Sirius win to stay nine clear of Hammarby while Malmo resurgence continues

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hammarby-SQsg3nME/kalmar-rkrUu5ae/?mid=n1UgAnLU"]Hammarby 2-0 Kalmar[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a]'s surprise defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orgryte/CGT7Kq4j/"]Orgryte[/a] 24 hours earlier gave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a] the chance to take the "best of the rest" position outright, and it's a chance they took with a second win in a row following a poor run of form.[/p][p]They took the lead inside 10 minutes when a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/persson-noah/Ac6KoZwa/"]Noah Persson[/a] centre from the left caused havoc in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kalmar/rkrUu5ae/"]Kalmar[/a] box, before[b] it fell to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abraham-paulos/0GtFKhek/"]Paulos Abraham[/a], who lifted it over the goalkeeper for his seventh goal of the season.[/b][/p][embed guid="257bea66-fc71-44f4-aa37-98466ab987e6" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2076278519819092413" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bajen extended their lead five minutes into the second half, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madjed-montader/UTgEIbsn/"]Montader Madjed[/a] raced down the right and whipped in a low cross which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keita-aboubacar/2HRh97qG/"]Aboubacar Keita[/a] powered into his own net.[/b][/p][p]The home side were unable to take late opportunities to put icing on the cake, but they had done more than enough to maintain Kalmar's run of not picking up a single point on the road, despite only losing once at home, on the opening day. They remain in 12th place.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brommapojkarna-ELVAW0WQ/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=MHNc3YOp"]Brommapojkarna 1-2 Sirius[/a][/b][/p][p]Having thrown away their lead late on last time out against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] held firm this time to hold off a second-half comeback from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brommapojkarna/ELVAW0WQ/"]Brommapojkarna[/a] to stay unbeaten and nine points clear at the top.[/p][p]They went ahead in the 18th minute in spectacular fashion - [b]a corner was punched away by the BP goalkeeper to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjerkebo-isak/K2bsu3sF/"]Isak Bjerkebo[/a], who took one touch to set himself before taking aim, gliding the ball into the top corner from 25 yards.[/b][/p][embed guid="ce19315d-a476-4fa9-9557-40d3a33ebd61" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2076318478672302171" social-type="twitter" /][p]Sirius' second in the 40th minute was all of the home side's own making, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cotton-oskar/UBUBX5cJ/"]Oskar Cotton[/a] was too slow to clear the ball from his own box, allowing former Bromma Boy [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krusnell-oscar/xKmgSxB7/"]Oscar Krusnell[/a] to charge him down and pick out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ure-robbie/nwv3yIFM/"]Robbie Ure[/a], who didn't need a clean strike to score his league-high 12th[/b] of the season.[/p][p]Early in the second half, [b]a deep [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hansen-mads/44I4AOGU/"]Mads Hansen[/a] corner was nodded home by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/troelsen-andreas/QyavrnDM/"]Andreas Troelsen[/a][/b] to reduce the deficit, but the Uppsala side comfortably held on for their 10th win of the campaign, while BP slip to 11th place having gone three without a win.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/goteborg-UovQtopk/malmo-ff-tYNTdpar/?mid=2XtR8f1N"]Malmo 4-0 Goteborg[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/tYNTdpar/"]Malmo[/a] have made it three wins in a row and two out of two under Gaute Helstrup, thrashing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-goteborg/UovQtopk/"]Goteborg[/a] to move up to fifth, just a point off the European places, while the Gothenburg side remain in the relegation play-off place following successive defeats.[/p][p]It was thanks to a combination of goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olsen-robin/SpWIlYGj/"]Robin Olsen[/a] and the crossbar that Malmo weren't behind in the first four minutes, but once [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosengren-otto/QsnH2cMr/"]Otto Rosengren[/a]'s corner was headed in by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/djuric-andrej/UFhx7VHA/"]Andrej Djuric[/a][/b] in the ninth minute, there was no looking back for MFF.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/botheim-erik/vLP0leRk/"]Erik Botheim[/a] tucked home the second[/b] on the rebound midway through the half after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haksabanovic-sead/CbuYfCxP/"]Sead Haksabanovic[/a]'s shot was parried, and [b]Botheim made it a brace for himself in first-half added time[/b], tapping home after great work at the byline by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjostrand-oscar/fiqzQMgc/"]Oscar Sjostrand[/a].[/p][p]The rout was completed early in the second half when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hoog-anton/QwjtBJEQ/"]Anton Hoog[/a] raced away to score his first in Malmo colours[/b] after being played through by Botheim.[/p][embed guid="493b0754-1b91-471d-b8f9-4a0483d68043" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzvbYR9xO5I" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/gais-bJewAOTf/?mid=Sfn2EbXo"]GAIS 1-0 Elfsborg[/a][/b][/p][p]Malmo are behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a] on goal difference after the Mackerels beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a] by one goal, as they go unbeaten in three, while the Boras side are now a point behind in sixth having gone six without a win.[/p][p]Neither side were able to make the most of decent first-half opportunities, only for [b]Robert Thorkelsson to stamp his authority on the game[/b] six minutes into the second half, controlling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johansson-rasmus/ABLA0io5/"]Rasmus Niklasson[/a]'s cross superbly before poking it past the goalkeeper.[/p][embed guid="82e604c9-c28b-492f-abec-e7fb3efead70" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkgUrfwGfQg" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/degerfors-zNSwBuue/vasteras-sk-l8oLwJhB/?mid=EBAqRyHi"]Vasteras 2-0 Degerfors[/a][/b][/p][p]Three wins in their last four have taken [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vasteras-sk/l8oLwJhB/"]Vasteras[/a] to seventh in the table, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/degerfors/zNSwBuue/"]Degerfors[/a]' winless run has stretched to eight games, but still they stay above the bottom three on goal difference.[/p][p]A foul by goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/igonen-matvei/fTBAEFJu/"]Matvei Igonen[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baggesen-marcus/pjaSLFtG/"]Marcus Baggesen[/a] allowed [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ladefoged-mikkel/CUK33HdH/"]Mikkel Ladefoged[/a] to strike Vasteras ahead from the penalty spot [/b]with only seven minutes gone, before [b]Baggesen's deflected effor[/b]t following a short free-kick from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lushaku-ismet/OfKGgb3f/"]Ismet Lushaku[/a] settled the match in the 54th minute.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow every Allsvenskan match on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]