Sirius vs IF Elfsborg 2-2

IF Elfsborg led twice at Studenternas IP, then had to settle for a 2-2 draw after Sirius scored twice in the last 20 minutes. Leo Hakan Ostman’s equaliser in the 87th minute denied the visitors all three points.

Julius Beck opened the scoring in the 20th minute, turning in Ari Sigurpalsson’s assist to put IF Elfsborg 1-0 up. The away side took that lead into half-time after a first half that also brought yellow cards for Sigurpalsson and Sirius’ Victor Svensson, who was booked in the 43rd minute. Sirius trailed 1-0 at the break.

Victor Svensson went off on 60 minutes and Adam Vikman came on for Sirius. IF Elfsborg made two changes on 62 minutes, with Simon Olsson and Ari Sigurpalsson replaced by Ossian Nordvall and Arbër Zeneli. Joakim Persson equalised in the 70th minute from Marcus Lindberg’s pass, then scored his second of the match three minutes later, again set up by Lindberg, to make it 2-1. IF Elfsborg clawed back level through Ostman in the 87th minute, assisted by Niklas Hult, after Sirius had also booked Mohamed Soumah in the 78th minute and brought on Otso Liimatta for Ake Andersson on 83 minutes.

Sirius had 53% of the ball and 502 passes to IF Elfsborg’s 458, but the visitors had more shots, 14 to 12, and more on target, 6 to 5. IF Elfsborg also led the xG numbers 1.24 to 0.84, won 8 corners to 6, and had 2 offsides to Sirius’ 1. Sirius made 4 saves and IF Elfsborg 2.

There were two yellow cards for each side. Sigurpalsson and Thomas Isherwood were booked for IF Elfsborg, while Sirius’ cautions went to Victor Svensson and Mohamed Soumah. There were no red cards.