Nothing is certain but it is impossible to see how Sirius will lose this gold position.
Seven games left. Ten points lead to the new second place Djurgården and now eleven to the new third place Hammarby.
Of course, Sirius will face both Djurgården and Hammarby. Hammarby has the toughest program of the three teams. Djurgården the easiest.
Sirius still has Halmstad and Kalmar. Six points in those games will provide a buffer enough for gold.
With Henrik Rydström as coach for Hammarby, the game has improved, the scoring average is higher but the shots are heavy.
Flops in Europe. Flop in the derby.
Since Rydström came to Hammarby in June, there has been a lot of talk within the club about his winning skull and winning mentality.
The talk has not been reflected in the international cup matches. Not even in the biggest Allsvenskan matches. The only Allsvenskan matches Rydström has lost with Bajen are against AIK and Djurgården.
Djurgården's derby ghost is definitely history.
Hammarby has been too simple, easy to read and blunt in the most important matches. There is no player who breaks patterns.
Jani Honkavaara's Djurgården showed in the derby how to win without playing dazzlingly.
And Djurgården's derby ghost is definitely history. Last spring, AIK was defeated in Solna and this was the first victory against Hammarby since 2022.
Hammarby has been the best derby team in Stockholm three years in a row. 2026 will be the first Allsvenskan year since 2022 that Hammarby does not beat AIK or Djurgården.
Hammarby and Djurgården are the teams that have had the highest playing peaks in 2026. But Sirius has over the season been clearly the best at what simple and difficult football is all about. Win matches.
Like last Saturday. Sirius' performance was far from brilliant but a good enough mix of solid defense and sharp counterattacks. It was enough for 1-0 away against Gais.
Hammarby's Nahir Besara has scored eight goals against Djurgården in his career. This was the first Allsvenskan start since mid-July for the 35-year-old. The question is whether this would have happened if Montader Madjed had not been ill. Hammarby also missed Oscar Johansson Schellhas and Oliver Hagen. The draw thinned the squad considerably. It was noticed during Hammarby's tame equalization hunt.
In the green and white squad, Nicola Vasic would have been needed, but he was released this summer to the green and black Gais.
Jacob Rinne showed that he is the Allsvenskan's best goalkeeper.
Djurgården had a good and wide squad available. The guests still had a hard time in the beginning of the match. The most important players, Bo Hegland and Kristian Lien, hardly had the ball.
Hammarby's most important players, Victor Lind and Amin Boudri, had the ball a lot. But instead of clear goalscoring chances, it just became cumbersome.
In the 31st minute, the chance came. Bajen stressed a play. Suddenly Besara was completely free. Jacob Rinne showed that he is the Allsvenskan's best goalkeeper when he was out perfectly and read Besara's body fine.
And despite a home half with a large advantage, there were few scoring chances. Djurgården's wall at its own penalty area line held up well.
On Hammarby's line, Djurgården got a single position in the first half. That was enough. Djurgården had been waiting to get a good counterattack position and just before the break it came.
In the second half, Hammarby was one long pyspunka.
It was tight in the middle, a good break and full speed forward by Jeppe Okkels. The post to Lien was put back to Hegland and so it was 0-1.
The goal punctured the Bajen bubble. In the second half, Hammarby was a single pyspunka. Frank Jr Adjei no longer managed the team and then much of Hammarby's game disappeared. Lind and Boudri were invisible after half time.
