DEGERFORS. Degerfors and Värnamo didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Värnamo was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stora Valla stadium in Degerfors on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Kaspar Sjöberg with the assistance of Niclas Ivarsson and Daniel Gustavsson. The 4th official was Jim Eriksson. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Värnamo had a strong ball possession 59% while Degerfors was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Degerfors was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Degerfors to win the match​.

Degerfors shot 24 times, 5 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Värnamo shot 8 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Degerfors didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Värnamo received 3 yellow cards (E. Bećirović, Wenderson and O. Johansson).

Standings

After this contest, Degerfors will have 30 points to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Värnamo will have 37 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Allsvenskan, Degerfors will play away against Malmö FF on the 6th of November with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Malmö FF (0 draws).

Värnamo will host IFK Göteborg on the 6th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of IFK Göteborg (0 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: Jeffrey Gal (6.7), Gustav Granath (7.2), Gustaf Lagerbielke (7.4), Sebastian Ohlsson (7.1), Elyas Bouzaiene (7.1), Adam Carlen (6.9), Christos Gravius (7.3), Erik Lindell (7.1), Rasmus Örqvist (7.1), Omar Faraj (6.1) and Nikola Đurđić (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Diego Campos (7.1), Johan Bertilsson (7.0), Alfie Whiteman, Dijan Vukojevic (6.8), Sean Sabetkar, Justin Salmon and Anton Kralj.

Substitutions

Degerfors made 3 changes: N. Đurđić for D. Campos (20′), E. Lindell for J. Bertilsson (67′) and R. Örqvist for D. Vukojević (84′).

Best player: Gustaf Lagerbielke​

The player that probably impressed the most for Degerfors was Gustaf Lagerbielke.

His rating is (7.4) with 52 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

Värnamo – Formation

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

Kim Hellberg played with: Jonathan Rasheed (7.6), Robin Tihi (6.9), Victor Eriksson (8.1), Bernardo Vilar (7.8), Victor Larsson (7.0), Charlie Vindehall (6.8), Wenderson (6.4), Oscar Johansson (7.5), Edvin Becirovic (6.4), Marcus Antonsson (6.9) and Ajdin Zeljkovic (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Filipp Vojtekhnovich, David Edvardsson (6.4), Hampus Nasstrom, William Kenndal (7.0), Abdussalam Magashy (6.4), Jesper Dickman and Albin Lohikangas.

Värnamo could not rely on the presence of H. Näsström (injured).

Substitutions

Värnamo made 4 changes: E. Bećirović for W. Kenndal (59′), A. Zeljkovic for A. Magashy (67′), C. Vindehall for D. Edvardsson (84′) and A. Magashy for H. Näsström (84′).

Best player: Victor Eriksson​

The most impressive player for Värnamo was Victor Eriksson.

His rating is (8.1) with 63 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Degerfors – Värnamo – 0-0