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Sirius' perfect start ended in draw with unbeaten Hacken as Kalmar get first win

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Anthony Tomas

Published 1 month ago

Sirius still lead the Allsvenskan standings and are yet to taste defeat, but their perfect start came to an end with a draw at Hacken, while Kalmar and Mjallby picked up wins on a busy Monday night.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/malmo-ff/tYNTdpar/"]Malmo[/a] picked up an important three points away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aik/lzqk4S68/"]AIK[/a], click here to read Flashscore's report of the 1-0 win from Strawberry Arena.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hacken-W6u0d7B3/sirius-vXr8fotG/?mid=nqB2DrD4"]Hacken 2-2 Sirius[/a][/b][/p][p]There was no fifth win in a row for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]Sirius[/a] but an equaliser four minutes from time to preserve their unbeaten start will feel like a victory, especially away at a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hacken/W6u0d7B3/"]Hacken[/a] side who have won two and drawn three of their five matches so far.[/p][p]The home side took the lead midway through the first half with [b]a 25-yard screamer into the top corner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rygaard-jensen-mikkel/QwwKH5c0/"]Mikkel Rygaard[/a][/b], and 37 minutes in it was 2-0 when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wembangomo-brice/0GXMDXF3/"]Brice Wembangomo[/a] played [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindgren-gustav/tW9Enmxp/"]Gustav Lindgren[/a] through to finish in style.[/p][embed guid="d5230943-11b0-4fc4-bac6-efff01b62761" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2048820364713578717" social-type="twitter" /][p]But the Uppsala side had hope again three minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ure-robbie/nwv3yIFM/"]Robbie Ure[/a] stabbed home from six yards, and after plenty of second-half pressure, they finally [b]found the leveller when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soumah-mohamed/2XtU44bc/"]Mohamed Soumah[/a] headed in Neo Jonsson's corner.[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elfsborg-rBi9iqU7/kalmar-rkrUu5ae/?mid=pvgk4vzi"]Kalmar 2-1 Elfsborg[/a][/b][/p][p]Sirius' lead at the top has extended to three points after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elfsborg/rBi9iqU7/"]Elfsborg[/a] tasted defeat for the first time in the 2026 season, going down 2-1 to a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kalmar/rkrUu5ae/"]Kalmar[/a] side who picked up their first win since promotion.[/p][p]It looked to be more of the same for both sides when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ihler-frederik/S857JyFl/"]Frederik Ihler[/a] broke the deadlock five minutes in after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silverholt-taylor/bi5W8Yr6/"]Taylor Silverholt[/a]'s pass, but Kalmar hit back just eight minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosenqvist-charlie/nyDc3SI6/"]Charlie Rosenqvist[/a] notched his third of the season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sagoe-junior-charles/batnmSOA/"]Charles Sagoe[/a] Jr assisted the equaliser, and he was the provider again for the winning goal approaching the hour mark - [b]his low cross was met by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/olusanya-anthony/QHaftSn0/"]Anthony Olusanya[/a], who got across his man at the near post to score from six yards out[/b]. The win lifts Kalmar out of the bottom three, as Elfsborg stay second.[/p][embed guid="cf68629b-9d7f-4f62-9b6c-fd1b6fd21012" url="https://x.com/fotbollskanal/status/2048829551891853728" social-type="twitter" /][p][b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/halmstad-Mmsc26yL/mjallby-S0XtXM1E/?mid=htEABMsH"]Mjallby 2-0 Halmstad[/a][/b][/p][p]The league champions are continuing their recovery after their poor start, and are now three unbeaten thanks to two second-half goals that saw them past a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstad[/a] side who fall to last place.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mjallby/S0XtXM1E/"]Mjallby[/a] broke the deadlock 11 minutes after the break when the visiting goalkeeper came out and failed to claim a high ball, which was diverted into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergstrom-jacob/dbZg4Slj/"]Jacob Bergstrom[/a] and tapped the ball into the empty net.[/p][embed guid="5ddfc2e2-7970-4729-bf9a-44fe679011db" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2048829220650971646" social-type="twitter" /][p]Six minutes from time, the home side rounded off the win when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindberg-olle/pja2DGZO/"]Olle Lindberg[/a] found [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/granath-william/p8uqu9AR/"]Villiam Granath[/a], whose first league goal in Mjallby colours came against the side he joined from[/b]. MAIF move onto seven points, while Halmstad have one draw and four defeats so far this season.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/degerfors-zNSwBuue/orgryte-CGT7Kq4j/?mid=jHHgF4rh"]Orgryte 1-1 Degerfors[/a][/b][/p][p]Finally on Monday, the points were shared between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orgryte/CGT7Kq4j/"]Orgryte[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/degerfors/zNSwBuue/"]Degerfors[/a], as the hosts ended a run of two defeats and the away side went unbeaten in successive games for the first time this season.[/p][p]Degerfors thought they had done enough to win it after they took the lead with a quarter of the game to go - [b]brilliant work from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/netabay-nahom/lptH5PSI/"]Nahom Girmai[/a] teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yiriyon-yaw-gideon/nXEBEDAp/"]Gideon Yiriyon[/a] to finish[/b], until the final 10 minutes, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moro-nasiru/jy19z9vi/"]Nasiru Moro[/a] brought down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/christoffersson-noah/0jjbTxtB/"]Noah Christoffersson[/a] inside the box.[/p][embed guid="7e31dce6-daa1-4119-bac7-de01b52c8093" url="https://x.com/SwefootballEN/status/2048847347803664637" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Tobias Sana strode confidently and put away the penalty[/b] that keeps Orgryte two points clear of the drop zone, while Degerfors have maintained top-half status.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/sweden/allsvenskan/"]Check out the latest Allsvenskan standings on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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