Mjällby 2–0 Inter Club d'Escaldes: the club's first win in European competition proper
Mjällby beat Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–0 in Matchday 1 of the Europa Conference League and earned the first win in the club's history in the main stage of European competition. The match was decided after the break: in the 54th minute Jacob Bergström opened the scoring, and Axel Norén made it 2–0.
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Two goals after the break
The hosts scored the first goal of the match in the 54th minute. Jacob Bergström poked the ball in from close range after Javi Díaz failed to hold Jeppe Kjær's shot, and gave Mjällby a 1–0 lead. The second goal came in the 65th minute. Axel Norén headed in from a corner to make it 2–0, with the assist credited to Abdullah Iqbal. Inter Club d'Escaldes did not respond for the rest of the match, so the scoreline stayed the same. Both goals came in the second half, a few minutes apart.
Possession for the visitors, shots for the hosts
The picture of the game differed from the result if you look at possession alone. Inter Club d'Escaldes had the ball more often, with 56% to Mjällby's 44%. The hosts, though, had 13 shots to the visitors' 9. The shots on target say the most: Mjällby had 7, and Inter Club d'Escaldes none. Corners were 6 to 3 in the hosts' favour, and Norén headed the second goal from one of them. The heroes of the match were both scorers: Bergström and Norén.
The visitors' run ends
For Inter Club d'Escaldes this was the first defeat after five matches unbeaten. The run ended in Helsingborg. The team's top scorer in the league is Faysal Chouaib, who scored 3 goals in 4 matches, but this time the visitors did not register a shot on target. The goal profile for this season shows that 2 of Inter Club d'Escaldes' 8 goals came after the 75th minute. In this match, though, they did not score any.
The Andorran club's debut
It was a historic match for the visitors. Inter Club d'Escaldes became the first Andorran club to play in the league phase of the Conference League, and the match in Helsingborg was their debut in the competition. They went into the match with 1 change in the starting eleven from the previous game. Mjällby made 3 changes to their starting line-up from the previous match.
First win in Europe
For Mjällby this is the first win in the main stage of European competition in the club's history. It was also Mjällby's first victory in the league phase of the Conference League. The win ended a run of ten competitive matches without a victory. After the first matchday Mjällby have three points and a goal difference of +2. The eight best teams of the league phase go straight through to the next knockout round, while places 9–24 play in the play-offs.