UEFA Europa League

IF Elfsborg vs FK Qarabag, 2024-25 UEFA Europa League, League Phase

· UEFA Europa League
IF Elfsborg
  • 57': Ahmed Qasem
FT
1 - 0
FK Qarabag

    About

    IF Elfsborg are hosting FK Qarabag at Borås Arena, Boras, Sweden, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Foul by Ibrahim Buhari (Elfsborg).
    • 3': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg).
    • 4': Matheus Silva (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg).
    • 5': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Niklas Hult.
    • 10': Foul by Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg).
    • 10': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Delay in match because of an injury Matheus Silva (Qarabag).
    • 15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 24': Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Ahmed Qasem with a headed pass.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Timothy Ouma (Elfsborg) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left.
    • 24': Offside, Elfsborg. Sebastian Holmén is caught offside.
    • 26': Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Badavi Hüseynov (Qarabag).
    • 27': Foul by Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg).
    • 27': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 28': Dangerous play by Niklas Hult (Elfsborg).
    • 28': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Juninho (Qarabag) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Badavi Hüseynov.
    • 30': Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Marko Jankovic (Qarabag).
    • 35': Foul by Terry Yegbe (Elfsborg).
    • 35': Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Michael Baidoo (Elfsborg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 36': Corner, Elfsborg. Conceded by Mateusz Kochalski.
    • 37': Foul by Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg).
    • 37': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Timothy Ouma (Elfsborg).
    • 40': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Juninho (Qarabag) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oleksii Kashchuk with a cross.
    • 42': Foul by Michael Baidoo (Elfsborg).
    • 42': Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 43': Foul by Marko Vesovic (Qarabag).
    • 43': Niklas Hult (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Niklas Hult.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Juninho (Qarabag) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marko Jankovic with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Elfsborg 0, Qarabag 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Elfsborg 0, Qarabag 0.
    • 47': Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag).
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Niklas Hult (Elfsborg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 47': Foul by Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg).
    • 47': Juninho (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 55': Offside, Elfsborg. Simon Hedlund is caught offside.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Hedlund.
    • 56': Corner, Elfsborg. Conceded by Júlio Romão.
    • 57': Goal! Elfsborg 1, Qarabag 0. Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Besfort Zeneli with a cross following a corner.
    • 59': Elvin Cafarquliyev (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Timothy Ouma (Elfsborg).
    • 60': Foul by Michael Baidoo (Elfsborg).
    • 60': Matheus Silva (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Badavi Hüseynov (Qarabag).
    • 60': Simon Hedlund (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Badavi Hüseynov (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Offside, Elfsborg. Terry Yegbe is caught offside.
    • 66': Ahmed Qasem (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Elvin Cafarquliyev (Qarabag).
    • 66': Substitution, Qarabag. Leandro Andrade replaces Oleksii Kashchuk.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Abdellah Zoubir (Qarabag) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elvin Cafarquliyev with a cross.
    • 69': Foul by Timothy Ouma (Elfsborg).
    • 69': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Substitution, Elfsborg. Gottfrid Rapp replaces Arbër Zeneli.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Matheus Silva.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Michael Baidoo (Elfsborg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gottfrid Rapp.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Marko Vesovic (Qarabag) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
    • 73': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Terry Yegbe.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdellah Zoubir.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Gottfrid Rapp (Elfsborg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Besfort Zeneli.
    • 76': Foul by Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg).
    • 76': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Substitution, Elfsborg. Rami Kaib replaces Ahmed Qasem.
    • 77': Substitution, Elfsborg. Emil Holten replaces Michael Baidoo.
    • 77': Substitution, Qarabag. Emmanuel Addai replaces Júlio Romão.
    • 78': Substitution, Qarabag. Toral Bayramov replaces Marko Vesovic.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 79': Juninho (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card.
    • 79': Foul by Emil Holten (Elfsborg).
    • 79': Matheus Silva (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Leandro Andrade (Qarabag) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 81': Foul by Emil Holten (Elfsborg).
    • 81': Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Timothy Ouma (Elfsborg).
    • 84': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 85': Foul by Rami Kaib (Elfsborg).
    • 85': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Rami Kaib (Elfsborg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 86': Substitution, Qarabag. Patrick Andrade replaces Marko Jankovic.
    • 86': Delay in match (Qarabag).
    • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Substitution, Qarabag. Nariman Akhundzada replaces Elvin Cafarquliyev.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Yassine Benzia (Qarabag) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Andrade.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Nariman Akhundzada (Qarabag) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
    • 90': Corner, Qarabag. Conceded by Niklas Hult.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Badavi Hüseynov (Qarabag) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yassine Benzia with a cross following a corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Badavi Hüseynov (Qarabag) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Emil Holten (Elfsborg).
    • 90'+4': Besfort Zeneli (Elfsborg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Yassine Benzia (Qarabag).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Elfsborg 1, Qarabag 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Elfsborg 1, Qarabag 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 20
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 2
    2 Saves 2
    70.1 Possession 29.9
    14 SHOTS 9
    2 ON GOAL 3
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    594 Accurate Passes 205
    670 Passes 287
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    5 Accurate Crosses 1
    28 Crosses 6
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    47 Long Balls 57
    29 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.2
    6 Blocked Shots 2
    12 Effective Tackles 16
    22 Tackles 23
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    13 Interceptions 11
    11 Effective Clearances 28
    11 Clearances 28

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Borås Arena
    Location: Boras, Sweden
    Attendance: 6,278

    UEFA Europa League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Lazio 6 +11 16
    2 Athletic Club 6 +9 16
    3 Anderlecht 6 +5 14
    4 Lyon 6 +8 13
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    ELF IF Elfsborg (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    31 Isak Pettersson (GK)
    29 Ibrahim Buhari
    2 Terry Yegbe
    8 Sebastian Holmén
    16 Timothy Ouma
    27 Besfort Zeneli
    23 Niklas Hult
    15 Simon Hedlund
    10 Michael Baidoo
    18 Ahmed Qasem
    9 Arbër Zeneli
    IF Elfsborg Substitutes:
    Gottfrid Rapp, Melker Uppenberg, Emil Holten, Gustav Henriksson, Rami Kaib, Johan Larsson, Leo Östman, Jalal Abdulai, Marcus Bundgaard Sorensen, Jens Thomasen, Frode Aronsson, Ludvig Richtnér.

    QAR FK Qarabag (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    99 Mateusz Kochalski (GK)
    55 Badavi Hüseynov Yellow Card
    2 Matheus Silva
    44 Elvin Cafarquliyev
    29 Marko Vesovic
    7 Yassine Benzia
    6 Julio Rodrigues Romao
    8 Marko Jankovic Yellow Card
    18 Juninho Yellow Card
    10 Abdellah Zoubir
    21 Oleksiy Kashchuk
    FK Qarabag Substitutes:
    Richard Almeida, Tural Bayramov, Sadiq Mammadzada, Leandro Andrade, Musa Qurbanly, Abbas Huseynov, Patrick Andrade, Emmanuel Addai, Nariman Akhundzade, Fabijan Buntic.

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