Abraham saved Hammarby - up to the top of the table

With only two games left to play, Hammarby has a shot at only the club's second SM gold. By virtue of a significantly better goal difference, "Bajen" is ahead of Sirius, who however has one match to spare.

Hammarby can thank Paulos Abraham for that.

The 24-year-old made it 1-0 in the 39th minute, when he received a pass from Frank Junior Adjei on his chest and thundered the ball into the roof of the net, giving Hammarby a comfortable lead at the half-time break.

- Important, there are many matches where the opponents defend low and we don't get the ball in first. It's great that we score 1-0, Paulos Abraham told TV4 at half-time.

Hammarby really dominated in the first half, but led "only" with 1-0.

The payoff came in the second half. Paulos Abraham answered for the second as well – a goal at least as spectacular as the first.

He received the ball in his own half and advanced forward - and then put in 2-0. Abraham's 17th goal of the season, which means shared scoring league lead with Djurgården's Kristian Lien.

3-0 was a deadly own goal by Elfsborg defender Thomas Isherwood, who very unintentionally outwitted his own goalkeeper Theo Sander.

Montader Madjed put 4-0 before Leo Östman reduced for Elfsborg with barely ten minutes left.

- We are in top form, it's fun to play football when we play this way. It feels great, says Madjed.

Hammarby took their fifth straight victory and thus did their part, and more, to put pressure on Sirius.

However, the Uppsala team can take back the league lead on Sunday, when they face bottom team Kalmar.

The match in Stockholm was significantly delayed. First, the kick-off time was moved forward a quarter of an hour due to smoke from pyrotechnics during the entrance. Then only just over a minute was played before an acute case of illness occurred in the stands, which led to a break of another 30 minutes.