'As you were' at Allsvenskan summit as Sirius and Djurgarden both win at home

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/degerfors-zNSwBuue/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=xKx9EYjS"]Sirius 2-0 Degerfors[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a]'s win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brommapojkarna/ELVAW0WQ/"]Brommapojkarna[/a] the previous day had seen the gap at the top close to five points, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] made the perfect response by recording their second victory and clean sheet in a row following their three-game losing run.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/degerfors/zNSwBuue/"]Degerfors[/a] beat basement-dwellers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a] last time out and needed just a point to climb out of the bottom three, yet if all the pressure was on Sirius, it didn't show, as the home side needed only 76 seconds to go ahead.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vancsa-zalan/lGJ1fToO/"]Zalan Vancsa[/a] got free on the right wing and played the ball across goal, forcing backtracking defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/faqa-ahmad/x0jdRceQ/"]Ahmad Faqa[/a] to turn the ball into his own net.[/b][/p][embed guid="e899160a-8560-4e91-beb9-ad54d4a6185f" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2099550315154415695" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having made the perfect start, the Uppsala side added some breathing space just before half-time, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-marcus/bBTT5rym/"]Marcus Lindberg[/a] squared to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heier-melker/fuHCBf3r/"]Melker Heier[/a], who took matters into his own hands, making a direct run into the box before arrowing a finish into the net[/b] which gave the goalkeeper no chance.[/p][p]Both sides generated opportunities in the second half, but Degerfors failed to change the balance of the game, thus two goals were enough for Sirius to edge a step closer to the title, with nine rounds still to play.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/djurgarden-4Kh5hPE1/gais-bJewAOTf/?mid=8Q5J3HxA"]Djurgarden 2-0 GAIS[/a][/b][/p][p]Hammarby's victory had also seen them take second place back from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/4Kh5hPE1/"]Djurgarden[/a], but their fellow 3Arena tennants responded with victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a] that made them Sirius' closest challengers once again, in a match which saw both sides receive a red card.[/p][p]There were 10 minutes left in the first half when the home side went in front - [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hegland-bo-asluv/t89jeOGq/"]Bo Hegland[/a] curled a cross into the box which was perfect for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lien-kristian/p2ECOJmG/"]Kristian Lien[/a] to volley in[/b] at the back post for his 16th of the season, making him the outright top scorer in Allsvenskan.[/p][p]Just before the hour mark, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/agren-oskar/4OiP51jj/"]Oskar Agren[/a] gave the ball away to Hegland and brought him down in an attempt to atone for his mistake. The referee deemed he was the last man, and [b]showed Agren a straight red card.[/b][/p][embed guid="ae47f160-1dc0-43dc-8e2a-17bdb51333f2" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2099553573327556787" social-type="twitter" /][p]It took just five minutes for [i]Blaranderna[/i] to make the man-advantage count, as the Mackerels again gave the ball away sloppily, this time to [b]Lien, who ran through on goal before returning the favour by squaring to Hegland, who tapped into the empty net.[/b][/p][p]Four minutes from time, [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/almyras-christos/dhkqanAO/"]Christos Almyras[/a] was sent off for kicking out at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sletsjoe-henry/va6Q9c4m/"]Henry Sletsjoe[/a][/b] as tempers boiled over, but that did nothing to stop Djurgarden taking a fifth win in a row that takes them a point above Hammarby and seven clear of those outside the European places. GAIS sit 10th having taken one point from their last two. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow the Allsvenskan title race on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]