Östersunds FK 1:0 Östers IF: Superettan Match Result

Match report

Östersunds met Östers in the Superettan, regular season round 17, on Saturday 1 August. The hosts secured a narrow 1-0 win after a late breakthrough. It was a result built on patience rather than dominance.

The decisive moment came in stoppage time. Emil Özkan struck into the net at 90+4 to snatch it at the death. And here's the thing — you could feel the shift in the stadium once that ball hit the back of the net. The visitors had stayed compact for 90 minutes, but one mistake ends it.

The game saw five changes across the second half, with the hosts making three substitutions including Carl William Isaac Thellsson and Matias Tamminen. Yellow cards told a different story entirely: four for Östers against none for the hosts. Musa Jatta and Daniel Ask both received cautions in the closing stages.

The numbers painted a clear picture of control. Östersunds held 66 per cent possession with 112 attacks against 63 for the visitors. They registered 10 shots on target compared to just 3, though the visitors were marginally more accurate when they struck. To be fair, it takes a certain type of side to stay compact for 90 minutes under that pressure.

This keeps Östersunds third in the table with 39 points from 23 games. Östers remain eighth on 33 points, having won two and lost three in their last five outings. The gap between them is only four points now.

By then, the pattern was clear enough. Östersunds controlled the game without needing to score early, trusting their structure to hold. The hosts came into this with mixed form, yet showed they can raise the tempo when they need to.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 66 – 34

Shots on target 10 – 3

Shots off target 9 – 3

Attacks 112 – 63

🟨 45' Tatu Varmanen — Yellow card ⇄ 45' Carl William Isaac Thellsson — Substitution ⇄ 63' Matias Tamminen — Substitution ⇄ 67' Jabir Abdihakim Ali — Substitution 🟨 68' Musa Jatta — Yellow card ⇄ 80' Hannes·Bladh Pijaca — Substitution 🟨 90+1' Daniel Ask — Yellow card ⚽ 90+4' Emil Özkan — Goal 🟨 90+6' Samuel Burakovsky — Yellow card

Match events

45' 0:0 Östers IF Yellow card Tatu Varmanen
45' 0:0 Östers IF Substitution Carl William Isaac Thellsson off: Kalipha Jawla
63' 0:0 Östers IF Substitution Matias Tamminen off: Noah Söderberg
67' 0:0 Östersunds FK Substitution Jabir Abdihakim Ali off: Mario Palomino
68' 0:0 Östers IF Yellow card Musa Jatta
80' 0:0 Östers IF Substitution Hannes·Bladh Pijaca off: Al Hussein Salam Shakir Shakir
90+1' 0:0 Östers IF Yellow card Daniel Ask
90+4' 1:0 Östersunds FK Goal Emil Özkan
90+6' 1:0 Östers IF Yellow card Samuel Burakovsky

Statistics

66 Possession, % 34

10 Shots on target 3

9 Shots off target 3

112 Attacks 63

8 Corners 6

19 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 9

26 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

6 Blocked shots 1

0.40 Shot accuracy 0.43

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