DEGERFORS. Degerfors overcome Halmstad to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Degerfors to strike first with an early goal of J. Bertilsson at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 17′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, V. Dahlström gave the win to Degerfors in the 30′ minute with a goal. Halmstad lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stora Valla stadium in Degerfors on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Glenn Nyberg with the assistance of Mahbod Beigi and Simon Kristensson. The 4th official was Richard Sundell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Halmstad had a strong ball possession 59% while Degerfors was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Halmstad was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Degerfors found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Degerfors shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Halmstad shot 23 times, 6 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Degerfors received 3 yellow cards (J. Bertilsson, A. Rajamohan and A. Rajamohan). On the opposite side, Halmstad received 1 yellow card (E. Kurtulus).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Degerfors will have 25 points to stay in the 11th place. On the other side, Halmstad will stay with 23 points to stay in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Degerfors will play away against Örebro on the 25th of October with a 1-1 head to head record.
Halmstad will play away agasint Häcken on the 23rd of October with a 13-4 head to head statistic in favor of Häcken (3 draws).
Degerfors – Formation
Degerfors started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Andreas Holmberg decided to play with the following team: Alfie Whiteman , Sean Sabetkar , Oliver Ekroth , Sebastian Ohlsson , Erik Lindell , Adam Carlen , Christos Gravius , Axel Lindahl , Johan Bertilsson , Villiam Dahlström and Abdelrahman Saidi .
The home team had on the bench: Sargon Abraham, Adhavan Rajamohan, Jeffrey Gal, Justin Salmon , Jonathan Tamimi , Gustav Granath and Christoffer Wiktorsson.
Substitutions
Degerfors made 2 changes: V. Dahlström for J. Salmon (76′) and A. Lindahl for Jonathan Tamimi (76′).
Best player: Villiam Dahlström
The most impressive player for Degerfors was Villiam Dahlström.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Halmstad – Formation
Halmstad started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, Magnus Haglund played with: Malkolm Nilsson , Edvin Kurtulus , Andreas Johansson , Joseph Baffo , Andreas Bengtsson , Samuel Kroon , Joel Allansson , Amir Al Ammari , Emil Tot Wikstrom , Sadat Karim and Marcus Antonsson .
These were the players on the bench: Simon Lundevall , Mikael Boman, Thomas Boakye, Alexander Johansson, Malte Pahlsson, Erik Ahlstrand and Alexander Berntsson.
Substitutions
Halmstad made 4 changes: E. Wikström for S. Lundevall (73′), S. Kroon for E. Ahlstrand (73′), E. Kurtulus for Alexander Johansson (88′) and A. Bengtsson for A. Berntsson (88′).
Best player: Amir Al Ammari
The most impressive player for Halmstad was Amir Al Ammari.
His rating is with 1 goal, 82 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
- Degerfors – Halmstad – 2-1
- Sirius – Varberg BoIS – 2-1
- Östersunds FK – Malmö FF – 0-3