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Elfsborg hold Hacken and point for Mjallby means chasing pack fail to close in

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Anthony Tomas

Published 3 weeks ago

Hammarby have held on to second place in Allsvenskan and Sirius have remained eight points clear as third-placed Hacken drew with fourth-placed Elfsborg, while Mjallby stay fifth after a stalemate against Goteborg.

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/hacken-W6u0d7B3/?mid=UPm4zOXq"]Elfsborg 1-1 Hacken[/a][/b][/p][p]Only goal difference is keeping [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a] above both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] after the home side came from behind to level in Boras, while Hacken are still unbeaten, but have drawn more than they've won.[/p][p]A fifth win in nine games was on the cards after Hacken went in front three minutes before half-time, when a curling Amor Layouni cross from the right was met at the back post by [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andersen-silas/ptxdE2jb/"]Silas Andersen[/a], who nodded it back across goal and into the opposite corner.[/b][/p][embed guid="d19356b3-35d3-40a9-9f6a-54f4127224a9" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2058968876885434808" social-type="twitter" /][p]But instead it was a fifth draw of the campaign for the Gothenburg side, as midway through the second half a low Julius Magnusson centre bobbled away from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ihler-frederik/S857JyFl/"]Frederik Ihler[/a], [b]but sat up kindly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostman-leo/f7V6QKG1/"]Leo Ostman[/a] to lash home.[/b][/p][p]No late drama meant a third draw in a row for Elfsborg, though they are now unbeaten in five matches, while Hacken's two-game winning run came to a close.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/goteborg-UovQtopk/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=xS8Ps6uA"]Goteborg 1-1 Mjallby[/a][/b][/p][p]There was also a goal apiece in Gothenburg, where IFK [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ifk-goteborg/UovQtopk/"]Goteborg[/a] went two games unbeaten but were denied a second win in a row, as they were pegged back by a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a] side who remain two points shy of the sides sitting between second and fourth.[/p][p]Goteborg went in front six minutes into the second half, when a cleared free-kick was crossed back into the area by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ottosson-filip/0S5XT2K0/"]Filip Ottosson[/a] - his centre took a deflection, but that wasn't enough to stop [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clemmensen-sebastian/nuJ01Y77/"]Sebastian Clemmensen[/a] getting on the end of it[/b] and poking it into the back of the net.[/p][p]But the lead lasted all of seven minutes, as a clumsy challenge from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yeboah-rockson/hWEWbGBH/"]Rockson Yeboah[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noren-axel/U39FvJKU/"]Axel Noren[/a] gave the referee no choice to award Mjallby a penalty, which was [b]blasted into the top corner by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergstrom-jacob/dbZg4Slj/"]Jacob Bergstrom[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="7851b82f-9b4b-4f08-9590-6315a080262f" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2058976591636541618" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bergstrom's sixth league goal of the season ensures MAIF are unbeaten in two, albeit without a win in three. IFK stay in the bottom three, but now only two points from safety.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Follow every Allsvenskan match on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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