BORåS. Kalmar prevails over Elfsborg with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Nanasi (42′) and a goal from F. Sachpekidis (45′). Kalmar took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).

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 4,779 spectators.​ The referee was Adam Ladebäck with the collaboration of Daniel Yng and Peter Allheim. The 4th official was Granit Maqedonci. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kalmar had a superior ball possession 60% while Elfsborg was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kalmar had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kalmar won the match.​

Elfsborg shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kalmar shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Elfsborg received 1 yellow card (J. Larsson). Regarding the opposition, Kalmar received 2 yellow cards (S. Skrabb and A. Lindahl).

Standings

After this encounter, Elfsborg will stay with 36 points like IFK Göteborg to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Kalmar will have 44 points like AIK to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Elfsborg will play away with AIK on the 6th of November with a 11-9 head to head in favor of AIK (13 draws).

Kalmar will host GIF Sundsvall on the 6th of November with a 9-5 head to head stats in favor of Kalmar (4 draws).

Elfsborg – Formation

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

The manager Jimmy Thelin decided to play with the following team: Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (7.0), Johan Larsson (6.8), Leo Väisänen (6.8), Maudo Jarjué (7.0), Simon Strand (6.3), Noah Söderberg (7.1), Michael Baidoo (7.2), André Rømer (6.8), Rasmus Alm (7.2), Per Frick (6.6) and Alexander Bernhardsson (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jacob Ondrejka (6.8), Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (6.8), Jeppe Okkels (6.4), Niklas Hult (6.3), Tim Rönning, Ibrahim Buhari and Emmanuel Boateng (6.7).

Elfsborg could not rely on the presence of S. Guðjohnsen (injured) and N. Hult (injured).

Substitutions

Elfsborg made 5 changes: P. Frick for S. Guðjohnsen (19′), A. Bernhardsson for J. Ondrejka (28′), S. Strand for N. Hult (28′), A. Rømer for E. Boateng (46′) and R. Alm for J. Okkels (77′).

Best player: Rasmus Alm​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Elfsborg was Rasmus Alm.

His rating is (7.2) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Kalmar – Formation

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

Henrik Rydström played with: Ricardo Friedrich (6.5), Axel Lindahl (7.4), Lars Saetra (6.9), Davíð Kristján Ólafsson (6.9), Johan Karlsson (7.1), Nahom Girmai (7.3), Romarinho (7.0), Carl Gustafsson (7.5), Filip Sachpekidis (7.1), Simon Skrabb (7.1) and Sebastian Nanasi (8.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sebastian Nilsson, Jakob Kindberg (6.8), Papa Diouf, Victor Backman, Noah Shamoun, Isak Bjerkebo and Adnan Kojić.

Substitutions

Kalmar made 3 changes: Ricardo Friedrich for J. Kindberg (68′), F. Sachpekidis for N. Shamoun (82′) and S. Skrabb for I. Bjerkebo (90′).

Best player: Sebastian Nanasi​

The most impressive player for Kalmar was Sebastian Nanasi.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• GIF Sundsvall – IFK Göteborg – 3-2
• Malmö FF – Värnamo – 0-0
• Elfsborg – Kalmar – 0-2
• Djurgården – Häcken – 0-1
• AIK – Helsingborg – 2-0