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Champions Mjallby beaten by new boys Orgryte as Hacken win Gothenburg derby

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Anthony Tomas

Published 2 months ago

Last season's fairy tale Allsvenskan champions Mjallby have alreeady lost more matches this season than in the entirety of the 2025 campaign, going down 2-0 to newly-promoted Orgryte, as Hacken won the first Gothenburg derby of the season by beating Goteborg and Vasteras drew with Elfsborg.

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/orgryte-CGT7Kq4j/?mid=U3S6Utm3"]Mjallby 0-2 Orgryte[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orgryte/CGT7Kq4j/"]Orgryte[/a]'s return to the top flight had already begun brightly with a draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/tYNTdpar/"]Malmo[/a], but things got even better by becoming the first side to win an Allsvenskan game at Strandvallen since 2024.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sana-tobias/pSnWFjmj/"]Tobias Sana[/a]'s pass infield was picked up only 10 yards into [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a]'s half by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreasson-anton/4x6RgGHg/"]Anton Andreasson[/a], who kept running and running before his deflected finish evaded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wallinder-robin/6XfvDP2K/"]Robin Wallinder[/a] in the hosts goal and put Orgryte ahead after 21 minutes.[/b][/p][embed guid="40645d73-cb01-4bc7-94bf-ecfe81fead7e" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2042957860460507381" social-type="twitter" /][p]Five minutes later, MAIF failed to clear a corner and the ball bobbling around their penalty area was nodded forward by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dyrestam-mikael/OIozFA2d/"]Mikael Dyrestam[/a], [b]and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tibbling-jerome/fZGeNVM9/"]Jerome Tibbling[/a] beat Wallinder to the loose ball to poke home a second goal from six yards.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manneh-abdoulie/UkmclRLP/"]Abdoulie Manneh[/a] saw a pair of efforts expertly blocked early in the second half before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/samuelsen-aki/WhuqC2ZC/"]Aki Samuelsen[/a]'s free-kick was tipped around the post by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gustafsson-boiertz-hampus/MLr00Doo/"]Hampus Gustafsson[/a], as Mjallby failed to find a route back into the game and fell to successive losses without scoring in the league under Karl Marius Aksum.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/goteborg-UovQtopk/hacken-W6u0d7B3/?mid=GOpK6wed"]Goteborg 0-2 Hacken[/a][/b][/p][p]Local bragging rights went to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] on matchday two as they won the first Gothenburg derby of the season, beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-goteborg/UovQtopk/"]Goteborg[/a] 2-0 on the road as the hosts finished with 10 men.[/p][p]A swift attack in the 17th minute set the tone, [b]as the ball was swept wide to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/julius-lindberg/tS9JaXba/"]Julius Lindberg[/a] on the left, who squared the ball across the Goteborg six-yard box for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindgren-gustav/tW9Enmxp/"]Gustav Lindgren[/a] to tap home.[/b][/p][p]The hosts had the perfect chance to level midway through the first half, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/helander-filip/QkFFVI0J/"]Filip Helander[/a] hauled down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergmark-wiberg-adam/r3X0IcVa/"]Adam Bergmark-Wiberg[/a] inside the area, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heintz-tobias/txMJ23dg/"]Tobias Heintz[/a] sent his penalty wide.[/p][p]Lindberg missed a glorious chance to double the lead in the second half, [b]but Hacken finally wrapped up the points six minutes from time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/layouni-amor/GdkDARgb/"]Amor Layouni[/a] fired a cross over from the left wing, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rygaard-jensen-mikkel/QwwKH5c0/"]Mikkel Rygaard[/a] stretched to meet the ball on the volley, cushioning it into the net.[/b][/p][embed guid="51ad23d5-a08b-4c0a-9653-c85e1fb8ebb0" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2042978570444693930" social-type="twitter" /][p]Late on, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeboah-rockson/hWEWbGBH/"]Rockson Yeboah[/a] was shown a straight red card for catching [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ngabo-sanders/fXpOC2k1/"]Sanders Ngabo[/a] in the midriff with his knee, compounding a tough afternoon for IFK, who join Mjallby on zero points after two games.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/vasteras-sk-l8oLwJhB/?mid=jsa2JGv2"]Vasteras 2-2 Elfsborg[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vasteras-sk/l8oLwJhB/"]Vasteras[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a], Hacken and Orgryte are the early leaders with four points apiece, but it could have been more for newly-promoted Vasteras had they not conceded a 92nd-minute equaliser at home.[/p][p]After a goalless first half, Elfsborg took the lead four minutes after the break when [b]a deep Rufai Mohammed cross evaded everyone bar [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hult-niklas/tdZwu7kc/"]Niklas Hult[/a] at the back post, who took it down and leathered the ball in off the crossbar.[/b][/p][p]But with 73 minutes played, [b]Vasteras were level when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baggesen-marcus/pjaSLFtG/"]Marcus Baggesen[/a]'s corner was flicked in at the near post by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ladefoged-mikkel/CUK33HdH/"]Mikkel Ladefoged[/a], and eight minutes later they were ahead when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diagne-mamadou-ousmane/MHaexIVA/"]Mamadou Diagne[/a] won possession in the Elfsborg half and slipped it through to Ladefoged[/b], who finished in style.[/p][embed guid="af137a26-4730-4171-a48f-acc94715bfe7" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2042981931717906526" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, the Superettan champions were denied all three points in added time, [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isherwood-thomas/rDtQwwRi/"]Thomas Isherwood[/a]'s ball across the edge of the area was smashed on the half-volley by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sigurpalsson-ari/lKfQCJpo/"]Ari Sigurpalsson[/a][/b], as Elfsborg drew level at the death.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow the 2026 Allsvenskan season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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