STOCKHOLM. Hammarby was after all too much to handle for Elfsborg with the goal of N. Besara (49′), V. Đukanović (69′) and J. Erabi (76′). Hammarby was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Tele2 Arena stadium in Stockholm on Monday and it started at 7:10 pm local time. The referee was Glenn Nyberg who was helped by Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Söderkvist. The 4th official was Erik Mattsson.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Hammarby was in firm control of the ball 62% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Elfsborg was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Hammarby managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Hammarby shot 12 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Elfsborg shot 18 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Hammarby received 1 yellow card (O. Johansson). Talking about the opposition, Elfsborg received 2 yellow cards (Michael Baidoo and Sebastian Holmén).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Hammarby has 6 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Elfsborg stays with 4 points (10th).
Next matches
Hammarby – Formation
Hammarby adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Kim Hellberg decided to play with the following team: O. Dovin
, H. Skoglund , E. Kurtulus , P. Vagić , S. Pinas , A. Boudah , T. Tekie , O. Johansson , V. Đukanović , J. Erabi and N. Besara .The home team had on the bench: F. Hammar
, M. Fenger, Montader Madjed, D. Gül, S. Strand, M. Karlsson, K. Gyamfi, D. Blažević and B. Touré.Hammarby could not rely on the presence of K. Gyamfi (injured).
Substitutions
Hammarby made 4 changes: A. Boudah for F. Hammar (62′), V. Đukanović for Montader Madjed (88′), J. Erabi for D. Gül (88′) and E. Kurtulus for K. Gyamfi (90′).
Player of the match: N. Besara
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hammarby was N. Besara.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 41 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.Elfsborg – Formation
Also Elfsborg adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jimmy Thelin played with: Marcus Bundgaard Sörensen
, Johan Larsson , Sebastian Holmén , T. Yegbe , Niklas Hult , N. Söderberg , Jens Thomasen , Simon Hedlund , Michael Baidoo , Arbër Zeneli and Jalal Abdulai .These were the players on the bench: A. Baldursson
, Timothy Noor Ouma, Ahmed Qasem , Rami Kaib, Dion Krasniqi , Camil Jebara , Besfort Zeneli , Ibrahim Buhari and Isak Pettersson.Substitutions
Elfsborg made 5 changes: N. Söderberg for A. Baldursson (61′), Simon Hedlund for Ahmed Qasem (75′), Jens Thomasen for Camil Jebara (75′), Jalal Abdulai for Dion Krasniqi (75′) and Arbër Zeneli for Besfort Zeneli (75′).
Player of the match: Besfort Zeneli
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elfsborg was Besfort Zeneli.
His rating is
with 8 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 75′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.