Vasteras SK FK vs Halmstad 1-2

Halmstad came from behind to win 2-1 at Vasteras SK FK, with Hussein Carneil’s stoppage-time goal settling it after Pascal Gregor had levelled late on. Vasteras led for most of the night after Jonathan Karlsson struck before half-time.

Karlsson opened the scoring in the 45th minute, turning in Abdelrahman Saidi’s assist to make it 1-0. That stayed the same at the break, with Vasteras ahead 1-0.

The home side made two changes in the 76th minute, while Halmstad had already made two in the 71st minute and another two in the 83rd minute. Gregor equalised in the 86th minute, heading in from Gabriel Wallentin, who had come on in the 83rd minute, to make it 1-1. Halmstad then completed the turnaround three minutes into stoppage time when Carneil scored from Joel Allansson’s assist for 2-1.

Vasteras had 51% possession and 557 passes to Halmstad’s 543, and also led the shot count 19-9, with 7 shots on target to 4. They had 10 corners to Halmstad’s 1, while the visitors recorded 6 saves to Vasteras’s 3 and the home side posted 2.05 expected goals to Halmstad’s 0.37. Fouls finished 5-8 and offsides 3-0.

Rami Kaib was booked for Halmstad in the 72nd minute.