Malmö FF is the big negative surprise in Allsvenskan. The extremely high favorite for the SM gold in the spring has not been close to establishing itself as an absolute top team. A new crash was waiting at home against Hammarby, who played out the entire register before the break, won 3-1 and secured second place.
The historical advantage over Hammarby at Eleda stadium was overwhelming. Victory in ten out of eleven matches. But then is then and now is now and streaks are meant to be broken.
Besara showed the way
And who if not Nahir Besara - the soul and heart of this Hammarby team - showed the way. 18-year-old Adrian Lahdo played smartly to the veteran for the 17th goal of the season. With that, Besara went up to shared top scorer with Djurgården's August Priske.
Hammarby steamed on. Paulus Abraham met Hampus Skoglunds cross with a volley broadside to 2-0.
We're doing well, winning the ball often. It feels like we can come in wave after wave, says Abraham to HBO Max.
Booed by their own audience, MFF fell apart. Jens Stryger Larsen steered in 0-3 in his own goal shortly before the break. Then the spectators began to leave the arena.
They're running over us. We're too bad, in everything we do, with or without the ball, says midfielder Oscar Lewicki.
Improvement came in the second, largely thanks to Taha Ali's substitution and Martin Olsson's reduction.
Does not talk about the future
Anes Mravac is playing his last matches as the fired Henrik Rydström's temporary replacement as MFF coach. Who will take over remains to be seen. Recently, speculation has increased around Fredrik Holmberg.
The success with Gais has strongly increased Holmberg's attractiveness on the market. At the same time, he has a contract with Gais for next season.
Holmberg gives no answers about his future.
Out of routine, I've learned to answer no comments on such questions. I have a contract and that's what I relate to. I'm damn happy with the situation I have, says Holmberg to TV4 Fotbollskanalen.
The question is, of course, whether Holmberg wants to leave a Gais that seems to reach European games in the summer.
2-0 away against Brommapojkarna gave a firmer grip on third place. With two matches left to play, the gap to IFK Göteborg is four points.
Round 29
Saturday: Häcken-Malmö FF, IFK Norrköping-Sirius.
Sunday: Halmstad-Brommapojkarna, Elfsborg-AIK, Djurgården-IFK Göteborg, Gais-Öster.
Monday: Degerfors-Hammarby, Värnamo-Mjällby.
Round 30
Sunday, November 9: AIK-Halmstad, Brommapojkarna-Degerfors, Hammarby-Elfsborg, IFK Göteborg-IFK Norrköping, Sirius-Värnamo, Malmö FF-Gais, Mjällby-Häcken, Öster-Djurgården.
