Halmstad beat Orgryte in Allsvenskan basement battle as Kalmar climb

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/halmstad-Mmsc26yL/orgryte-CGT7Kq4j/?mid=jDs6fqPF"]Halmstad 2-0 Orgryte[/a][/b][/p][p]Crowd disruption meant [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orgryte/CGT7Kq4j/"]Orgryte[/a]'s previous match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-goteborg/UovQtopk/"]Goteborg[/a] finished 24 hours later than planned. That disrupted their preparation to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a], while conceding late in the derby did nothing to help morale.[/p][p]Halmstad, meanwhile, had shown signs of improvement, as they drew at high-flying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a] last time out to end their three-game losing run.[/p][p]It seemed like the home side had no better chance to earn a first win of the season, and it's a chance they took - 32 minutes in, a low [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arvidsson-ludvig/zJ4NAj0c/"]Ludvig Arvidsson[/a] cross was half-cleared to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ascone-rocco/ht7kyCFp/"]Rocco Ascone[/a], who caught it sweetly on the half-volley[/b] and it flew past the goalkeeper.[/p][embed guid="bf324bfc-f9ad-4421-a9bb-44f27328803a" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2058201623227244736" social-type="twitter" /][p]Less than 10 minutes into the second half, teenager [b]Arvidsson capped off a memorable afternoon by latching onto a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carneil-hussein/KrAioBx0/"]Hussein Carneil[/a] through ball, holding off the challenge of his marker and prodding the ball in[/b] off the post.[/p][p]OIS conjured up a handful of efforts on goal in reply, but they failed to find a way through and Halmstad earned their first win at the ninth attempt, moving into 14th above Goteborg on goal difference, while Orgryte's fourth defeat in a row sees them replace HBK at the foot of the table.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/degerfors-zNSwBuue/kalmar-rkrUu5ae/?mid=Iaqbd5f3"]Kalmar 2-1 Degerfors[/a][/b][/p][p]While Orgryte are struggling, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kalmar/rkrUu5ae/"]Kalmar[/a] are the best-performing of the three promoted sides, reaching 10 points with a home victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/degerfors/zNSwBuue/"]Degerfors[/a], who are now a point behind and without a win in five.[/p][p]The key moment came two minutes before half-time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] loanee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sagoe-junior-charles/batnmSOA/"]Charles Sagoe[/a] Jr ran onto a through ball down the left and pulled it back across the area. It looked to have evaded everyone, until the arriving [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jansson-rony/tGVb8cJj/"]Rony Jansson[/a] stretched for it and sent it bobbling into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p]If that finish was scruffy, then [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosenqvist-charlie/nyDc3SI6/"]Charlie Rosenqvist[/a]'s was anything but when he put daylight between the teams[/b] with a quarter of the match to go - a searching cross from Jansson was met with a cushioned volley from the teenager which gave the goalkeeper no chance.[/p][embed guid="e07708a6-c133-49a7-9ce5-2b150e384b17" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2058203730600673442" social-type="twitter" /][p]Kalmar are up to ninth, ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/tYNTdpar/"]Malmo[/a] on goal difference, while Degerfors are 12th and could drop into the bottom three if results later in this round go against them.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow all the Allsvenskan scores on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]