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