Sirius put on late show to beat Elfsborg and stay nine clear of Hammarby

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=6u4RygV9"]Elfsborg 1-3 Sirius[/a][/b][/p][p]Unbeaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] were looking for a second win in a row and an 11th of the season, but for a long time it looked to be 13th match unlucky for the visitors from Uppsala, who failed to breakthrough in the first half, even after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wikstrom-rasmus/SfXh1qu7/"]Rasmus Wikstrom[/a] hauled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ure-robbie/nwv3yIFM/"]Robbie Ure[/a] over inside the box - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjerkebo-isak/K2bsu3sF/"]Isak Bjerkebo[/a]'s tame penalty was saved by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-isak/nR8Wp1xF/"]Isak Pettersson[/a].[/b][/p][p]But Bjerkebo made amends eight minutes from time, when his [b]corner was perfect for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soumah-mohamed/2XtU44bc/"]Mohamed Soumah[/a] to loop over Pettersson[/b] to finally give Sirius the lead. Bjerkebo wasn't done there - two minutes later, he went on a wonderful run down the left wing from inside his own helf before cutting inside and shooting, Pettersson was equal to it, [b]but Ure followed in to score his 13th of the season.[/b][/p][embed guid="94f68a20-0ca5-468c-b42b-bed166014747" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2078876214509408652" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krusnell-oscar/xKmgSxB7/"]Oscar Krusnell[/a] then gave the home side hope by [b]turning the ball into his own net[/b] in the 88th minute, only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmen-sebastian/U1YbVX1A/"]Sebastian Holmen[/a] to slip in midfield, and that was all the invitation [b]Ure needed to race away and settle the tie with his 14th[/b], and his seventh in July alone.[/p][p]For [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a], three defeats in a row coming immediately after four consecutive draws leaves them in ninth, albeit just five points off the European places they were recently among.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/degerfors-zNSwBuue/hammarby-SQsg3nME/?mid=SlqhNgGG"]Hammarby 4-0 Degerfors[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a] ensured Sirius' lead did not reach double figures thanks to a comfortable win at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/degerfors/zNSwBuue/"]Degerfors[/a] - a third win in a row since the summer break for the hosts, and a third loss in a row for the visitors.[/p][p]The opener arrived late in the first half when a [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lind-victor/QDJ0B41O/"]Victor Lind[/a] shot was parried straight to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abraham-paulos/0GtFKhek/"]Paulos Abraham[/a], who tucked away the rebound[/b]. [i]Bajen [/i]put Degerfors to the sword with three goals in six second-half minutes, the first of which arrived with just over 20 minutes to go as [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madjed-montader/UTgEIbsn/"]Montader Madjed[/a] played a one-two with Lind before finishing in style.[/b][/p][p]The third arrived soon after as Hammarby players were queuing up to finish a ball into the box before finally [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/karlsson-markus/MeholeaS/"]Markus Karlsson[/a] set it back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tekie-tesfaldet/6e9Q2RGL/"]Tesfaldet Tekie[/a] to curl into the top corner from 25 yards[/b], then [b]Madjed added his second with another curling effort[/b] from just outside the area.[/p][embed guid="db6c97c4-1308-4c5c-8db2-e6ae36c802d5" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2078873108484620788" social-type="twitter" /][p]Goteborg's win earlier in the round means Degerfors are now in the bottom three and without a win in nine in the league.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hacken-W6u0d7B3/halmstad-Mmsc26yL/?mid=Ykl6UANq"]Halmstad 0-2 Hacken[/a][/b][/p][p]Degerfors are at least two places and four points clear of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a], who were beaten for the fourth game in a row. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] were the victors to keep pace with Hammarby, staying three points behind with a game in hand, albeit with a vastly inferior goal difference.[/p][p]It took almost 50 minutes to break the deadlock, but when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindgren-gustav/tW9Enmxp/"]Gustav Lindgren[/a] played the ball out to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rygaard-jensen-mikkel/QwwKH5c0/"]Mikkel Rygaard[/a], he continued his run into the box to poke Rygaard's cross into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="1f0d1780-5fe7-4066-a277-4a5c9ca786a1" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2078866804089229658" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hacken and Lindgren only had to wait seven more minutes for a second, as [b]Brice Wembangomo's low centre from the right put the ball on a plate for the striker to complete his brace[/b] and see Hacken return to winning ways after successive defeats.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow every Allsvenskan match on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]