Holmström for Axel Norén (90′).

Player of the match: William Milovanovic​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for GAIS was William Milovanovic.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 19 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Värnamo – GAIS – 1-2
• Kalmar – Sirius – 1-2
• Djurgården – Häcken – 3-3