Sirius Held to 2-2 Draw by Elfsborg After Late Equaliser, Remain Eight Points Clear at the Top

With the result, Sirius are eight points ahead of second-placed Djurgården, who beat Brommapojkarna 2-0 on Friday, with six rounds left to play.

When asked by TV4 how often he looks at the table, Persson answers:

I usually watch it quite often, although I don't usually feel nervous, actually.

Two quick goals

Before the match against fourth-placed Elfsborg, 24-year-old Persson was a surprise inclusion in Sirius' starting eleven. He had made just four starts earlier in the season, the most recent at the end of August, and had scored no goals.

After 73 minutes in Uppsala, he looked like a hero.

Elfsborg led 1-0 at half-time after Julius Beck scored in the 20th minute, but then Persson stepped up.

He equalised in the 70th minute from close range after a pass from Marcus Lindberg. Just three minutes later, he received another pass from Lindberg and thundered the ball into the near corner from a tight angle to make it 2-1.

It’s quite difficult to place the ball from that angle, Persson tells TV4.

That’s why I hit it hard.

“They are the top three”

It was a goal that made the vast majority of the 9,775 spectators at Studenternas feel a sense of pride.

But Persson was not allowed to be the hero. In the 87th minute, Leo Östman equalised for Elfsborg.

It would have been nice to get a win. They are a good team. I think they are among the top three teams in the Allsvenskan right now.

Third-placed Hammarby beat bottom-placed Halmstad 1-0 away, thanks to a late goal by Noah Persson. Hammarby are nine points behind Sirius.

1. Sirius, 55 points, 24 games

Remaining matches: AIK (home 24/10), Hammarby (away 29/10), Halmstad (home 3/11), Kalmar (away 8/11), Djurgården (home 22/11), IFK Göteborg (away 29/11).

2. Djurgården, 47 points, 24 matches

Remaining matches: Örgryte (home 24/10), IFK Göteborg (away 28/10), Degerfors (home 1/11), Halmstad (away 8/11), Sirius (away 22/11), Häcken (home 29/11).

3. Hammarby, 46 points, 24 matches

Remaining matches: Mjällby (away 25/10), Sirius (home 29/10), Malmö FF (away 1/11), Elfsborg (home 6/11), IFK Göteborg (home 23/11), Västerås (away 29/11).