IFK Goteborg vs Vasteras SK FK 1-0

IFK Goteborg beat Vasteras SK FK 1-0 at Gamla Ullevi, with Noah Tolf's ninth-minute goal settling it. The home side held on after taking an early lead, while Vasteras finished with 10 men after Elis Jager was sent off in stoppage time.

The only goal came in the 9th minute, when Noah Tolf finished from Oliver Mansson's assist to make it 1-0. That was the score at half-time.

Vasteras made two changes on 66 minutes, sending on Karl Gunnarsson for Mattias Hellisdal and Abdelrahman Saidi for Bonaventure Lendambi, and later made another double change on 87 minutes. IFK Goteborg made a 72nd-minute substitution of their own, with Kolbeinn Thordarson replacing Nino Žugelj, and then had Sam Larsson's missed penalty in the ninth minute of stoppage time. Elis Jager's dismissal on 90+6 minutes came before late bookings for Karl Gunnarsson and Thordarson.

The numbers pointed the other way in several areas. Vasteras had 54% possession, 488 passes to IFK Goteborg's 417, 12 shots to 3, 2 shots on target to 1 and 6 corners to 2, while the home side posted 2 saves compared with 0 for Vasteras. IFK Goteborg also committed 20 fouls to Vasteras's 10 and had 1 offside to the visitors' none, with xG at 0.16 to 0.5.

Bonaventure Lendambi was booked in the 6th minute, Jonathan Karlsson in the 63rd, Oliver Mansson in the 70th and Karl Gunnarsson in stoppage time. Vasteras had three yellow cards and one red, while IFK Goteborg had two yellows.