UPPSALA. Sirius defeats Norrköping with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Bjarnason (37′) and a goal from T. Matthews (45′).

J. Levi didn’t score a decisive penalty (64′). That would have allowed Norrköping to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Studenternas IP stadium in Uppsala on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 4,463 spectators.​ The referee was Kristoffer Karlsson with the assistance of Mark Josef and Niclas Ivarsson. The 4th official was Odai Al-Wani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sirius was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Norrköping that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sirius was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sirius won the match​.

Sirius shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Norrköping shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Sirius received 3 yellow cards (M. Mathisen, C. Kouakou and A. Bjarnason). On the other side, Norrköping received 1 yellow card (A. Eriksson).

Standings

After this encounter, Sirius will have 30 points to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Norrköping will stay with 29 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Sirius will host Varberg BoIS on the 6th of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Sirius (2 draws).

Norrköping will play away agasint Häcken on the 6th of November with a 11-9 head to head statistic in favor of Norrköping (3 draws).

Sirius – Formation

Sirius started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Daniel Bäckström decided to play with the following team: Tommi Vaiho (7.3), Filip Rogić (7.0), Tim Björkström (7.4), Marcus Mathisen (7.3), Óli Valur Ómarsson (6.1), Jamie Roche (6.4), Daniel Stensson (7.3), Dennis Widgren (6.9), Aron Bjarnason (7.4), Christian Kouakou (6.4) and Tashreeq Matthews (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Yukiya Sugita (6.2), Patrick Nwadike, Samuel Wikman, Jakob Voelkerling Persson, Adam Vikman, Hannes Sveijer, Edi Sylisufaj (6.3) and Kristopher Da Graca.

Substitutions

Sirius made 5 changes: Ó. Ómarsson for Y. Sugita (61′), T. Matthews for E. Sylisufaj (73′), A. Bjarnason for Kristopher Da Graca (86′), D. Stensson for J. Voelkerling Persson (86′) and C. Kouakou for P. Nwadike (86′).

Best player: Tim Björkström​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sirius was Tim Björkström even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 69 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Norrköping – Formation

Norrköping started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Glen Riddersholm played with: Oscar Jansson (6.1), Godswill Ekpolo (6.6), Marco Lund (6.8), Anton Eriksson (6.5), Viktor Agardius (6.2), Daniel Eid (6.6), Jacob Ortmark (7.4), Ari Freyr Skúlason (7.1), Jonathan Levi (6.8), Arnór Traustason (7.0) and Laorent Shabani (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Maic Sema (6.2), Andri Guðjohnsen (6.7), Edvin Tellgren, Wille Jakobsson, Fritiof Hellichius (6.6), Egzon Binaku (6.5) and Christoffer Nyman (6.2).

Norrköping could not rely on the presence of F. Hellichius (injured).

Substitutions

Norrköping made 5 changes: V. Agardius for E. Binaku (22′), A. Traustason for F. Hellichius (42′), A. Skúlason for A. Guðjohnsen (46′), D. Eid for C. Nyman (71′) and L. Shabani for M. Sema (72′).

Best player: Jacob Ortmark​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Norrköping was Jacob Ortmark.

His rating is (7.4) with 45 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

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

• Sirius – Norrköping – 2-0
• Värnamo – Kalmar – 1-3
• Helsingborg – Varberg BoIS – 1-3
• Häcken – GIF Sundsvall – 4-1