BORåS. Kalmar conquered Elfsborg to win 2-1. It was Kalmar to strike first with a goal of D. Islamović at the 39′. Then it was a goal in the 47′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Skrabb gave the win to Kalmar in the 55′ minute with a goal. Kalmar capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Borås Arena stadium in Borås on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim with the support of Fredrik Klyver and Robin Wilde. The 4th official was Fredrick Oppong. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.56 degrees Celsius or 40.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kalmar was in firm control of the ball 58% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Elfsborg was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Kalmar was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Elfsborg shot 18 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kalmar shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Elfsborg received 2 yellow cards (A. Baldursson and Ahmed Qasem). On the other side, Kalmar received 1 yellow card (R. Gojani).

Standings

After playing this contest, Elfsborg stays with 4 points like IFK Göteborg, Värnamo and Norrköping to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Kalmar will has 3 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg will play away with Norrköping on the 25th of April with a 15-8 head to head stats in favor of Elfsborg (6 draws).

Kalmar will host GAIS on the 25th of April with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Kalmar (6 draws).

Elfsborg – Formation

Elfsborg adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jimmy Thelin decided to play with the following team: Marcus Bundgaard Sörensen (6.3), Johan Larsson  (6.4), Sebastian Holmén (6.6), T. Yegbe (6.4), Niklas Hult (7.0), Jens Thomasen (7.3), A. Baldursson (7.5), Simon Hedlund (7.1), Besfort Zeneli (6.7), Arbër Zeneli (7.5) and Per Frick (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Jalal Abdulai (6.4), Timothy Noor Ouma, Ahmed Qasem (6.8), G. Rapp (6.6), André Boman, Camil Jebara, N. Söderberg (7.3), Ibrahim Buhari (6.3) and Isak Pettersson.

Elfsborg could not rely on the presence of Ibrahim Buhari (injured).

Substitutions

Elfsborg made 5 changes: Sebastian Holmén for Ibrahim Buhari (13′), Jens Thomasen for N. Söderberg (46′), Besfort Zeneli for Ahmed Qasem (46′), Per Frick for Jalal Abdulai (68′) and Arbër Zeneli for G. Rapp (74′).

Player of the match: A. Baldursson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elfsborg was A. Baldursson.

His rating is 7.5 with 46 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Kalmar – Formation

Also Kalmar adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Henrik Jensen played with: S. Brolin (7.5), A. Motaraghebjafarpour (7.5), L. Sætra (7.5), R. Sjöstedt (7.0), A. Gersbach (6.8), M. Hallberg (7.3), R. Gojani (6.3), Romário (7.3), J. Trenskow (7.3), D. Islamović (7.7) and S. Skrabb (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: K. Jensen (6.4), J. Ring (7.1), Axel Linus Jimmy Braun, William Andersson, A. Magashy (6.4), W. Andersson, R. Jansson, A. Davoudi-Kia and J. Kindberg.

Kalmar could not rely on the presence of A. Magashy (injured).

Substitutions

Kalmar made 3 changes: R. Gojani for J. Ring (46′), M. Hallberg for A. Magashy (45′) and D. Islamović for K. Jensen (82′).

Player of the match: S. Skrabb​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kalmar was S. Skrabb.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 46 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Elfsborg – Kalmar – 1-2