Djurgarden demolish Vasteras to go third as Sirius take 14-point lead at top

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/djurgarden-4Kh5hPE1/vasteras-sk-l8oLwJhB/?mid=dACWtuD6"]Djurgarden 6-0 Vasteras[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/djurgarden/4Kh5hPE1/"]Djurgarden[/a] were using the match to mark their 135th anniversary, and it turned into quite the celebration by thumping [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vasteras-sk/l8oLwJhB/"]Vasteras[/a], taking their unbeaten run to five and denying [i]Gronvitt [/i]a five-game unbeaten streak of their own.[/p][p]The party begin in the fifth minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lien-kristian/p2ECOJmG/"]Kristian Lien[/a] squared to [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/asund-patric/tpjQ3tD4/"]Patric Aslund[/a], who fired into the roof of the net[/b] to open the scoring, before [b]Lien turned from provider to scorer eight minutes later when he struck on the rebound[/b] after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fallenius-oskar/UDt1YSjl/"]Oskar Fallenius[/a]' shot came back off the post.[/p][p][b]A [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsson-max/AwliJvnA/"]Max Larsson[/a] corner was met by a firm [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stahl-adam/l6RvG20m/"]Adam Stahl[/a] header[/b] in the 28th minute that gave the goalkeeper no chance, before Djurgarden added three more in a seven-minute spell in the second half.[/p][embed guid="f820babb-f575-4d32-91b4-ab2746ec4695" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3lgGxA7h8" social-type="youtube" /][p]A long ball forward allowed [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hegland-bo-asluv/t89jeOGq/"]Bo Hegland[/a] to beat the offside line and square for Lien to tap in[/b] his second, before [b]the striker completed his hat-trick in the 55th minute, when Aslund won the ball back in the Vasteras half and Lien powered the ball into the top corner. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tenho-miro/0dFit0TO/"]Miro Tenho[/a] made it 6-0 on the hour mark, heading in a Hegland cross[/b] following a corner routine.[/p][p]Vasteras were grateful that the goals finally dried up, though their worsened goal difference meant they dropped a place to seventh. Such was the visitors' form before this match, it would have been them overhauling Hacken and moving into third place with a win, but instead that went to Blaranderna.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/halmstad-Mmsc26yL/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=2TjFidRO"]Halmstad 0-2 Sirius[/a][/b][/p][p]Sirius have reached the halfway mark in the season still unbeaten and - after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hammarby/SQsg3nME/"]Hammarby[/a] could only draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brommapojkarna/ELVAW0WQ/"]Brommapojkarna[/a] - went 14 points clear at the top of the table by beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a], who stay bottom of the pile and nine points from guaranteed safety.[/p][p]The two goals arrived within two minutes of each other in the first 16 minutes of the game. The first came from a corner taken short to [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-marcus/bBTT5rym/"]Marcus Lindberg[/a], whose cross was flicked on by a defender but only to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anker-tobias/O2OLefIh/"]Tobias Anker[/a], who met it at the back post and headed in.[/b][/p][p]Halmstad looked to be in for a long evening when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arvidsson-ludvig/zJ4NAj0c/"]Ludvig Arvidsson[/a] brought down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ure-robbie/nwv3yIFM/"]Robbie Ure[/a] inside the area just seconds later, and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bjerkebo-isak/K2bsu3sF/"]Isak Bjerkebo[/a] sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the penalty spot.[/b][/p][embed guid="26f0570e-6a72-4b74-a012-e0f470a395b2" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2084327639997640758" social-type="twitter" /][p]But credit to the strugglers, they created chances of their own but just couldn't find a route back into the match, while they kept the score respectable at the other end, despite the best efforts of Ure and Bjerkebo either side of the break.[/p][p][b]The win takes Sirius to 41 points after 15 matches, two points more than they managed in twice as many games last season. [/b]Halmstad return to losing ways after drawing with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gais/bJewAOTf/"]GAIS[/a] last time, and are now winless in six.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Review the latest Allsvenskan stats and standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]