BORåS. Elfsborg was after all too strong for Sirius with the goal of J. Voelkerling Persson (25′ own), A. Bernhardsson (45′) and S. Guðjohnsen (75′). Sirius was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Borås Arena stadium in Borås on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 5,021 spectators. The referee was Granit Maqedonci who was helped by Mark Josef and Daniel Gustavsson. The 4th official was Jovan Krsmanovic. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sirius was in firm control of the ball 64% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sirius was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Elfsborg was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Elfsborg shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sirius shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Elfsborg received 1 yellow card (N. Söderberg). On the opposite side, Sirius received 2 yellow cards (F. Rogić and A. Hellborg).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Elfsborg will have 33 points like Mjällby to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Sirius will stay with 25 points like Norrköping to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg will play away against Varberg BoIS on the 19th of October with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Elfsborg (3 draws).
Sirius will play away agasint Degerfors on the 8th of October with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Sirius (0 draws).
Elfsborg – Formation
Elfsborg started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Jimmy Thelin decided to play with the following team: Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson , Johan Larsson , Leo Väisänen , Sebastian Holmén , Simon Strand , Noah Söderberg , Michael Baidoo , André Rømer , Alexander Bernhardsson , Per Frick and Rasmus Alm .
The home team had on the bench: Jeppe Okkels , Oscar Aga, Maudo Jarjué, Ahmed Qasem, Jacob Ondrejka , Tim Rönning and Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen .
Elfsborg could not rely on the presence of S. Guðjohnsen (injured).
Substitutions
Elfsborg made 3 changes: P. Frick for S. Guðjohnsen (38′), A. Bernhardsson for J. Ondrejka (67′) and R. Alm for J. Okkels (81′).
Best player: Alexander Bernhardsson
The player that probably impressed the most for Elfsborg was Alexander Bernhardsson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Sirius – Formation
Sirius started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Daniel Bäckström played with: David Mitov Nilsson , Kevin Wright, Dennis Widgren , Jakob Voelkerling Persson , Marcus Mathisen , Óli Valur Ómarsson , Daniel Stensson , Jamie Roche , Tashreeq Matthews , Filip Rogić and Christian Kouakou , Yukiya Sugita .
These were the players on the bench: Tim Björkström, Adam Hellborg , Kristopher Da Graca, Tommi Vaiho, Edi Sylisufaj , Karl Larsson , Aron Bjarnason and Samuel Wikman.
Substitutions
Sirius made 4 changes: Ó. Ómarsson for E. Sylisufaj (61′), D. Stensson for A. Bjarnason (61′), D. Widgren for A. Hellborg (81′) and Y. Sugita for K. Larson (81′).
Best player: Filip Rogić
The most impressive player for Sirius was Filip Rogić.
His rating is with 88 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Allsvenskan.
- Mjällby – GIF Sundsvall – 1-1
- Elfsborg – Sirius – 3-0
- Helsingborg – Malmö FF – 1-2
- Djurgården – IFK Göteborg – 3-0
- AIK – Degerfors – 1-1